Impact and feasibility of a pharmacist-delivered pharmacotherapy rotation on pediatric resident education

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive demographic statistics for intervention (n = 7) and control (n = 10) groups

Group	Item	Mean	Standard Deviation	Min	Max
Control group	Level*	2.23	0.50	2	3
	Age	28.81	2.95	27	30
	ICU Rotation**	1.14	1.21	0	3
	Sex Male Female	Number (%) 1 (10%) 8 (80%)
	Married	Number (%) 7 (70%)
	Children	Number (%) 1 (10%)
Intervention group	Level*	2.89	0	3	3
	Age	28.8	0.98	28	30
	ICU Rotation**	2.6	0.85	2	4
	Sex Male Female	Number (%) 1 (14%) 6 (86%)
	Married	Number (%) 2 (29%)
	Children	Number (%) 2 (29%)

*Resident Level; Independent t test, p-value = 0.02, p set at 0.05, significant difference.

** ICU Rotation; Independent t test, p-value = 0.004, p set at 0.05, significant difference

Table 2. Summary results for knowledge tests and confidence questionnaire in intervention (n = 7) and control groups (n = 10)

	Knowledge Mean (SD)			Confidence Mean (SD)
Variable:	Pre	Post	p	Pre	Post	p
Control	10.70 (3.3)	10.44 (4.1)	0.15	4.71 (0.6)	4.92 (0.6)	0.17
Intervention	12.86 (1.5)	14.29 (2.0)	0.02*	4.70 (0.6)	5.65 (0.4)	0.00009
p	0.089	0.012		0.48	0.0016

*Independent t tests for comparisons between intervention and control groups. Paired t tests for pre-post difference within group comparisons. Alpha set at p ≤ 0.05. P values shown in bold are statistically significant after Bonferroni adjustment calculation.

Table 3. Summary results for ISVS in Intervention group (n = 7)

ISVS Scale	Pre-rotation Mean (SD)	Post-rotation Mean (SD)	p
Total Scale	137.3 (10.8)	159.7 (8.1)	0.004
Ability Sub-scale	52.7 (3.9)	60.7 (3.0)	0.006
Value Sub-scale	53.1 (4.5)	61.1 (2.5)	0.005
Comfort Sub-scale	31.4 (3.4)	37.9 (3.4)	0.005

*Paired t test for pre-post difference within group comparisons. Alpha set at p ≤ 0.5. P values show in bold are statistically significant after Bonferroni adjustment calculation.

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Right now, how confident are you to do each of the following:	Definitely Mostly Slightly Slightly Mostly Definitely No No No Yes Yes Yes
Collect patient-specific subjective information that would impact drug therapy. (e.g., patient report of allergic reaction or pain).	◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯
Collect patient-specific objective information that would impact drug therapy. (e.g., blood pressure or laboratory values)	◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯
Critically review the appropriateness of the current drug therapy.	◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯
Identify patient-specific variables or conditions related to drug therapy (e.g., patient is pregnant and drug is teratogenic).	◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯
Develop a drug therapy plan for patients.	◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯
Choose correct doses of medications.	◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯
Monitor for drug efficacy.	◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯
Monitor for drug toxicity.	◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯
Adjust dosing of medication based on drug levels.	◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯ ◯