TY - JOUR AU - Deas, Crystal AU - Beall, Jennifer PY - 2023/01/28 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Impact of a case-based activity on student pharmacists' confidence in contraceptive prescribing at a school of pharmacy in the United States JF - Pharmacy Education JA - Pharm Educ VL - 23 IS - 1 SE - Research Article DO - 10.46542/pe.2023.231.6166 UR - https://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/view/1988 SP - p. 61-66 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the impact of a case-based activity on student confidence in selecting an appropriate contraceptive product while considering state-specific rules and regulations regarding pharmacist-prescribed contraception in the United States.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A pre- and post-activity survey was utilised to evaluate change in confidence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 119 third-year students, 104 completed the pre- and post-survey (87.3% response rate). Among the respondents, 93%-96% reported they were fairly confident or very confident with post-activity survey items regarding confidence in interpreting and utilising state-specific guidance and prescribing algorithms to apply to a given a patient case scenario, as compared to 18-38% in the pre-activity survey (p&lt;0.001 for all items). Additionally, mean scores to Likert scale items increased close to two steps on the scale toward higher levels of confidence after this activity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> A case-based activity was effective in improving students’ self-reported confidence in fundamental skills necessary for competence in pharmacist-prescribed contraception.</p> ER -