The COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented global crisis, had posed unique challenges to the mental health of Generation Z (Gen Z) pharmacy students born between 1997-2012. This dissertation examined the profound impact of the pandemic on the mental health of this specific demographic. It shed light on the multifaceted factors at play due to the…

Historically, racially marginalized communities are less likely to access health care, partly due to structural inequities as well as distrust for white providers. This need for increased racial and ethnic representation is specifically an issue in the pharmacist career, as more than 90% of the United States population lives within five miles of a…

Debriefing was added to the design of an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) after second-year pharmacy students performed poorly at considering patient disability in planning for patient care. This mixed-methods study examines secondary data to explore whether and how the addition of a debriefing to an OSCE impacted pharmacy…