OBJECTIVES: To evaluate a structured patient intervention, the Diabetes Check, in which pharmacy students ask patients with diabetes about 3 clinical targets: A1c, blood pressure, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (ABC) levels. Specific objectives were to: (1) describe the effect of patients' reactions on pharmacy students; (2) describe pharmacy students' confidence and role beliefs; and (3) determine predictors of pharmacy students' intention to use the Diabetes Check in the future. METHODS: After training, pharmacy students were asked to perform 10 diabetes checks and complete an evaluation. Data from the evaluations described pharmacy students' reactions, role beliefs, and confidence. Linear regression was performed to predict intention of using the Diabetes Check in future. RESULTS: One-hundred twenty-eight pharmacy students used the Diabetes Check tool with over 1000 patients. Most pharmacy students were encouraged by patients' reactions (56%). Pharmacy students' perceptions of patients' reaction and pharmacy students' role beliefs about monitoring ABCs significantly predicted pharmacy students' reported intention to use a Diabetes Check (r-squared = 0.52). CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacy students' perceptions of patient reactions and role beliefs about the importance of monitoring predicted their reported intention of performing a Diabetes Check in the future.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate a structured patient intervention, the Diabetes Check, in which pharmacy students ask patients with diabetes about 3 clinical targets: A1c, blood pressure, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (ABC) levels. Specific objectives were to: (1) describe the effect of patients' reactions on pharmacy students; (2) describe pharmacy students' confidence and role beliefs; and (3) determine predictors of pharmacy students' intention to use the Diabetes Check in the future. METHODS: After training, pharmacy students were asked to perform 10 diabetes checks and complete an evaluation. Data from the evaluations described pharmacy students' reactions, role beliefs, and confidence. Linear regression was performed to predict intention of using the Diabetes Check in future. RESULTS: One-hundred twenty-eight pharmacy students used the Diabetes Check tool with over 1000 patients. Most pharmacy students were encouraged by patients' reactions (56%). Pharmacy students' perceptions of patients' reaction and pharmacy students' role beliefs about monitoring ABCs significantly predicted pharmacy students' reported intention to use a Diabetes Check (r-squared = 0.52). CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacy students' perceptions of patient reactions and role beliefs about the importance of monitoring predicted their reported intention of performing a Diabetes Check in the future.