Use of a novel videotaped presentation to improve pharmacy student confidence in presenting evidence-based medicine.

Introduction: We assessed the use of a novel videotaped presentation on pharmacy student confidence in presenting an evidence-based recommendation to theoretical healthcare professionals from various disciplines.

Methods: Students in a required drug literature evaluation course prepared a three-min videotaped presentation critiquing an assigned journal article with the goal of providing a patient care recommendation to a fictional physician. To determine change in confidence, students completed a pre-/post-survey on a 5-point scale.

Patient Satisfaction With Extended International Normalized Ratio Follow-up Intervals in a Veteran Population.

For highly stable warfarin patients, limited data exists regarding patient satisfaction on extended international normalized ratio (INR) follow-up intervals and how this population compares with patients on a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC). To assess the impact on patient satisfaction of extending INR follow-up intervals. Veterans on stable warfarin doses had extended INR follow-up intervals up to 12 weeks in a single-arm prospective cohort study for 2 years.

Impact of an extended International Normalized Ratio follow-up interval on healthcare use among veteran patients on stable warfarin doses.

Purpose: To analyze the impact of a 12-week extended International Normalized Ratio (INR) follow-up interval on healthcare use.

Methods: A prospective cohort study of the use of an extended INR follow-up interval of up to 12 weeks was conducted over 2 years in a pharmacist-managed anticoagulation clinic. A detailed protocol was used to extend the INR follow-up interval to 5-6 weeks and then 7-8 weeks and 11-12 weeks.

Feasibility and safety of a 12-week INR follow-up protocol over 2 years in an anticoagulation clinic: a single-arm prospective cohort study.

The 2012 American College of Chest Physicians' guidelines recommended a 12-week INR follow-up interval may be appropriate for patients on stable warfarin doses. Limited evidence supports this recommendation. A single-arm, prospective cohort study over 24 months was completed in a Veterans Affairs anticoagulation clinic to determine the long-term feasibility and safety of implementing an extended INR follow-up interval in Veterans on stable doses of warfarin.

Best Practices for Use of Blended Learning.

To determine instructional best practice recommendations for use of blended learning from the students' perspective. Three focus groups were created, one for each of the first three years at a school of pharmacy. The focus group discussions were audio recorded and transcribed for content analysis.

Use of an extended INR follow-up interval for Veteran patients in an anticoagulation clinic.

A prospective, single-arm study of 50 participants evaluated an extended INR follow-up interval to determine the implementation feasibility and safety of an extended interval in Veterans on a stable dose of warfarin. A protocol was designed to allow for a rigorous, yet pragmatic evaluation of a 12-week INR follow-up interval. Feasibility was determined by study enrollment, retention, and participant achievement rates for the extended INR interval.

Trained student pharmacists' telephonic collection of patient medication information: Evaluation of a structured interview tool.

Objective: To determine the feasibility and fidelity of student pharmacists collecting patient medication list information using a structured interview tool and the accuracy of documenting the information. The medication lists were used by a community pharmacist to provide a targeted medication therapy management (MTM) intervention.

Design: Descriptive analysis of patient medication lists collected with telephone interviews.

Pharmacist medication reviews to improve safety monitoring in primary care patients.

Objective: Patients prescribed psychotropic medications within primary care are at risk of suboptimal monitoring. It is unknown whether pharmacists can improve medication safety through targeted monitoring of at risk populations. Access Community Health Centers implemented a quality improvement pilot project that included pharmacists on an integrated care team to provide medication reviews for patients.