Title of dataset: KidzMed E-learning to upskill student pharmacists to teach pill swallowing to children questionnaire data

Contact details: Dr Alice Patricia McCloskey, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences Liverpool John Moores Univeristy, James Parson's Building, Byrom St., Liverpool, L3 3AF Email: a.p.mccloskey@ljmu.ac.uk

File name structure: MSExcel  

File formats: MSExcel spreadsheet comprised of two sheets- 1: Pre-learning questionnaire responses 2: Post-learning questionnaire responses exported form MSForms e-questionnaires  

Column headings for tabular data: 
Sheet 1- Pre-learning responses
A-ID = anonymous respondant number to capture number of participants and individual responses 
B-start time for completing the e-questionnaire  
C-completion time for completing the e-questionnaire 
D- email: no emails provided as participation was anonymous 
E- name: no data here as participation was anonymous so this column is blank 
F- Please confirm you understand the following statement- participants had to select yes to a compulsory statement worded as per the requirements of the ethics committee to declare that they were happy to participate
G- Please select the answer that most accurately describes you- participants had to select from a range of healthcare courses e.g. I am a pharmacy student 
H- Please tell us your current year of study 
I- Is this your first degree? - this allowed us to see if participants had completed previous healthcare degrees in particular where they may have come across pill training before 
J- Please tell us which University you are studying at - this allowed calculation of number of participants per university as the study was multi-site  
K- Please tell us which of the following most accurately describes your gender- this allowed us to capture demographics - it is documented in the literature that there are higher female student numbers in healthcare courses and a link between female gender and higher levels of difficulty swallowing pills  
L- Pills stick in my throat- column L-P capture the PILL-5 questions a validated tool to screen for pill swallowing difficulties in adults - participants ranked their experiences on a 5-point Likert scale 
M- Pills stick in my chest
N- I have fear of swallowing pills
O- My problem swallowing pills interferes with my ability to take my medicines 
P- I can’t take my pills without crushing, coating, or using other forms of assistance
Q- What materials have you already been taught about in your current  degree programme. Please select all that apply.- Participants selected from a list of competenices/ skills to capture what is being taught at undergraduate level 


Sheet 2- Post-learning responses
A-ID = anonymous respondant number to capture number of participants and individual responses 
B-start time for completing the e-questionnaire  
C-completion time for completing the e-questionnaire 
D- email: no emails provided as participation was anonymous 
E- name: no data here as participation was anonymous so this column is blank 
F- The learning material means that I will be able to teach the following patients how to swallow pills- participants could select adults, children or both 
G- Having completed the virtual learning package I feel comfortable in teaching patients how to swallow pills- comfort ranked on a 5-point Likert scale for G-J
H- Having completed the virtual learning package I feel comfortable in counselling parents or carers about pill swallowing 
I- I feel that completing learning about teaching patients to swallow pills is useful 
J- I would like to put my learning into practise in a classroom setting  
K- Complete this sentence: The pre-session learning was...- K-O captured views on the e-learning material and site 
L- Complete this sentence: The pre-session learning was....
M- How satisfied were you with the event?
N- What did you like most about the event?
O- What did you like least about the event?
P- How likely are you to recommend this event to a friend or colleague?
Q- If you have any other feedback, please tell us in the space below

Data and file overview:
The data is extracted as a MSExcel spreadsheet from a MSForms questionnaire designed to capture pharmacy student views of a voluntary, self-directed validated learning resource about pill swallowing called KidzMed.
Questions were a mix of closed and Likert scale answers with some free text responses to capture further views.
The questionnaires were completed between October 2020- June 2021. 
Free text responses were analysed in RStudio with simple statsitics - counts percentages etc conducted on MSExcel