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Table 2 Summary of students’ assessment of aspects of mental health teaching and learning that are included in the curriculum

From: UK and Ireland survey of MPharm student and staff experiences of mental health curricula, with a focus on Mental Health First Aid

Mental health in curriculum

All (n = 232)

N (%)

Students who declared participation in MHFA (n = 26)

N (%)

Students who did not declare participation in MHFA (n = 205)**

N (%)

P value

Extent to which taught about mental health in the MPharm

   

 < 0.001*

1 (never)

20 (8.6)

0

20 (9.9)

 

2

67 (28.9)

4 (15.4)

62 (30.5)

 

3

89 (38.4)

8 (30.8)

81 (39.9)

 

4

40 (17.2)

8 (30.8)

32 (15.8)

 

5 (constantly embedded throughout)

14 (6.0)

6 (23.1)

8 (3.9)

 

Missing (excluded from comparison)

2 (0.9)

N/A

N/A

 

Agreement with following statements

    

Given opportunity to practise counselling patient on mental health medication

104 (44.8)

24 (92.3)

80 (39.0)

 < 0.001*

Clinical check of prescriptions or drug charts relating to mental health medication

130 (56.0)

21 (80.8)

109 (53.2)

0.032*

Taught about how mental health drugs work in the body

194 (83.6)

23 (88.5)

171 (83.4)

0.001*

Learn about laws relating to mental health

118 (50.9)

17 (65.4)

101 (49.3)

0.349

Learning with student mental health nurses

24 (10.3)

1 (3.8)

23 (11.2)

0.583

Placement experience in mental health trust

44 (19.0)

8 (30.8)

36 (17.6)

0.770

  1. * Statistically significant (p < 0.05)
  2. ** One response invalid so no included in the stratified analysis