Integrative Medicine Elective for the Well-being of Pharmacy Students

IF 3.8 4区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI:10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.101326

Lauren M. Hynicka, Hyunuk Seung

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Abstract

Objective

To describe the impact of an integrative medicine elective on the well-being of pharmacy students at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and examine the relationship between perceived stress and happiness.

Methods

Students completed the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) before and 3 months after taking the course. Our study compared the outcomes of each composite score from the PSS and SHS before and after course participation to detect any difference. The interpretation of single composite scores was analyzed similarly. The correlation of the PSS and SHS was checked to determine their relationships, and the correlation between the change in PSS and the time the students spent practicing their identified integrative modality were also analyzed to detect whether any association existed.

Results

A total of 49 students completed the prewellness and postwellness inventories over 3 offerings of the class (2020, 2022, and 2023). There was a decrease in PSS of.8 that was not statistically significant, with most students reporting moderate perceived stress on the pre-PSS and post-PSS. The average SHS was 4.7. There was a strong negative correlation between PSS and SHS. There was a moderate negative correlation between the time practicing the integrative medicine modality and postcourse PSS.

Conclusion

This practical, hands-on experience will add nonpharmacologic tools to the pharmacy student tool kit, which could be used in patient care and pharmacy student wellness.

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为药剂学专业学生的福祉开设综合医学选修课。

目的描述马里兰大学药学院综合医学选修课对药学专业学生健康的影响，并研究感知压力与幸福感之间的关系：学生在选课前和选课后三个月分别完成了感知压力量表（PSS）和主观幸福感量表（SHS）。我们的研究比较了参加课程前后 PSS 和 SHS 每项综合得分的结果，以检测是否存在差异。对单项综合得分的解释也进行了类似的分析。我们还检查了 PSS 和 SHS 的相关性，以确定它们之间的关系，并分析了 PSS 的变化与学生用于练习其所确定的综合方式的时间之间的相关性，以检测是否存在任何关联：共有 49 名学生完成了该班三次课程（2020 年、2022 年和 2023 年）的前后健康调查。PSS下降了0.8，但没有统计学意义，大多数学生在PSS前和PSS后都报告了中等程度的压力感知。平均 SHS 为 4.7。PSS 与 SHS 之间存在很强的负相关。综合医学模式实践时间与课程后 PSS 之间呈中度负相关：这种实用的实践经验将为药剂学学生的工具包增加非药物工具，可用于患者护理和药剂学学生的健康。

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American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 医学-学科教育

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

15.20%

发文量

114

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