Journal article
An exploratory qualitative study of student pharmacist perspectives on leadership
American journal of pharmaceutical education, Vol.88(2), 100658
02/2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.100658
PMID: 38266870
Abstract
The objectives of this study were to 1) explore student pharmacists' knowledge and perceptions of leadership characteristics and behaviors and 2) identify where students have opportunities to observe and exhibit leadership.
Data were collected from 32 students participating in a pharmacy leadership elective. Students submitted reflections about leadership definitions, characteristics, observations of leadership, and times when they felt like a leader. An inductive constant comparative analysis was used to code and categorize text segments from the reflections using NVivo 1.7.1 (Lumivero; Denver, CO). Holistic consideration of the reflections was used to identify an overarching theme.
Three categories were specified to organize the data from the qualitative analysis: 1) Leader Characteristics, 2) Leading Behaviors, and 3) Leadership Contexts. One overarching theme was proposed encompassing the categories and sub-categories: Leadership Contradictions. The theme is based on the finding that students seemed able to identify leadership characteristics but emphasized descriptions and like holding titles and completing managerial or task-focused duties, suggesting contradictions between conceptual understanding of leadership and leadership behaviors.
The contradictions between students' conceptual understanding of leadership and what they offered as examples of how and where leadership was observed or applied to practice suggest additional activities and experiences may be warranted to help students appreciate that leadership extends beyond formal roles and demonstrates the ability to influence and support the achievement of shared goals of a team. Additionally, a multi-modal approach may enhance leadership assessment.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An exploratory qualitative study of student pharmacist perspectives on leadership
- Creators
- Logan T Murry - University of IowaBrent Reed - University of North Carolina at CharlotteMatthew J Witry - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of pharmaceutical education, Vol.88(2), 100658
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.100658
- PMID
- 38266870
- ISSN
- 0002-9459
- eISSN
- 1553-6467
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 01/22/2024
- Date published
- 02/2024
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacy Practice and Science; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984548850102771
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