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Pharmacy School Requirements
• Accreditation Council for Pharmacy
Education (ACPE)
• Pediatric training as one of science foundation
elements
• Across the lifespan learning
Module 4: Module 5:
Module 6:
Antibiotics Antibiotics
DKA
Part 1 Part 2
Module 8:
Module 7:
Introduction to
Seizures
Neonatology
• Primary Endpoint
• Wilcoxon Signed Rank
• Secondary Endpoints
• Descriptive statistics
Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria
115 employed
pharmacists at time
of study initiation
39 pharmacists excluded
28 do not verify medication orders
5 test group
3 did not complete full education
3 conducted study
76 pharmacists
included in primary
analysis
Pharmacist Baseline Characteristics
N = 76 pharmacists
Pharmacist Baseline Characteristics
Pharmacist Baseline Characteristics
Number of Pediatric Lecture Hours During Pharmacy School
56%
20%
Pharmacist Baseline Characteristics
Area Jan 2017 Jan 2018 Feb 2017 Feb 2018 March 2017 March
(Pre) (Post) (Pre) (Post) (Pre) 2018
(Post)
Pediatric 16 22 22 22 16 20
(1-101) (1-170) (1-122) (1-138) (1-208) (1-174)
PICU 14 21 17 16 11 12
(1-250) (1-138) (1-111) (1-155) (1-69) (1-144)
NICU 16 18 17 15 17 13
(1-176) (1-138) (1-261) (1-143) (1-138) (1-156)
• Publication
Acknowledgements
• Sarah Shields, PharmD
• Karen Kovey, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS
• Joanna Young, PharmD, BCPS
• Sara Trovinger, PharmD
• Karl Young, PharmD
• Tara Jellison, PharmD, MBA, FASHP
• Abby Todt, PharmD, BCPS
• Test Group Pharmacists
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Implementation of a Pediatric
Pharmacy Education Program in
a Community Regional Medical
Center
Chelsea Ferguson, PharmD
PGY-1 Pharmacy Resident
Parkview Health
Chelsea.Ferguson@Parkview.com