Challenges of Undergraduate Pharmacy Students During their Hospital Clerkship (Attachment): Case of Selected Private Health Colleges in AA
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Clerkship is a clinical experience in the education of a student of the health professions in whichhe or she is introduced to the practical care of patients with particular illnesses orcharacteristics. This study aimed to assess the challenges experienced by pharmacy students as they start their clinical training in the context of private colleges in Addis Ababa. The study focused on final year undergraduate pharmacy students during their hospital clerkship(attachment) in AA. Using descriptive research method, this study identified lack of supervision,inopportune feedback and dispiriting current environment were the key challenges of final year undergraduate pharmacy students during their hospital clerkship (attachment) in private health
colleges in AA. This study helps students gain familiarity with clerkship expectations and settings and it generally focus on orienting students to workplace logistics and roles and helps to enhance their clinical skills. It recommends that the necessity of careful preparation for clinical
clerkship, uncertainty when starting clerkship lasted only a few days transition from pre-clinical to clinical training went smoothly and a need time to adjust to the new environment.
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Challenges, Clinical Orientation, Environment, Supervision