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Best Practices for Teaching and Assessing Population Health and Wellness

來源：泰然健康網(wǎng) 時間：2025年04月12日 09:00

IF 3.8 4區(qū) 教育學(xué) Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Abstract

Objective

We aimed to describe the concept of population health and wellness in the context of pharmacy education, curricular integration, and assessment.

Findings

The definition of population health and wellness, which differs from that of public health, emphasizes the importance of environmental, biological, and social factors in determining population health outcomes. Various population health measures, including objective (mortality rates and life expectancy) and subjective (self-rated health and quality of life) indicators, can be used to teach and assess population-based care. Curricular frameworks and approaches such as the Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework and the competency map approach can be used to integrate population health concepts into pharmacy education. Didactic and experiential learning opportunities, skill assessments (eg, immunizations, point-of-care testing, and research projects), and co-curricular activities (eg, health fairs and student-run clinics) can be used by educators to assess student’s knowledge and skills related to population health.

Summary

Despite the significance of population health and wellness for pharmacists, there is a lack of established comprehensive curricular approaches to effectively teach these concepts in pharmacy education. Skill assessments have standardized rubrics and should be used by all pharmacy educators. Other activities and assessments exist to evaluate students in research projects, service-learning opportunities, health fairs, and student-run clinics. There is a need for greater collaboration across pharmacy programs and health profession education initiatives to publish more examples and assessment tools to ensure that all graduates attain the necessary population health competencies.

教學(xué)和評估人口健康與福利的最佳做法。

目的：闡述藥學(xué)教育背景下的人口健康與健康的概念、課程整合和評估方法。結(jié)果：與公共衛(wèi)生不同，人口健康和保健的定義強調(diào)環(huán)境、生物和社會因素在決定人口健康結(jié)果中的重要性。各種人口保健措施，包括客觀（死亡率、預(yù)期壽命）和主觀（自我評價的健康狀況、生活質(zhì)量）指標，可用于教學(xué)和評估基于人口的保健。課程框架和方法，如臨床預(yù)防和人口健康課程框架和能力圖方法，可用于將人口健康概念融入藥學(xué)教育。教育工作者可以利用教學(xué)和體驗式學(xué)習(xí)機會、技能評估（例如，免疫接種、護理點檢測、研究項目）和課外活動（例如，健康博覽會、學(xué)生開辦的診所）來評估學(xué)生與人口健康有關(guān)的知識和技能。摘要：雖然認識到人口健康和保健對藥劑師的重要性，但在藥學(xué)教育中缺乏建立的，全面的課程方法來有效地教授這些概念。技能評估有標準化的標準，應(yīng)該被所有藥學(xué)教育工作者使用。還存在其他活動和評估，以評估學(xué)生的研究項目、服務(wù)學(xué)習(xí)機會、健康博覽會和學(xué)生開辦的診所。有必要在藥學(xué)項目和衛(wèi)生專業(yè)教育計劃之間進行更大的合作，以發(fā)布更多的例子和評估工具，以了解教育者如何確保所有畢業(yè)生獲得必要的人口健康能力。

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來源期刊

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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