7th Annual WML Academic Symposium

Presenter(s): Doug Currington and Tiffany Vu
Title: Interventions made by student pharmacists during in-room patient visits at an interprofessional student-run free clinic: A pilot study
Developed under the guidance of Dr. Katie Trotta and Dr. Scott Perkins , Pharmacy Practice

As student pharmacists progress through their curriculum, it is expected that their ability to make clinically-appropriate recommendations improves. This observational prospective cohort study seeks to determine the impact the current professional year of student pharmacist has on the ability to contribute to an interprofessional health care team at a student run free clinic. Pharmacy students were placed on interprofessional teams and documented all interventions for each patient they encountered. Interventions were counted and categorized based on type. The most common intervention made was therapeutic selection. The results concluded that there was a positive correlation between accepted interventions and professional year.