Open AccessExperiential learning placements in primary care: Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Alyson Brown,
Linsey Hayes,
Lloyd Kennett
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pharmacy education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.198
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1477-2701
pISSN - 1560-2214
DOI - 10.46542/pe.2021.211.695697
Subject(s) - experiential learning , pandemic , primary care , covid-19 , pharmacist , workflow , nursing , distancing , medical education , medicine , pharmacy , psychology , family medicine , pedagogy , computer science , disease , pathology , database , infectious disease (medical specialty)
In 2020, the Sars-2-CoV pandemic led to challenges in providing experiential learning (EL) placements for undergraduate student pharmacists in primary care settings across Scotland. The need to reduce footfall along with the introduction of physical distancing measures, a blended approach to working location, and a change to workflow, all created unforeseen challenges for hosting student pharmacist EL placements within the primary care environment in NHS Lanarkshire. This short report focuses on how the primary care prescribing support team in NHS Lanarkshire adapted student pharmacist EL placements to ensure they continued to meet learning outcomes as defined by the universities via virtual delivery hosted on MS Teams.