Contributing Factors to Perceptions of Residents’ Statistical Abilities

Abstract

I would like to thank Newsome and colleagues for their article, "Breadth of Statistical Training Among Pharmacy Residency Programs Across the United States," published in the April 2018 edition of Hospital Pharmacy. 1 This article provides great insight on research training programs across American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)accredited postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) pharmacy residency programs. The authors found the majority of programs had limited statistical training for pharmacy residents and in turn, Residency Program Directors (RPDs) had low overall confidence in their residents' ability to perform statistical analysis. In addition, complex statistical training within residency and publication rates of at least 50% were significant predictors for high RPD confidence in residents' statistical capabilities. It is of high importance to prepare residents with

Increasing Scholarship in Pharmacy Residency Programs

“…I would like to join the conversation surrounding the topic of pharmacy resident publications, with recent contributions from Eitzen and Jarrett, and also Seabury et al 1,2 The most recent commentary focused on the opinions of the latter that “targeting a resident publication rate of 50% or higher is a challenging and admirable goal” which they believe is achievable, and that “it is the role of a preceptor to encourage pharmacy residents to attempt to achieve ‘nearly unattainable’ goals.” 2…”

Publications for Pharmacy Residents Are Challenging but Not “Nearly Unattainable”

“…We would like to thank Eitzen and Jarrett 1 for their recent letter to the editor, “Contributing factors to perceptions of residents’ statistical abilities,” published in the June 2019 edition of Hospital Pharmacy . We appreciate the authors’ commentary on the Newsome and colleagues 2 article published in April 2018 and we agree with most points.…”