Impact of a Simulated Legislative Visit on Student Pharmacists’ Political Skill Inventory Scores

Abstract

Objective. To assess the impact of a simulated legislative visit on political skill inventory (PSI) scores among student pharmacists and assess student pharmacist perceptions of their role as an advocate.Methods. An anonymous online pre-and post-survey were administered to third-year student pharmacists at one school of pharmacy in North Carolina. Measures included gender, age, previous pharmacy experience, engagement in pharmacy organizations, legislative awareness and engagement, political skill inventory, and perceptions of the simulated legislative visit. Data are presented as medians or proportions, where appropriate. Paired t-tests and Cohen's d were used to analyze the data. Results. Thirty student pharmacists provided complete and matchable results for the pre-and post-survey (analysis response rate=36%). The mean PSI score was 5.39 before the intervention which increased to 5.73 after the intervention. The networking ability and interpersonal influence subscales showed statistically significant and medium-to-large effect size increases whereas the social astuteness and apparent sincerity subscales showed low-to-medium effect size increases. Student pharmacists also reported increased agreement with advocacy skills or responsibilities from pre-to postintervention. Conclusion.Student pharmacists had significant improvement in PSI scores following a simulated legislative visit and corresponding advocacy lecture. Determining the effectiveness of educational interventions to develop advocacy skills is essential to ensure efficacy and potential for real-world impact.

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