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Copyright (c) 2016 Dominick P Trombetta, Pharm.D, Heidi Yanoski
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Pharmacy Students as Health Coaches
Dominick P Trombetta, Pharm.D
Wilkes University
Heidi Yanoski
Wilkes University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/iip.v7i4.472
Keywords: health coaches, motivational interviewing, OARS method, student pharmacists, SMART goals
Abstract
Chronic diseases are the main contributor to both health care costs and mortality in the United States, with medication non-adherence and lifestyle modifications being leading causes. To motivate patients with several co-morbidities, the longitudinal care class was used to educate on maintaining adherence to prescribed regimens. Twenty pharmacy students were trained in health coaching and motivational interviewing methods. Specifically, students were to provide patients with education sheets, apply the teach-back method, and motivate the patient to develop and reach SMART goals made with the pharmacy student over a course of one academic school year.
Conflict of InterestWe declare no conflicts of interest or financial interests that the authors or members of their immediate families have in any product or service discussed in the manuscript, including grants (pending or received), employment, gifts, stock holdings or options, honoraria, consultancies, expert testimony, patents and royalties.
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