Using Focus Groups to Explore Evolving Perceptions of Student Pharmacists' Curricular Experiences.

To explore student pharmacists' shared experiences as they transitioned through the first three years of a Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum, from dependent learners to autonomous contributors. The researchers used interpretive phenomenology to examine the lived experiences of student pharmacists. Previously gathered focus group data for 309 student pharmacists from the 2015-2016 academic year were explored.