Presentation (CTI)

OBJECTIVES: Since the adoption of the 6-year pharmaceutical college curriculum in Korea, the role of preceptors who conduct clinical pharmacy practice education (CPPE) has become more important. This study was conducted to assess the differences in perception and satisfaction of the CPPE through a survey of students and preceptors who completed CPPE from 2022 to 2023 at Veterans Hospital in Seoul, Korea.
METHODS: The survey composed of 17 questions for both students and preceptors, and additional 7 questions for only preceptor. The responses of “excellent” was considered as a positive responses and “average” - “insufficient” was considered as a negative responses.
RESULTS: Total 70 respondents (48 students and 22 preceptors) responded to the survey. 63.6% of preceptors had master's degrees, 77.3% were certified pharmacy specialists from the Korean Society of Health-system Pharmarcists, and 59.1% had >10 years of experience. About overall evaluation of CPPE, “providing positive educational environment” has the largest difference in positive evaluation rate between students and preceptors (85.4% vs 50.0%, p<0.05). In the evaluation of preceptor competency, “systematic education” has the largest difference (97.9% vs 50.0%, p<0.05). In the preceptor subgroup analysis, clinical lecture preceptors and preceptors with more than 10 years of experience had higher positive response rates than practice preceptors and preceptors with less than 10 years of experience. The most disability influencing factor to performing the preceptor role was “Pressure of concurrent work” (55.3%), and the most promotional factor was “financial compensation” (39.5%).
CONCLUSIONS: The results of the study showed that students perceived CPPE more positively than the preceptors (93.8% vs 68.2%, p<0.05). The purpose of this study was to analyze the differences in perception between preceptors and students at in CPPE, and to improve the quality of CPPE.