MCQ Quiz: Introduction to Year 3 of Personal and Professional Development

The third year of the Personal and Professional Development series is a crucial phase where students begin to integrate their foundational knowledge into more complex, practice-oriented skills. As detailed in the PHA5023C curriculum “, this year focuses on advanced topics like Medication Therapy Management (MTM), patient safety through Root Cause Analysis, and deliberate career planning.This quiz will test you on the introductory concepts and objectives central to the P3 year of professional development.

1. A primary focus of the Personal and Professional Development 3 course is to:

• a. Introduce basic chemistry principles.
• b. Refine skills in Medication Therapy Management (MTM) and patient safety.
• c. Teach sterile compounding techniques.
• d. Focus solely on cardiovascular disease states.

Answer: b. Refine skills in Medication Therapy Management (MTM) and patient safety.

2. According to the course description, PPD 3 builds upon foundational concepts like self-awareness, leadership, and:

• a. Financial accounting
• b. Professional identity
• c. Organic chemistry
• d. Physics

Answer: b. Professional identity

3. A key objective of PPD 3 is to demonstrate professional attributes and what other skill in a variety of patient care settings?

• a. Business management
• b. Ethical reasoning
• c. Marketing
• d. Dispensing speed

Answer: b. Ethical reasoning

4. The course aims to help students identify and analyze medication errors and develop what type of strategies to prevent them?

• a. Strategies that focus on individual blame.
• b. Systems-based strategies.
• c. Strategies that are not evidence-based.
• d. Financial penalty strategies.

Answer: b. Systems-based strategies.

5. Which of the following is a key topic introduced in the PPD 3 course?

• a. Introduction to an APPE course
• b. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• c. Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• d. Basic anatomy

Answer: c. Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

6. The “Introduction to Year 3 of Personal and Professional Development” is a specific learning module in which course?

• a. PHA5023C Personal and Professional Development 3
• b. PHA5104 Sterile Compounding
• c. PHA5703 Pharmacy Law and Ethics
• d. PHA5784C Patient Care 4

Answer: a. PHA5023C Personal and Professional Development 3

7. “Patient advocacy” is listed as a skill area to be demonstrated in PPD 3.

• a. True
• b. False

Answer: a. True

8. The focus on Medication Therapy Management (MTM) in PPD 3 signifies a shift towards:

• a. A more product-focused role for pharmacists.
• b. A more patient-centered, clinical role.
• c. A research-only career path.
• d. A non-clinical role.

Answer: b. A patient-centered, clinical role.

9. A Root Cause Analysis is a reactive process used to:

• a. Predict future errors.
• b. Analyze an adverse event that has already occurred to find system-level causes.
• c. Appraise a clinical trial.
• d. Develop a new medication.

Answer: b. Analyze an adverse event that has already occurred to find system-level causes.

10. A PPD 3 objective is to demonstrate effective communication skills with:

• a. Patients only
• b. Other health care team members only
• c. Patients and other health care team members
• d. Pharmacy managers only

Answer: c. Patients and other health care team members

11. The PPD course series is designed to run over four semesters.

• a. True
• b. False

Answer: a. True

12. The “Assess” step of the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process (PPCP) involves identifying drug therapy problems, a key skill for:

• a. Sterile compounding
• b. Medication Therapy Management (MTM)
• c. Marketing
• d. Inventory management

Answer: b. Medication Therapy Management (MTM)

13. A key part of developing a professional identity is:

• a. Understanding and embodying the ethical principles of the profession.
• b. Passing all exams with the highest grade.
• c. Working in as many pharmacies as possible.
• d. Having a large professional network.

Answer: a. Understanding and embodying the ethical principles of the profession.

14. A student who learns to analyze why a medication error happened rather than just who was involved is developing a:

• a. Culture of blame mindset.
• b. Systems-based thinking approach.
• c. Product-focused mindset.
• d. Clinically irrelevant skill.

Answer: b. A systems-based thinking approach.

15. One of the course objectives is to “Identify and analyze medication errors.”

• a. True
• b. False

Answer: a. True

16. The PPD 3 course description mentions continuing to explore:

• a. Basic chemistry
• b. Career pathways
• c. Human anatomy
• d. Physics

Answer: b. Career pathways

17. “Ethical reasoning” is the process of:

• a. Knowing all pharmacy laws.
• b. Thinking through an ethical problem using established ethical principles to arrive at a justified course of action.
• c. Always choosing the easiest option.
• d. Following a manager’s orders without question.

Answer: b. Thinking through an ethical problem using established ethical principles to arrive at a justified course of action.

18. The focus on interprofessional settings in PPD 3 highlights the importance of:

• a. Working in isolation.
• b. The pharmacist’s role as part of a larger healthcare team.
• c. The hierarchy in medicine.
• d. Only communicating with other pharmacists.

Answer: b. The pharmacist’s role as part of a larger healthcare team.

19. Which topic from PPD 1 would be a direct foundation for the skills learned in PPD 3?

• a. Sterile Compounding Principles
• b. Introduction to Drug Delivery Systems
• c. Managing Self (Time and Stress Management)
• d. Pathophysiology of the GI tract

Answer: c. Managing Self (Time and Stress Management)

20. The curriculum emphasizes the development of self-awareness and leadership throughout the PPD series.

• a. True
• b. False

Answer: a. True

21. A practical application of the skills learned in PPD 3 would be:

• a. Accurately dispensing a prescription.
• b. Participating in a hospital’s medication safety committee meeting.
• c. Compounding an IV bag.
• d. Calculating a patient’s creatinine clearance.

Answer: b. Participating in a hospital’s medication safety committee meeting.

22. “Patient advocacy” could involve:

• a. Contacting an insurance company on a patient’s behalf to resolve a coverage issue.
• b. Recommending a lower-cost alternative to a prescriber.
• c. Ensuring a patient understands their rights.
• d. All of the above.

Answer: d. All of the above.

23. The skills developed in PPD 3 are essential for which future activities?

• a. Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs)
• b. Residency programs
• c. A career as a clinical pharmacist
• d. All of the above

Answer: d. All of the above.

24. An active learning session on MTM would be a likely component of PPD 3.

• a. True
• b. False

Answer: a. True

25. A pharmacist who identifies a system flaw that led to a near-miss and suggests a workflow change is demonstrating skills emphasized in:

• a. PPD 1
• b. PPD 2
• c. PPD 3
• d. This is not a pharmacist’s role.

Answer: c. PPD 3

26. The PPD 3 course helps students to transition from:

• a. A focus on foundational knowledge to the application of that knowledge in complex scenarios.
• b. Being a student to being a practitioner.
• c. Self-care to acute care.
• d. Both a and b.

Answer: d. Both a and b.

27. The ability to demonstrate “effective communication skills” is a central theme of the PPD series.

• a. True
• b. False

Answer: a. True

28. An active learning session on professionalism is part of which course?

• a. PHA5023C Personal and Professional Development 3
• b. PHA5163L Professional Skills Lab 3
• c. PHA5784C Patient Care 4
• d. PHA5782C Patient Care 2

Answer: a. PHA5023C Personal and Professional Development 3

29. The concept of a “Just Culture,” where the focus is on systems, not blame, is central to the topic of:

• a. Medication Therapy Management
• b. Patient Safety and Root Cause Analysis
• c. Career Pathways
• d. Ethical Reasoning

Answer: b. Patient Safety and Root Cause Analysis

30. The PPD course series is designed to be a “four semester sequence.”

• a. True
• b. False

Answer: a. True

31. The skills learned in PPD 3 are most applicable to which type of pharmacy practice?

• a. Community pharmacy only
• b. Hospital pharmacy only
• c. Managed care only
• d. All pharmacy practice settings.

Answer: d. All pharmacy practice settings.

32. A key outcome of learning about MTM is the ability to:

• a. Identify and resolve drug therapy problems.
• b. Create a personal medication record.
• c. Develop a medication-related action plan.
• d. All of the above.

Answer: d. All of the above.

33. The focus on “ethical reasoning” implies that students will move beyond knowing the rules to:

• a. Breaking the rules.
• b. Applying ethical principles to resolve complex dilemmas where there is no clear right answer.
• c. Ignoring ethics in favor of the law.
• d. Creating new ethical codes.

Answer: b. Applying ethical principles to resolve complex dilemmas where there is no clear right answer.

34. PPD 3 builds upon the skills of professionalism and self-awareness from which course?

• a. PPD 1 and PPD 2
• b. Sterile Compounding
• c. Principles of EBP
• d. Medicinal Chemistry

Answer: a. PPD 1 and PPD 2

35. A student exploring different pharmacy career paths by interviewing pharmacists is engaging in an activity central to:

• a. Patient Safety
• b. PPD 3
• c. MTM
• d. Root Cause Analysis

Answer: b. PPD 3

36. The ability to collaborate with an interprofessional team to analyze an error is a stated objective of the PPD curriculum.

• a. True
• b. False

Answer: a. True

37. Which of the following is NOT a primary theme of the PPD 3 course, based on its description?

• a. MTM skills
• b. Patient safety and error analysis
• c. Advanced sterile compounding techniques
• d. Professional attributes and ethical reasoning

Answer: c. Advanced sterile compounding techniques

38. The lecture “Introduction to Year 3 of PPD” is part of which course?

• a. PHA5023C Personal and Professional Development 3
• b. PHA5163L Professional Skills Lab 3
• c. PHA5781 Patient Care I
• d. PHA5782C Patient Care 2

Answer: a. PHA5023C Personal and Professional Development 3

39. A student who actively seeks feedback on their performance to identify opportunities for growth is demonstrating a key principle of:

• a. Medication Therapy Management
• b. Personal and Professional Development
• c. Root Cause Analysis
• d. Pharmacy Law

Answer: b. Personal and Professional Development

40. An active learning session covering professionalism is part of which course?

• a. PHA5023C Personal and Professional Development 3
• b. PHA5163L Professional Skills Lab 3
• c. PHA5781 Patient Care I
• d. PHA5782C Patient Care 2

Answer: a. PHA5023C Personal and Professional Development 3

41. The skills taught in PPD 3 are designed to prepare students for:

• a. The NAPLEX exam.
• b. Their final year of APPEs.
• c. Their future careers as pharmacists.
• d. Both b and c.

Answer: d. Both b and c.

42. The “Swiss cheese model” of error causation would be a key concept in which PPD 3 topic?

• a. MTM
• b. Career Pathways
• c. Patient Safety / Root Cause Analysis
• d. Ethical Reasoning

Answer: c. Patient Safety / Root Cause Analysis

43. A student’s professional development is the sole responsibility of the faculty.

• a. True
• b. False

Answer: b. False

44. What is the relationship between MTM and the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process (PPCP)?

• a. They are unrelated.
• b. The PPCP provides the framework (Collect, Assess, Plan, Implement, Follow-up) for delivering MTM services.
• c. MTM is one step in the PPCP.
• d. The PPCP is only used for dispensing.

Answer: b. The PPCP provides the framework (Collect, Assess, Plan, Implement, Follow-up) for delivering MTM services.

45. The focus on developing “systems-based strategies” to prevent errors aligns with the principles of:

• a. Individual accountability
• b. Quality Improvement
• c. A culture of blame
• d. Financial management

Answer: b. Quality Improvement

46. A student who learns to use SBAR to communicate a recommendation to a physician is practicing a skill emphasized in:

• a. PPD 3 (effective communication with health care team members).
• b. Medicinal Chemistry.
• c. Sterile Compounding.
• d. It is not taught in the curriculum.

Answer: a. PPD 3 (effective communication with health care team members).

47. The PPD 3 course description emphasizes developing skills, not just acquiring knowledge.

• a. True
• b. False

Answer: a. True

48. An active learning session on MTM is part of which course module?

• a. The PPD 3 Course
• b. The Diabetes Mellitus Module
• c. The Urological Disorders Module
• d. Both a and c

Answer: d. Both a and c

49. The overall goal of the PPD 3 course is to:

• a. Help students integrate knowledge and skills to function as developing professionals.
• b. Prepare students for a single, specific career path.
• c. Focus only on academic performance.
• d. Be the most difficult course in the curriculum.

Answer: a. Help students integrate knowledge and skills to function as developing professionals.

50. The ultimate reason to engage in personal and professional development is to:

• a. Become a competent, ethical, and resilient pharmacist capable of providing high-quality patient care.
• b. Build an impressive resume.
• c. Pass all your classes.
• d. Get a good grade in the PPD course.

Answer: a. Become a competent, ethical, and resilient pharmacist capable of providing high-quality patient care.