Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the perception of pharmacy undergraduate students about the learning developed in an internship in community pharmacies designed based on experiential learning theory. Methods: This was an observational study. Data were collected through a questionnaire with pharmacy internship students (n=129), including items about the student’s perception of the achievement of learning objectives and methods. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data were performed. Results: Most undergraduates agreed that the internship increased their understanding of the current profile of pharmacists and their responsibilities in the community pharmacy, prepared them for patient care and fostered critical assessment and ability to propose improvements. Students supervised by preceptors who performed clinical services were more likely to agree that the internship achieved the learning objective of preparing them for care. Conclusion: The majority of students agreed that the learning outcomes were achieved. The findings can contribute to improvements in internship programs, such as qualifying the practice sites.
Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to map, identify, characterize, and summarize the evidence on characteristics and outcomes of pharmacy practice experience programs in community pharmacy settings. Introduction: Practice experiences are important components of health professional education programs, including pharmacy. Community pharmacies are accessible to the public, where most pharmacists are concentrated. Despite the relevance of practice experiences in community pharmacies for pharmacy education, the literature still lacks a description of existing programs and their outcomes. Inclusion criteria: This scoping review will consider studies that describe characteristics of pharmacy practice experience programs in community pharmacy settings or evaluate their outcomes. Practice experience programs in outpatient clinics and hospitals will be excluded. Methods: The proposed scoping review will be conducted in accordance with the JBI methodology for scoping reviews. The databases searched will include PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus. The results will be limited to English, Portuguese and Spanish languages and to publications from 1990 to the present. The search for gray literature will include Google Scholar. The extracted data will include characteristics of pharmacy practice experience programs (e.g. teaching activities) or outcomes of the programs evaluated in the studies (e.g. development of knowledge, skills and attitudes by the students). The extracted data will be presented in a tabular format. A narrative summary will accompany the tabulated results and will describe how the results relate to the review’s objective and question, and how the results might inform future pharmacy practice experience programs in community pharmacy settings. The protocol was registered in the Open Science Framework.
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