OBJECTIVE:
To present 2018-2019 data from an expanded investigation after an inaugural 2016
pilot survey, which previously reported on the delivery of
pharmacy law education in doctor of
pharmacy (PharmD) programs in the US.
METHODS:
Due to the limited scope of responses in the 2016
pilot study, the earlier
survey was refined and readministered (Qualtrics, Provo, UT) utilizing branching
logic to specifically identify characteristics of the
pharmacy law content and its delivery in PharmD
curricula. The
follow-up study received an exempt status from the
Institutional Review Board of Keck Graduate Institute.
RESULTS:
Of the 142 American
Association of Colleges of
Pharmacy member institutions in 2018, 97 provided complete responses to the
survey, yielding a response rate of 68.3%. The
survey results from this 2018-2019 further investigation examining the delivery of
pharmacy law education in US PharmD programs indicate significant variations across
respondent programs with
respect to professional background of
pharmacy law educators and assessment
strategies used in
pharmacy law courses, as well as variations in the structure and timing of the core
pharmacy law course within the PharmD
curriculum.
CONCLUSION:
The current data show PharmD
curricula at surveyed institutions lack uniformity in
pharmacy law content and sequencing of
pharmacy law courses, supporting further investigation to identify the
best practices in the delivery of
pharmacy law education. Another deliberate focus should aim to more specifically determine how, if, and which specific modifications to delivery of
pharmacy law education might ensure
achievement of
student learning outcomes and optimize PharmD graduates' performance on standardized
jurisprudence exams.
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