Student Pharmacists and PDA’s on rotation

SE Recently a pharmacy professor/preceptor told me about her experience with student pharmacists who bring their PDA’s on rotations. As the student arrived and started to unpack their personal belongings into the locker the preceptor and her staff would make special note if the student had a PDA. To them the presence of a PDA loaded with drug information resources symbolized a student who was willing to learn, who was not a know it all and who was serious about their profession. This is not to say that students who do not have a PDA device did not have these qualities too. I found our conversation quite interesting. I had never thought about the perceptions other professionals may have regarding student pharmacists with PDA’s. –End- SE