PMID- 31605104
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200413
LR  - 20200413
IS  - 1535-2900 (Electronic)
IS  - 1079-2082 (Linking)
VI  - 76
IP  - 23
DP  - 2019 Nov 13
TI  - Association between student characteristics and rankings when applying for a 
      residency in health-system pharmacy administration.
PG  - 1944-1950
LID - 10.1093/ajhp/zxz216 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: Results of a study to identify characteristics associated with pharmacy 
      residency applicant success in obtaining an invitation to interview and a top 
      candidate ranking are reported. Subsequent development and initial validation of 
      a predictive model based on those characteristics are described. METHODS: 
      Bivariable analyses were performed for planned stratifications of applicants to a 
      health-system pharmacy administration residency program according to whether they 
      were offered an on-site interview or were among the 8 top candidates by final 
      candidate ranking. A Random Forest algorithm was created to identify predictors 
      of the likelihood of an applicant being offered an on-site interview. RESULTS: 
      Applicants who were offered interviews had a higher median pharmacy school grade 
      point average (GPA) than those not invited to interview: 3.63 (interquartile 
      range [IQR], 3.46-3.79) versus 3.35 (IQR, 3.2-3.49); p < 0.001. Invited 
      applicants also received more scholarships during pharmacy school (median, 2 
      [IQR, 1-3) versus 1 [IQR, 0-2]; p = 0.002). Applicants with prior work experience 
      as a hospital pharmacy intern were also more likely than those without such 
      experience to be offered an interview (70.0% versus 37.8% were invited, p = 
      0.001), as were applicants who presented a poster at a national meeting during 
      pharmacy school (80% versus 60%, p = 0.02) or who served in a national pharmacy 
      organization leadership position (41.4% versus 20%, p = 0.03). Pharmacy school 
      GPA was associated with final candidate ranking; top-ranked candidates had a 
      significantly higher median GPA than lower-ranked applicants (3.68 [IQR, 
      3.51-3.8] versus 3.48 [IQR, 3.23-3.7]; p = 0.003). CONCLUSION: Objective criteria 
      within the realms of academic performance and prior work experience may be used 
      to streamline the applicant screening process when determining candidates to 
      invite for an on-site interview. Pharmacy school GPA was the only characteristic 
      found to be associated with applicant final ranking.
CI  - (c) American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2019. All rights reserved. For 
      permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
FAU - Morbitzer, Kathryn A
AU  - Morbitzer KA
AD  - Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education, UNC Eshelman School of 
      Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
FAU - Eckel, Stephen F
AU  - Eckel SF
AD  - Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education, UNC Eshelman School of 
      Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, and 
      Department of Pharmacy, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Am J Health Syst Pharm
JT  - American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the 
      American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
JID - 9503023
SB  - IM
MH  - Academic Performance/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Fellowships and Scholarships/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Leadership
MH  - Male
MH  - Personnel Selection/methods/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Pharmacy Administration/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Pharmacy Residencies/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Publishing/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Schools, Pharmacy/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Societies, Pharmaceutical/organization & administration/statistics & numerical 
      data
MH  - Students, Pharmacy/psychology/*statistics & numerical data
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - application process
OT  - health-system pharmacy
OT  - matching
OT  - on-site interview
OT  - residency
EDAT- 2019/10/13 06:00
MHDA- 2020/04/14 06:00
CRDT- 2019/10/13 06:00
PHST- 2019/10/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/04/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/10/13 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 5586210 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/ajhp/zxz216 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2019 Nov 13;76(23):1944-1950. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxz216.