Kirsty J Weitzel, Robert F Chew, Adam Bryant Miller, Caroline W Oppenheimer, Ashley Lowe, Anna Yaros
The Use of Crisis Services Following the Mass School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas: Quasi-Experimental Event Study
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recent global pandemic covid19 caused various disruptions among facetoface teaching learning activities switched virtual sessions accordance health authorities recommendations impact changes work readiness pharmacy graduates unknown study aims determine impact pharmacy graduates work readiness particularly studies disrupted pandemic practicing pharmacists supervisory experience interviewed opinions work readiness early career intern pharmacists specifically asked comment work readiness pharmacy graduates later stage pharmacy education impacted pandemic data transcribed verbatim thematically analysed also supplemented quantitative data graduating students 2020 2021 using work readiness scale qualitative feedback showed four themes related workforce readiness work competence social intelligence personal characteristics organizational acumen preceptors interviewed noted differences communication abilities interacting patients however improved time quantitative data collected graduates via validated workreadiness scale also showed positive agreement towards perceived work readiness graduates comfortable using technology used extensively learning pandemic thus comfortable adopting digital health tools practice although graduates reported work ready gaps communication skills confidence levels interacting patients reported supervising preceptors graduates also described sense missing opportunity attend facetoface activities like originally planned hospital placements impacted choice career pharmacists continue play vital roles members broader healthcare workforce clinical nonclinical settings learnings study considered designing educational activities train develop workforce future