目的:药学专业毕业生对患者护理和研究的承诺对于推进药学科学和实践至关重要。因此,药学本科学生参与研究的价值越来越得到认可。鉴于卡塔尔大学药学院提供两门本科药学研究课程,这与探索教师对交付的看法有关,影响,主持人,障碍,并建议改进这些课程。这项探索将有助于改善现有课程,并强调学生参与本科药学研究课程对学生个人和专业成长的未来影响,以及制药行业的逐步发展。
方法:进行了定性探索性案例研究,其中进行了五个虚拟焦点组。来自临床药学和药物科学部门的所有符合条件的教师都有经验,监督参加了一个或两个本科药学研究课程的学生。焦点小组问题基于行为决定因素的理论领域框架。逐字转录进行,使用计算机辅助编码软件NVivo®对收集的数据进行主题分析。
结果:在26名符合条件的教职员工中,21人参加了这项研究。确定了五个演绎主题:社会职业角色和影响,关于能力的信念,技能,关于后果和目标的信念,以及环境资源和行为法规。总的来说,教职员工将自己确定为评估者和指导者。参与者期望学生具有独立性,责任,和动机。他们认为学生通常需要更多的实践研究技能。已经强调了将学生纳入本科研究的几个好处,包括提高出版物的生产率和质量。然而,已经确定了药学本科研究的几个障碍,包括有限的资源,有限的时间范围,有时会延迟道德批准。
结论:教师对本科研究课程表示乐观。然而,一些后勤问题,包括冗长的道德审批流程和资源可用性,必须解决以优化这些课程的有效性。
OBJECTIVE: The commitment of pharmacy graduates to patient care and research is crucial to advancing pharmaceutical science and practice. Consequently, the value of involving undergraduate pharmacy students in research has been increasingly recognized. Given that the College of Pharmacy at Qatar University offers two undergraduate pharmacy research courses, it is relevant to explore the perception of faculty members of the delivery, impact, facilitators, barriers, and suggested improvements in these courses. This exploration will help to improve the existing curriculum and to highlight the prospective impact of student involvement in undergraduate pharmacy research courses on the personal and professional growth of students, as well as on the progressive evolution of the pharmacy profession.
METHODS: A qualitative exploratory case study was performed in which five virtual focus groups were conducted. All eligible faculty members from the clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical science departments with experience supervising students who had taken one or two undergraduate pharmacy research courses were invited to participate. The focus group questions were based on the Theoretical domain framework of behavioral determinants. Verbatim transcription was performed, and the collected data were thematically analyzed using the computer-assisted coding software NVivo®.
RESULTS: Of the 26 eligible faculty members, 21 participated in this study. Five deductive themes were identified: social professional role and influences, beliefs about capabilities, skills, beliefs about consequences and goals, and environmental resources and behavioral regulations. Overall, faculty members identified themselves as assessors and mentors. Participants expected students to possess independence, responsibility, and motivation. They believed that students generally required more practical research skills. Several benefits of incorporating students into undergraduate research have been highlighted, including increased publication productivity and quality. However, several hurdles to undergraduate research in pharmacy have been identified, including limited resources, limited timeframes, and sometimes delayed ethical approval.
CONCLUSIONS: Faculty members expressed optimism regarding the undergraduate research courses. However, some logistical concerns, including the lengthy ethical approval process and resource availability, must be addressed to optimize the effectiveness of these courses.