Scientific Poster Session II: Students Research-in-Progress

Students Research in Progress
  Sunday, November 12, 2023
  12:45 PM–02:15 PM

Abstract

Introduction:

Pharmacy student involvement in educating medical students over therapy provided in student-run free clinics (SRFCs) is not well-defined.

Research Question or Hypothesis:

A smoking cessation and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) presentation delivered by a pharmacy student will have an impact on the confidence in clinical knowledge of medical students at the smoking cessation SRFC.

Study Design:

Quasi-experimental design

Methods:

The pharmacy student manager provided a presentation to medical students at the SRFC over smoking cessation and NRTs. A pre-survey was given to the medical students prior to the presentation. The educational intervention included an 18-minute virtual PowerPoint presentation via Zoom. Directly after the conclusion of the presentation, a post-survey was administered. The pre-survey and post-survey were delivered through Qualtrics and consisted of the same 15 ability statements using a Likert scale. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to determine the change in student perception of ability to assess smoking cessation, recommend NRT, and provide medication counseling.

Results:

The post-survey results showed that there was an improvement in each ability statement except one. The statement, “I can consistently ask about a patient’s medical conditions, allergies, and concurrent medications” may not have seen a statistically significant difference as it was the least NRT specific question of the survey. Medical students are educated in how to obtain a general medical history and may have already had a baseline understanding of a general patient assessment. As these medical students are student managers of a smoking cessation clinic, there is selection bias of the participants.

Conclusion:

Through conducting interprofessional education to medical students by a pharmacy student, there was an enhancement in the clinical knowledge of NRT therapy and smoking cessation.

Presenting Author

Megan Bareis MBA
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy

Authors

Rachel Basinger Pharm.D., BCACP, CTTS
Texas Tech Health Science Center School of Pharmacy - Amarillo

Ashley Higbea Pharm.D., BCPS
Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Pharmacy