Writing Skills of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Students Whose First or Best Language Is Not English
Author:
- Miriam Diaz-GilbertMDMiriam Diaz-Gilbert
- 1 September 2005
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
- Vol. 69 (5)
Abstract
Objective. To study the perceptions that advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) students whose first or best language is not English have regarding their writing skills and the APPE writing experience, and to study the perceptions and experiences that APPE preceptors have about the writing skills of students whose first or best language is not English. Methods. Twenty-one APPE students representing 3 pharmacy schools were individually interviewed using 20 guided questions to elicit information about, but not limited to writing, grammar, vocabulary, and spelling skills, and the APPE. Additionally, 101 preceptors representing 48 pharmacy schools completed a 9-item Likert-type survey instrument to rate students' grammar, writing, vocabulary, spelling skills, and areas related to APPE writing, and a tenth open-ended item asking them to describe how writing strengths and weaknesses help or hinder the APPE experience. Results. The students indicated the need to improve writing and writing-related skills, ...Keywords
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