Journal article
Evaluation of a Question Persuade Refer (QPR) training for student pharmacists
Mental health & prevention, Vol.18, p.200180
06/2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.mhp.2020.200180
Abstract
Suicide has been labeled a public health crisis. Training students in suicide prevention has been recommended. The objectives of this study were 1) test confidence and knowledge change associated with student pharmacists undergoing a discussion session led by a psychiatric pharmacist followed by Question Persuade Refer (QPR) training and 2) assess student feedback on the sessions.
Second-year student pharmacists attended discussion sections led by a psychiatric pharmacist and participated in QPR training as part of a 6-week Neurology-Psychiatry Integrated Pharmacotherapy course. Anonymous pre and post surveys were used to evaluate the program for changes in confidence and knowledge using independent sample t-tests. Likelihood to intervene and likelihood to seek additional training were measured and used as dependent variables in logistic ordinal regression models. Open-ended responses were coded using a descriptive qualitative content analysis approach.
All 111 students responded to both pre and post surveys. Students showed significant improvements in their confidence (p < 0.01) and knowledge (p < 0.01) related to suicide prevention. Three-quarters of students (73.0%) reported being very or extremely likely to intervene the next time they see warning signs of suicide. Confidence was significantly associated with future likelihood to intervene (p = 0.02). Students were interested in more examples, including video examples.
This educational intervention pairing engagement with a psychiatric pharmacist and training in QPR was associated with significant increases in confidence and knowledge scores related to suicide gatekeeping. The analysis showed a positive association between confidence and likelihood to intervene with persons with suicide warning signs.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Evaluation of a Question Persuade Refer (QPR) training for student pharmacists
- Creators
- Matthew Witry - University of IowaJill Kauer - University of IowaMichelle Fravel - University of IowaJeffrey Reist - University of IowaBrahmendra Viyyuri - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Mental health & prevention, Vol.18, p.200180
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.mhp.2020.200180
- ISSN
- 2212-6570
- eISSN
- 2212-6570
- Publisher
- Elsevier GmbH
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2020
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacy Practice and Science; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359884102771
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