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Pharmacy students' attitudes toward a required public health course and developing a public health program
Bupendra Shah1, Hamid Rahim, Hongjun Yin
1Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy, USA.
Objective:
To determine pharmacy students' attitudes towards a required public health course and developing a public health program.
Method:
Two hundred ten first-year pharmacy students enrolled in a public health course at a large private pharmacy school were surveyed. A 24-item adjective rating scale and a 10-item scale were used to measure students' attitudes towards the course and developing a public health program.
Results:
Of 198 respondents, two-thirds found the course to be extremely or very appealing, of practical value, and only slightly demanding and difficult. The majority of the students indicated that establishing a public health program would be an opportunity to help the community and make a difference. Few students indicated that it would be a poor use of time or an example of busy work.
Conclusion:
Pharmacy students had positive attitudes towards a required public health course and developing a public health program. Strategies to mold positive attitudes into actual behaviors of engaging in public health activities are needed.
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