Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Objectives: To engage students in a 'behaviour change' learning activity, applying health psychology theory to pharmacy practice in order to help students appreciate the challenges of behaviour change.Methods: Year 2 pharmacy students selected one behaviour to change and kept a diary for one-week before making changes.Students then received a health psychology lecture on behaviour change models.They instigated their behaviour change and continued to document this in the diary over a further one-week.Diaries were collected after the two-week activity for thematic analysis.Results: Of the 99 students, 61 (62%) submitted their completed diary, of whom 55 (90%) successfully implemented their behaviour change.These were categorised into four areas: diet, exercise, liquid consumption, and other.The remaining 10% provided reasons for not changing.Ten students (16%) described their behaviour using a psychological theory.Conclusions: Students engaged well with this novel learning activity, indicated by a high percentage diary completion.They demonstrated a clear appreciation of behaviour change within a real life context and its perceived relevance to pharmacy practice.
Authors: Delyth James, Rowan Yemm, Rhian Deslandes
Institutions: Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2906512293