Exploring predictors of COVID-19 precautionary behaviors during the initial rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in a predominately Hispanic sample.

•Precautionary behaviors were lower if primary language in household was Spanish.•Testing positive for COVID-19 was inversely associated with precautionary behaviors.•Healthcare practitioners were the most trusted source of COVID-19 information.

Don't worry, be APPE: Developing and refining a skills-based assessment of student preparedness for advanced pharmacy practice experiences.

Background: The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) 2025 Standards charge pharmacy programs to assess student readiness for Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs), but the method of assessment is not defined. This report describes the process of developing, implementing, and refining an APPE readiness assessment (ARA) that can be adapted to individual institutional needs and learning outcomes.

Educational Activity: The ARA at The University of Texas at El Paso School of Pharmacy, a Hispanic-serving institution, is comprised of two practice areas: drug information and the Pharmacist Patient Care Process, each with multiple objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) to mimic how students will apply these skills in required APPE rotations.

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Contributing to the Training and Diversity of the Public Health and Health Care Workforce.

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), a Hispanic Serving and Carnegie R1 institution, serves as a pathway for socioeconomically diverse Hispanic/Latino (H/L) health profession students via equal-access strategies. The Center for Institutional Evaluation, Research, and Planning data illustrates UTEP's success in graduating H/L health professionals (i.e.

Importance of Understanding Minority-Serving Institutional Designations and Associated Abbreviations in Contemporary US Higher Education.

Prefixes and suffixes in pharmacy might suggest a drug class, generation, or mechanism of action. As pharmacy educators, we also use an alphabet soup of acronyms and abbreviations to describe board certifications or professional organizations and our affiliation to them. Although we may be experts in nomenclature and abbreviations related to health professions education, sometimes, we also have to remind ourselves to be humble and embrace a learning mindset relative to the abbreviations and naming conventions used more broadly in higher education and in other fields.

Improving Medical Students Learning Through an Interprofessional Pharmacotherapy Selective.

Purpose: Current trends in medical school education indicate an existing need for increasing medical student exposure to pharmacotherapy education. The objectives of this study are to describe the development of an interprofessional, application-based Pharmacotherapeutics in Primary Care selective for 3rd year medical students and to assess its influence on knowledge, attitudes, and skills related to pharmacotherapy of high-risk medications and patient populations.

Methods: The selective was implemented across fourteen cohorts of medical students that were evaluated over a 5-year academic period ( = 68).

Identifying opportunities for PharmD curricular reform by surveying oncology pharmacists about career preparedness and exposure.

Introduction: The primary objective of the study was to assess factors that predict pursuit of an oncology post-graduate year 2 (PGY-2) residency. Additional objectives included identifying the role of and exploring opportunities for PharmD curricula to increase student interest in the oncology field.

Methods: An anonymous 15-minute survey was developed and administered to oncology pharmacists and residents.

Understanding influenza immunization uptake rates among the Hispanic LGBTQIA community.

Objectives: Most national-level data regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and allies (LGBTQIA) immunizations are limited. The primary objective of this study was to identify factors that influence behaviors, attitudes, and perceptions toward the uptake of the influenza vaccine within the Hispanic LGBTQIA community.

Methods: This was a prospective survey that assessed vaccine acceptability and practices regarding the influenza vaccine within the LGBTQIA community.

Influenza and Intentions to Vaccinate in an Underserved Hispanic Population: The Role of Theoretically Derived Constructs.

Background: Past research has focused on understanding influenza vaccine acceptance in non-Hispanic white populations; however, research on the social causes of influenza vaccine acceptance rates in Hispanic populations is slowly developing.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess theoretically driven predictors (i.e.

Vision and falls: a multidisciplinary review of the contributions of visual impairment to falls among older adults.

Falls are a leading cause of mortality among older adults worldwide. With the increasing aging population, falls are rapidly becoming a public health concern. Numerous internal and external factors have been associated with an older adult's increased risk of falling.

Medication literacy in Spanish and English: psychometric evaluation of a new assessment tool.

Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of a newly developed Medication Literacy Assessment in Spanish and English (MedLitR xSE).

Design: Descriptive, nonexperimental, cross-sectional study.

Setting: El Paso, TX, from December 2006 to June 2009.

Medication use practices and perceptions among patients in a U.S.-Mexico border community.

Objective: To identify themes surrounding medication use practices and perceptions among individuals from a U.S.-Mexico border community recruited to participate in focus groups.

Prevalence of polypharmacy, polyherbacy, nutritional supplement use and potential product interactions among older adults living on the United States-Mexico border: a descriptive, questionnaire-based study.

Background And Objective: The use of multiple medications, herbs or nutritional supplements can lead to adverse consequences, particularly in the elderly. A significant consequence resulting from polypharmacy, polyherbacy and nutritional supplement use is the potential for interactions to occur among the various products. The primary objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of polypharmacy, polyherbacy, nutritional supplement use and potential product interactions among older adults living on the US-Mexico border.