Implementation and evaluation of a learner-driven leadership initiative for pharmacy students and pharmacy residents.

: Leadership training is a crucial component of the pharmacy education curriculum. The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) emphasizes and encourages the use of different leadership initiatives, and universities employ tactics with varying levels of success to implement these initiatives. "Leadership theory" debates if leadership can be learned or if it is a natural-born skill.

Evaluation of Student Pharmacists' Attitudes and Perceptions of Hormonal Contraception Prescribing in Indiana.

Community pharmacists' scope of practice is expanding to include hormonal contraceptive prescribing. Prior to introducing statewide legislation, it is important to assess the perceptions of future pharmacists. A cross-sectional survey was distributed to 651 third- and fourth-year professional students enrolled at three colleges of pharmacy in Indiana.

Comparison of full-time faculty preceptor and volunteer preceptor evaluations of experiential students.

Introduction: Oftentimes, students believe that faculty preceptors have different expectations than volunteer preceptors during experiential rotations. Despite this perception, there is no published data reporting the actual differences in volunteer and faculty evaluations. This study determined if students placed with volunteer preceptors experience a different level of evaluation rigor than students placed with full-time faculty preceptors on advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs).

Pharmacists' Perceptions, Barriers, and Potential Solutions to Implementing a Direct Pharmacy Access Policy in Indiana.

This study assessed pharmacists' perceptions, barriers, and potential solutions for implementing a policy allowing pharmacists to prescribe hormonal contraceptives in Indiana. A mixed-method survey ( = 131, 22.3% response rate), using Likert-type scales, dichotomous responses (yes/no), and open-ended questions, was distributed to pharmacy preceptors in Indiana.