Building the PharmD Pipeline With a Pre-Pharmacy Track for Working Adults Marketed to Pharmacy Technicians.

Autor: Barnett CW; College of Pharmacy, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA, USA., Berry J; College of Pharmacy, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA, USA., Lea Winkles C; College of Pharmacy, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: Bonner_cl@mercer.edu., Stapleton C; College of Professional Advancement, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of pharmaceutical education [Am J Pharm Educ] 2024 Oct; Vol. 88 (10), pp. 101277. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 26.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.101277
Abstrakt: Objective: To describe the activities undertaken at Mercer University (MU) to establish a complete pre-pharmacy curriculum for working adults and market the program to pharmacy technicians in metropolitan Atlanta. To document post-implementation, the yield of students to the pre-pharmacy program and subsequent yield of Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students to the MU College of Pharmacy.
Methods: The level of retrospective interest in the pre-pharmacy program was measured by a survey questionnaire administered to MU PharmD students who had completed their pre-pharmacy courses in metropolitan Atlanta colleges and universities. A traditional marketing funnel approach was used to achieve awareness, interest, desire, and action in the target market: metropolitan Atlanta pharmacy technicians. The pre-pharmacy program was established as a curricular track within the MU College of Professional Advancement for working adults. Enrollment and matriculant data were reported using frequency counts.
Results: A total of 185 pre-pharmacy program matriculants from the Spring semester 2019 through the Summer semester 2023 accounted for 1222 pre-pharmacy course enrollments. Of these students, 38 applied for the PharmD program at the MU College of Pharmacy, and 27 were accepted and matriculated.
Conclusion: Offering a pre-pharmacy track for working adults marketed to pharmacy technicians is one potential avenue for building the pipeline to pharmacy school while adding to the overall enrollment of the university.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors do not have any conflicts, financial or otherwise.
(Copyright © 2024 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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