The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health S303, Pharmacy and Bank Building A15, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Laboratório de Reabilitação Psicossocial, Centro de Investigação em Reabilitação (CIR), Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto (ESS-IPP), 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.
Laboratório de Reabilitação Psicossocial, Centro de Investigação em Reabilitação (CIR), Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto (ESS-IPP), 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.
Laboratório de Reabilitação Psicossocial, Centro de Investigação em Reabilitação (CIR), Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico do Porto (ESS-IPP), 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.
Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy, Division of Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, School of Therapeutic Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, 7 York road, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa. Electronic address: Razeeya.Khan@wits.ac.za.
Specializations within doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) programs allow student pharmacists to advance their knowledge and expertise in a specific area of pharmacy. The purpose of this manuscript is to expa...
A pediatric pharmacotherapy and acute care pharmacotherapy specialization are described. The development of the specializations and assessment strategies are discussed. Student feedback in addition to...
Sixty students completed the patient care specializations by completing the specialization coursework, which included extra assignments and a research project. A total of 34 students (57%) who complet...
Patient care specializations allow students to develop skills used in specialty areas, and these added skills may help them be successful in finding postgraduate training related to the specialization...
A 3-day pharmacy summer camp for high school and college students was implemented, which included active learning and information on the pharmacy curriculum, preparatory coursework, and the university...
Enrollment data were collected for the 194 participants from 2016 to 2019 to examine the number that applied to the university and to a pharmacy program. All participants from the summer 2022 cohort (...
Data show that overall, 33% of past participants enrolled at the University at Buffalo, and 15% enrolled or intended to enroll in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. There were 50 resp...
Students who participated in a pharmacy hands-on educational camp demonstrated knowledge of and increased interest in the pharmacy profession....
Designed to address the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada's competency "teach pharmacy team members, the public, and other health care professionals," the PHArmacy Students as Educators (...
We performed a two-year pilot (2017-2019) of the PHASE program which consists of a large-group didactic session followed by an academic half-day (AHD) session. Evaluation was conducted using Likert-sc...
All students in the 2020 and 2021 graduating cohorts were included in the study following consent. We determined that while respondents agreed to the statement, "A role of a pharmacist includes being ...
Overall, the PHASE program showed positive impact during the first two years of implementation and lessons learned from the pilot are discussed....
Cultural competence is an important attribute underpinning interactions between healthcare professionals, such as pharmacists, and patients from ethnic minority communities. Health- and medicines-rela...
Semistructured interviews were conducted in-person, over the telephone or via video call, between October and December 2022. Perspectives on cultural competence and training were discussed. Interviews...
Fourteen participants working in community pharmacies were interviewed, including eight qualified pharmacists, one foundation trainee pharmacist, three pharmacy technicians/dispensers and two counter ...
The results of this study offer new insights and suggestions on the delivery of cultural competence training to community pharmacy staff, students and trainees entering the profession. Collaborative c...
The Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement group at Newcastle University had input in the study design and conceptualisation. Two patient champions inputted to ensure that the study was conduct...
Primary care is an essential component of any health system, but building high-quality primary care has proven to be a challenge for most developing countries. Among the multiplicity of providers in S...
In this paper, we explore the potential of this channel as a formal primary care provider, with a particular focus on the South Asian context, by examining how pharmacies perform against the seven...
We find that even in the South Asian context, pharmacies provide several components of good primary care. As expected, they demonstrate a strong orientation toward the community in which they are loca...
The evidence from these studies provides support for the view that pharmacies have many of the inherent characteristics needed to become an effective primary care channel and already play an important...
The well-being of pharmacists is critical to support personal and professional health. Identifying and integrating a variety of practices that promote wellness is prudent for schools/colleges of pharm...
The objective was to provide a summary of various strategies incorporating yoga in pharmacy professional curricula as well as detail various approaches to integrating yoga into pharmacy curricula. Lit...
Ten articles about yoga awareness, knowledge, beliefs, and benefits in professional pharmacy curricula were identified. Improvement in mental health and decreased stress were recognized as benefits. W...
Schools of pharmacy can consider incorporation of yoga practice into curricula as a tool to promote well-being and resiliency....
Flip the Pharmacy (FtP) helps community pharmacies "flip" from dispensing- to patient-centered care models with assistance from practice transformation coaches ("coaches"). Purdue University College o...
Twelve pharmacies were coached by APPE students. The APPE was designed to enhance student knowledge and skills in the scaled implementation of advanced patient care services through structured weekly ...
Twenty-eight students completed the APPE. Students conducted 81 in-person and 105 virtual visits. Faculty coaches were estimated to need 40 to 50 hours each month for coaching-related activities; invo...
Early experiences demonstrated several benefits, including optimized faculty coach time and student exposure to practice transformation. Future endeavors to implement similar APPEs should incorporate ...
A robust instrument for measuring the educational environment in a pharmacy patient care setting is currently lacking. The authors aimed to develop a person-reported outcome measure to gauge trainee p...
A preliminary, three-domain (system, relationship, and personal), 36-item measurement instrument was developed by incorporating results from literature review, focus group interviews, iterative discus...
The 36-item instrument was administered to 145 learners, of which 66 were trainee pharmacists and 79 undergraduate interns. Upon removal of the middle "neutral" category to resolve poorly functioning ...
Among one sample of pharmacy trainees, the 31-item SPEEQ and its three component domains demonstrated notable validity evidence to gauge trainees' perceptions of their learning environment....
Pharmacy deserts have increased, potentially affecting patient access and care. Historically, telepharmacies have been used to reduce pharmacy deserts to restore access, but states frequently restrict...
To analyze whether telepharmacy policy is associated with pharmacy deserts and access to pharmacy services....
This cohort study analyzed pharmacy location and census data from 2016 through 2019 for US states with new telepharmacy policies. Nearby control states were used for comparison in a pretest-posttest n...
Intervention states were selected if a change in telepharmacy policy was adopted in 2017 or 2018....
Pharmacy deserts were defined as any geographic area located at least 10 miles from the nearest pharmacy. Primary outcomes included the change in number of telepharmacies, pharmacy deserts, and popula...
Twelve US states were included in the study (8 intervention states, 4 control states). Intervention states experienced an increase in the mean number of telepharmacies to 7.25 with a range of 4 (Arizo...
In this cohort study, intervention states experienced a reduced population in pharmacy deserts, suggesting an association with new telepharmacy openings. States aiming to improve pharmacy access might...
Pharmaceutical waste from unused or expired medications and supplies has environmental, economic, and social implications. Redistribution of these items from institutions to schools of pharmacy may co...
This commentary outlines the proposed call to action through the United Nation's five dimensions of sustainability: planet, prosperity, people, partnerships, and peace. Reuse of medications by schools...
Collaborations between institutions and schools of pharmacy can reduce pharmaceutical waste, which in turn will enhance the economic stability of both parties, while positively impacting the environme...
