State Policies and Their Impact on Pharmacy Students’ Selection of Postgraduate Training Sites
Abstract
Purpose: This research intends to explore factors influencing fourth-year pharmacy students' postgraduate training location choices, focusing on state policies affecting pharmacy practice. Key topics include harm reduction, reproductive laws, and pharmacist scope of practice. It will examine how state law variations impact students' career decisions. Methods: This is a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study that will collect data via an online Qualtrics survey administered from March 10 to April 30, 2025. The survey targets fourth-year US pharmacy students intending to pursue residency or fellowship. A standardized questionnaire will assess demographics, background, and attitudes toward state laws, including their influence on postgraduate site selection. Questions will explore students’ perceptions of specific policies, their willingness to practice in different states, and the importance of these laws in their decision-making process. Data will be analyzed using SPSS verison 29. Descriptive statistics will summarize responses, and univariable logistic regression will determine correlations between state policies and training preferences. Significance is set at P < 0.05. Results: The results of this study are currently pending, as data collection concludes in April 2025. It is anticipated that the results will show that state policy does play a role in the decision-making process of fourth-year pharmacy students who are pursuing a postgraduate residency or fellowship. This is hypothesized due to recent trends seen in research pertaining to the impact of reproductive policies on physicians’ decisions in the locations they complete residencies and fellowships following the overturning of Roe vs Wade in June 2022. Conclusion: While many studies explore why pharmacy students pursue postgraduate training, fewer examine location choices. This study aims to highlight the role of state policies in postgraduate site selection.
Start Time
16-4-2025 9:00 AM
End Time
16-4-2025 11:30 AM
Presentation Type
Poster
Presentation Category
Health
Student Type
Clinical Doctoral Student (e.g., medical student, pharmacy student)
Faculty Mentor
Kylie Futrell
Faculty Department
Pharmacy Practice
State Policies and Their Impact on Pharmacy Students’ Selection of Postgraduate Training Sites
Purpose: This research intends to explore factors influencing fourth-year pharmacy students' postgraduate training location choices, focusing on state policies affecting pharmacy practice. Key topics include harm reduction, reproductive laws, and pharmacist scope of practice. It will examine how state law variations impact students' career decisions. Methods: This is a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study that will collect data via an online Qualtrics survey administered from March 10 to April 30, 2025. The survey targets fourth-year US pharmacy students intending to pursue residency or fellowship. A standardized questionnaire will assess demographics, background, and attitudes toward state laws, including their influence on postgraduate site selection. Questions will explore students’ perceptions of specific policies, their willingness to practice in different states, and the importance of these laws in their decision-making process. Data will be analyzed using SPSS verison 29. Descriptive statistics will summarize responses, and univariable logistic regression will determine correlations between state policies and training preferences. Significance is set at P < 0.05. Results: The results of this study are currently pending, as data collection concludes in April 2025. It is anticipated that the results will show that state policy does play a role in the decision-making process of fourth-year pharmacy students who are pursuing a postgraduate residency or fellowship. This is hypothesized due to recent trends seen in research pertaining to the impact of reproductive policies on physicians’ decisions in the locations they complete residencies and fellowships following the overturning of Roe vs Wade in June 2022. Conclusion: While many studies explore why pharmacy students pursue postgraduate training, fewer examine location choices. This study aims to highlight the role of state policies in postgraduate site selection.