Role and responsibilities of student affairs professionals in pharmacy education

• Published in: Currents in pharmacy teaching and learning 2024-11, Vol.16 (11), p.102164, Article 102164
• Main Authors: Ficzere, Cathy H., Behnen, Erin M., Kiningham, Kelley
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Education, Pharmacy - methods; Education, Pharmacy - standards; Education, Pharmacy - statistics & numerical data; Education, Pharmacy - trends; Humans; Pharmacy education; Professional Role; Schools, Pharmacy - organization & administration; Schools, Pharmacy - statistics & numerical data; Student affairs; Students, Pharmacy - psychology; Students, Pharmacy - statistics & numerical data; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States
• ISSN: 1877-1297; 1877-1300; 1877-1300
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cptl.2024.102164

While pharmacy programs, standards, and students have changed over time, caring for our students continues to be of the utmost importance. We are interested in learning how colleges and schools of pharmacy are meeting these needs. Therefore, our objective was to characterize the roles and responsibilities of student affairs professionals associated with colleges/schools of pharmacy. All ACPE colleges/schools of pharmacy in the United States were contacted by email to identify the student affairs lead for the institution who was then sent a Qualtrics survey via email. The survey asked for college/school demographics and details of the number and responsibilities of student affairs faculty and staff. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the results. The survey was sent to a total of 134 individuals and 78 survey responses were received after removing duplicate responses. Responding college/schools were similar in type (49% public, 51% private), size (59% entering cohort of