Student self-evaluation of professionalism during advanced pharmacy practice experiences

Objectives: To analyse pharmacy students’ self-evaluation of professionalism criteria during their fourth year in Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) rotations. The authors hypothesised that at least 50% of the evaluation questions will have a self-evaluation rating of ‘exceeds expectations’. Methods: Towards the end of each APPE rotation, students self-evaluated themselves against ten professionalism criteria using a rubric. The data were aggregated and analysed by rotation type and professionalism criteria. Results: A total of 8,120 self-evaluations were reviewed. The percentage of evaluations that were rated at ‘exceeds expectations’ are as follows: Ambulatory Patient Care, 51.9%; Community Pharmacy, 63.4%; Inpatient General Medicine, 48.4%; Hospital/Health Systems, 53.9%; and Electives, 57.1%. Conclusion: The percentage of professionalism self-evaluation ratings for all rotation types, except Inpatient General Medicine, were greater than 50% at the ‘exceeds expectation’ level. This data will be used for accreditation and quality improvement purposes.