Prioritizing Faculty Well-Being: Why it Matters, What Schools Can Do, and a Call for Action.

Previous studies have identified high rates of burnout among health care workers and health professions faculty. Despite interventions being showcased at national meetings in both posters and platform presentations, there is minimal peer-reviewed published research focusing on professional well-being interventions and their assessments specific to pharmacy faculty. This commentary serves as a call to action to design and publish research related to work-system interventions to decrease burnout and promote professional well-being among all academic pharmacy faculty, and particularly subgroups who may be most at risk, such as women and assistant-level faculty.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Part 5: Clinical Pearls for Comorbid COPD.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is often diagnosed with other comorbid conditions. This can complicate therapy overall by contributing to adverse events leading to poor outcomes to not only COPD, but other comorbid conditions. This manuscript will discuss common comorbid conditions often seen with COPD, update vaccination recommendations for COPD patients, and provide information regarding smoking cessation in COPD.

Assessment of Direct Oral Anticoagulant Use at a Community Teaching Hospital.

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have become popular choices for both the treatment and prevention of thromboembolic events. However, these agents pose additional risks to patients due to complex dosing, insufficient monitoring, and inconsistent patient compliance. This study evaluates the appropriateness of DOAC prescribing for patients who received an order for apixaban or rivaroxaban over a 6-month period.