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Student Pharmacist

(SP1) Practice Based Research: What, Why, and How?

Tuesday, October 17, 2023
8:30 AM – 9:45 AM East Coast USA Time
Location: Crystal J2
ACPE UAN:N/A | Contact Hours: N/A | Activity Type: N/A
Practice-based research is essential to assessing the impact of direct patient care services provided by managed care pharmacy on patient outcomes. Students, junior researchers, and practitioners often lack the necessary knowledge to conduct practice-based research, as highlighted by a recent survey of AMCP Foundation interns, where only 35% felt comfortable with real-world evidence methodologies. Understanding practice-based research concepts and methodologies enables the execution, dissemination, and utilization of research that aligns with the managed care pharmacy research agenda.

This session will provide a 25-minute didactic presentation on practice-based research concepts and methodologies followed by breakout groups to walk through conducting research with real-world examples. This session will help bridge the gap in knowledge and training among students, junior researchers, and practitioners improving their understanding of practice-based research concepts and methodologies

Learning Objectives::

At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  1. Explain the principles and steps of conducting practice-based pharmacy research, including developing a research question, study designs, data collection/analysis, and result interpretation/dissemination.
  2. Apply principles of practice-based research to a real-world example via breakout sessions by working in groups to design and conduct mini-research projects related to practice-based pharmacy issues.
  3. Identify implementation of small-scale quality improvement projects in practice.