A novel behaviour change learning activity for pharmacy undergraduate students

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Author
James, Delyth
Yemm, Rowan
Deslandes, Rhian
Date
2018-12-24Acceptance date
2018-10-24
Type
Article
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
ISSN
1560-2214
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Objectives: To engage students in a ‘behaviour change’ learning activity, applying health psychology theory to pharmacy practice in order to help students appreciate the challenges of behaviour change.
Methods: Year 2 pharmacy students selected one behaviour to change and kept a diary for one-week before making changes. Students then received a health psychology lecture on behaviour change models. They instigated their behaviour change and continued to document this in the diary over a further one-week. Diaries were collected after the two-week activity for thematic analysis.
Results: Of the 99 students, 61 (62%) submitted their completed diary, of whom 55 (90%) successfully implemented their behaviour change. These were categorised into four areas: diet, exercise, liquid consumption, and other. The remaining 10% provided reasons for not changing. Ten students (16%) described their behaviour using a psychological theory.
Conclusions: Students engaged well with this novel learning activity, indicated by a high percentage diary completion. They demonstrated a clear appreciation of behaviour change within a real life context and its perceived relevance to pharmacy practice.
Journal/conference proceeding
Pharmacy Education;
Citation
James, D., Yemm, R. and Deslandes, R. (2018) 'A novel behaviour change learning activity for pharmacy undergraduate students', Pharmacy Education, 18.
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http://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/view/633http://hdl.handle.net/10369/10696
Description
Article published in Pharmacy Education in December 2018.
Sponsorship
Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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