Continuous Glucose Monitoring User-Wear Experience Fosters Empathy and Learning
Recommended Citation
Lobkovich A, Dabish R, Gavrilidis AM, Globerman B, and Berlie HD. Continuous Glucose Monitoring User-Wear Experience Fosters Empathy and Learning. Am J Pharm Educ 2025;89(6):101410.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2025
Publication Title
American journal of pharmaceutical education
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine if a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) user-wear experience brings value to an advanced diabetes elective course by assessing the impact on empathy and knowledge.
METHODS: This was a quasi-experimental pre-post intervention study, conducted over 2 offerings of an advanced diabetes elective course. Third-year pharmacy students participated in a 2-part didactic education and user-wear experience involving CGM devices. Students completed a survey at 3 prespecified time points to assess empathy and knowledge (foundational and counseling knowledge). Empathy was assessed using the Kiersma-Chen empathy scale. Knowledge was assessed using predefined multiple-choice questions. Statistical tests include repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni tests for overall and subsection scores on the empathy and knowledge surveys. A partial eta squared was also used to measure effect size for the repeated measures analysis of variance test.
RESULTS: Twenty-nine out of the 36 enrolled students completed all 3 surveys. Compared with a traditional lecture, the CGM user-wear experience demonstrated a significant increase in student self-perceived empathy and counseling knowledge. No change in foundational knowledge was observed.
CONCLUSION: A CGM user-wear experience provides educational value beyond a traditional lecture. Our study showed that educational outcomes such as empathy and counseling knowledge can be achieved by implementing a CGM user-wear experience. An advanced diabetes elective course provides an ideal environment to optimize CGM learning outcomes with a user-wear experience.
Medical Subject Headings
Humans; Empathy; Students; Pharmacy/psychology; Education; Pharmacy/methods; Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring/methods/psychology; Learning; Educational Measurement; Curriculum; Female; Male; Blood Glucose/analysis; Health Knowledge; Attitudes; Practice; Diabetes Mellitus/blood; Continuous Glucose Monitoring; Continuous glucose monitor; Didactic elective; Empathy; Technology; User-wear
PubMed ID
40280332
ePublication
ePub ahead of print
Volume
89
Issue
6
First Page
101410
Last Page
101410
