title: Impact of an Advanced Cardiac Life Support Simulation Laboratory Experience on Pharmacy Student Confidence and Knowledge.
abstract: Objective.To assess the impact of an advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) simulation on pharmacy student confidence and knowledge.Design.Third-year pharmacy students participated in a simulation experience that consisted of team roles training, high-fidelity ACLS simulations, and debriefing. Students completed a pre/postsimulation confidence and knowledge assessment.Assessment.Overall, student knowledge assessment scores and student confidence scores improved significantly. Student confidence and knowledge changes from baseline were not significantly correlated. Conversely, a significant, weak positive correlation between presimulation studying and both presimulation confidence and presimulation knowledge was discovered.Conclusions.Overall, student confidence and knowledge assessment scores in ACLS significantly improved from baseline; however, student confidence and knowledge were not significantly correlated.
authors.affiliation: South Carolina College of Pharmacy, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Whitney D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Maxwell
authors.affiliation: South Carolina College of Pharmacy, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Phillip L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Mohorn
authors.affiliation: South Carolina College of Pharmacy, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Jason S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Haney
authors.affiliation: South Carolina College of Pharmacy, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Cynthia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: South Carolina College of Pharmacy, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Z Kevin
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: South Carolina College of Pharmacy, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.affiliation: South Carolina College of Pharmacy, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corboy
authors.affiliation: South Carolina College of Pharmacy, South Carolina.
authors.forename: Kelly R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Ragucci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D022561:Advanced Cardiac Life Support / Q000193:education*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008297:Male; D008348:Manikins; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Advanced Cardiac Life Support; confidence; knowledge; pharmacy; simulation