Year of Publication
2020
College
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
Degree Name
Master of Public Administration
Committee Chair
Dr. Karen Blumenschein
Executive Summary
Experiential education programs at colleges of pharmacy are guided by standards set forth by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE.) Exactly how these standards are met, however, is often determined by the individual college of pharmacy. This includes deciding how students are selected and placed on their fourth-year rotations, referred to as Advanced Pharmacy Practices Experiences, or “APPEs.” While it may seem that students who have taken elective courses focused on specialized topics, such as pediatrics or geriatrics, will perform better on related APPEs, this thought remains largely unfounded. Using four years of student data at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, bivariate statistics, independent samples t-tests, and descriptive statistics were utilized to compare student performance on APPEs between students who had taken specialized electives and those who had not.
Recommended Citation
Tungate, Shelby Spencer, "Effective Elective? Elective Courses’ Impact on Student Performance during Associated Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences" (2020). MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects. 397.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/mpampp_etds/397