title: An Elective Course to Foster Interest in Academic Pharmacy Career Opportunities.
abstract: Objective.To create an elective course to foster student interest in pursuing a career in academic pharmacy.Design.The course met for two hours once weekly throughout the semester and required student attendance at the AACP Annual Meeting. The course included didactic instruction, a student-designed individual teaching seminar, design and implementation of a research project for presentation at a national meeting, and drafting of a manuscript suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.Assessment.Student evaluations revealed strong agreement that the course met the stated objectives. Follow-up correspondence indicated that almost 70% were likely to pursue an academic career and felt the course gave them advantages over their peers in this regard.Conclusion.The outcomes from this elective course and follow-up surveys confirmed that the majority of participants were planning on pursuing an academic pharmacy career and felt the course increased their readiness to do so.
authors.affiliation: Western New England University, Springfield, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Joshua J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Spooner
authors.affiliation: Western New England University, Springfield, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D003479:Curriculum; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D012957:Societies, Pharmaceutical; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching; D013782:Textbooks as Topic; D014956:Writing
keywords: academic pharmacy; curriculum; elective courses; student training