Empowering and educating the next generation of pharmacists through children's books: A quality assurance initiative.

Objective: The objective of this quality assurance initiative was to internally measure children's perceptions of the book, "All Aboard the Rx-Express!" and knowledge gained from its content.

Methods: This pharmacy-focused children's book was read to elementary-age youth at a rural, Pennsylvania elementary school in the Spring of 2022. A brief, optional, anonymous prepost survey was administered to the youth before and after the reading to measure the book's impact on third through fifth graders' perceptions and knowledge of the pharmacy profession.