调查美国一所药学院学生药剂师入学数据与药学课程成绩之间的相关性

IF 1.3 Q3 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI:10.1016/j.cptl.2025.102369

Jeannie K. Lee , Nancy A. Alvarez , Michael Katz , Cyndi Fraser , Bernadette Cornelison , Tyler Gallo , David R. Axon

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摘要

有一个兴趣在检查招生数据，包括人口统计和课程成绩与学生药剂师学业成功的关系。本项目旨在确定亚利桑那大学肯科伊特药学院（UA RKCCOP）药学博士（PharmD）入学数据与学习成绩之间的相关性。方法本回顾性质量改进项目包括UA RKCCOP最近5个周期（2018-19、2019-20、2020-21、2021-22、2022-23）录取的所有药学博士学生。使用了UA RKCCOP三年药学教学课程的PharmCAS应用系统数据和课程成绩。计算描述性统计来描述特征、平均绩点（GPA）分数和课程成绩。计算药学预科GPA成绩与药学博士各门课程成绩、所选必修课程与相应药学课程成绩之间的Spearman Rho相关关系。结果在过去的5个队列中，共有665名学生被UA RKCCOP药学博士项目录取。预科课程成绩与药学博士选修课成绩之间的相关性要么弱要么非常弱，药学前gpa成绩与药学博士成绩之间的相关性也很大。有9个中等相关，其中3个基础科学课程和2个药学实践课程与总体和/或药学前理科gpa典型相关。结论本研究显示预科课程成绩与药学博士课程成绩、药学前gpa成绩与药学博士成绩之间缺乏强相关性。虽然有一些适度的相关性，但大多数是弱的或非常弱的。

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Investigating the correlation between student pharmacist admissions data and pharmacy course grades at a college of pharmacy in the United States

Introduction

There is an interest in examining how well admissions data including demographics and course grades correlate with academic success for student pharmacists. This project aimed to determine the correlation between Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) admissions data and academic performance at the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy (UA RKCCOP).

Methods

This retrospective quality improvement project included all PharmD students admitted in the last five cycles (2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23) to the UA RKCCOP. The PharmCAS application system data and course grades from the three years of the pharmacy didactic curriculum at the UA RKCCOP were utilized. Descriptive statistics were calculated to describe the characteristics, grade point average (GPA) scores, and course grades. Spearman Rho correlations were calculated for the association between pre-pharmacy GPA scores and each PharmD course grade and the association between select prerequisite courses and their corresponding pharmacy courses.

Results

A total of 665 students were admitted to the UA RKCCOP PharmD program in the past five cohorts. Correlations between prerequisite course grades and select PharmD course grades were either weak or very weak, as were most correlations between pre-pharmacy GPAs and PharmD grades. There were nine moderate correlations – three basic science courses and two pharmacy practice courses were typically correlated with overall and/or science pre-pharmacy GPAs.

Conclusions

This project demonstrated a lack of strong correlations between prerequisite course grades with PharmD course grades and pre-pharmacy GPAs with PharmD grades. Although there were a few moderate correlations, most were weak or very weak.

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