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Always ask your pharmacist: Using the media to enhance student drug information skills.
- Source :
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Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning [Curr Pharm Teach Learn] 2023 Oct; Vol. 15 (10), pp. 885-888. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 02. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background and Purpose: Social media is a source for information and misinformation, including healthcare information. Pharmacy students are trained to critically assess health information literature; however, this does not typically extend into assessing claims made on social media platforms. Students were asked to evaluate social media claims to provide a patient-specific recommendation and response.<br />Educational Activity and Setting: Each student was given one of five media claims and asked to assess the validity of the claim to create a response and a recommendation for a provider and a patient. Students were placed in small groups for a verbal presentation of all the claims and a facilitator-led discussion about the pharmacist's role in healthcare information.<br />Findings: Students responded to the media claims and were able to support or reject the validity of the statements. They also created a variety of patient-facing informational documents.<br />Summary: The inclusion of questions derived from media sources is a unique way to incorporate drug information skills that is relevant to real-world practice.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest None.<br /> (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1877-1300
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37541943
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2023.07.025