OBJECTIVES: To implement and assess the effectiveness of a program to teach pharmacy students the importance of taking personal responsibility for their health. DESIGN: The My First Patient Program was created and lectures were incorporated into an existing first-year course to introduce the concepts of health beliefs, behavior modification, stress management, substance abuse, and nutrition. Each student received a comprehensive health screening and health risk assessment which they used to develop a personal health portfolio and identify strategies to attain and/or maintain their personal health goals. ASSESSMENT: Student learning was assessed through written assignments and student reflections, follow-up surveys, and course evaluations. Students' attainment of health goals and their ability to identify their personal health status illustrated the positive impact of the program. CONCLUSION: This program serves as a model for colleges and schools of pharmacy and for other health professions in the instruction of health promotion, disease prevention, and behavior modification.
OBJECTIVES: To implement and assess the effectiveness of a program to teach pharmacy students the importance of taking personal responsibility for their health. DESIGN: The My First Patient Program was created and lectures were incorporated into an existing first-year course to introduce the concepts of health beliefs, behavior modification, stress management, substance abuse, and nutrition. Each student received a comprehensive health screening and health risk assessment which they used to develop a personal health portfolio and identify strategies to attain and/or maintain their personal health goals. ASSESSMENT: Student learning was assessed through written assignments and student reflections, follow-up surveys, and course evaluations. Students' attainment of health goals and their ability to identify their personal health status illustrated the positive impact of the program. CONCLUSION: This program serves as a model for colleges and schools of pharmacy and for other health professions in the instruction of health promotion, disease prevention, and behavior modification.
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behavior change; disease prevention; health promotion
Authors: Janet Allan; Timi Agar Barwick; Suzanne Cashman; James F Cawley; Chris Day; Chester W Douglass; Clyde H Evans; David R Garr; Rika Maeshiro; Robert L McCarthy; Susan M Meyer; Richard Riegelman; Sarena D Seifer; Joan Stanley; Melinda Swenson; Howard S Teitelbaum; Peggy Timothe; Kathryn E Werner; Douglas Wood Journal: Am J Prev Med Date: 2004-12 Impact factor: 5.043
Authors: Pauline L Douglas; Helen McCarthy; Lynn E McCotter; Siobhan Gallen; Stephen McClean; Alison M Gallagher; Sumantra Ray Journal: Pharmacy (Basel) Date: 2019-03-05