The struggle is real: Facilitating pharmacy student success on rotations when challenges arise.

Pharmacy preceptors are pivotal to facilitating and maximizing student learning on experiential rotations. However, preceptors may encounter a variety of behaviors or barriers that can hinder student success. Although some guidance exists for preceptors, emerging learner challenges along with new educational outcomes call for an updated practical approach to promoting student success on rotations.

Evaluation of an ambulatory care elective to improve practice readiness perceptions utilizing entry-level competencies.

Background And Purpose: The objectives of this study are to (1) describe the impact of an ambulatory care elective on students' future interests in ambulatory care careers and (2) evaluate students' perception of practice readiness using entry-level competencies.

Educational Activity And Setting: This study employed a mixed methods approach to provide a comprehensive evaluation of a newly designed ambulatory care elective. A pre-post survey was developed to evaluate students' career plans and perceptions of practice readiness in an ambulatory care setting.

Systemic-Sclerosis-Related Interstitial Lung Disease: A Review of the Literature and Recommended Approach for Clinical Pharmacists.

Objective: To describe the efficacy, safety, and clinical utility of pharmacologic agents in the treatment of systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD).

Data Sources: A review of the literature was performed using the terms lung diseases, (interstitial/therapy) AND (scleroderma, systemic/therapy) OR (scleroderma, systemic) AND (lung diseases, interstitial/therapy) in PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Web of Science. ClinicalTrials.

Podcasts and videos and slides…oh my!: Traditional vs. nontraditional teaching methods in remote settings.

Introduction: Nontraditional teaching methods are student-centered and motivate students to participate in class activities. Some studies have shown benefit in using various teaching activities; however, data are limited regarding students' perspective and performance after implementation of nontraditional learning strategies. The study compared student preference and performance assessment with traditional and nontraditional presentation methods.

A scaffolded problem-based learning course for first-year pharmacy students.

Background And Purpose: There has been an increased use of active learning pedagogies in pharmacy curricula. Structured, complex pedagogies such as problem-based learning (PBL) may require rigorous training for students to be successful. We aim to describe the development and implementation of an introductory PBL course for first-year pharmacy students.

Team-based Learning to Promote the Development of Metacognitive Awareness and Monitoring in Pharmacy Students.

To evaluate the metacognitive abilities of pharmacy students and determine whether introducing the concept along with team-based learning (TBL) enhances metacognition. Pharmacy students completed a Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) and a low-stakes pretest during the first class that evaluated students' knowledge about the therapeutic concepts that would be taught through TBL. The same questions were administered on the comprehensive final examination for the course.

Incorporating verbal defense into problem-based learning.

Introduction: The objective of this project was to evaluate the effect of adjusting the solution reporting phase of problem-based learning (PBL) while keeping core components of the pedagogy constant.

Methods: A PBL course for third year pharmacy students changed delivery of the problem solution from a written format to a verbal defense. Comparisons were made between the written format and verbal defense groups.

Ambulatory care practice in the COVID-19 era: Redesigning clinical services and experiential learning.

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has created a variety of challenges for health care professionals, including ambulatory care clinical pharmacists. High-quality remote and minimal-contact care has become a necessity. Ambulatory care clinical pharmacists around the nation have adjusted their practice.

Improving transitions of care for critically ill adult patients on pulmonary arterial hypertension medications.

Purpose: The purpose of this report is to describe the activities of critical care and ambulatory care pharmacists in a multidisciplinary transitions-of-care (TOC) service for critically ill patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) receiving PAH medications.

Summary: Initiation of medications for treatment of PAH involves complex medication access steps. In the ambulatory care setting, multidisciplinary teams often have a process for completing these steps to ensure access to PAH medications.

Pharmacist implementation of a transitions of care electronic referral process to provide hand-off between inpatient and outpatient settings.

Objective: To describe the implementation of an electronic transitions of care referral process within a large, academic medical center.

Practice Setting And Description: To improve communication between the inpatient and ambulatory care pharmacists, the pharmacy department created an electronic referral (e-referral) order, which becomes part of the patient's electronic medical record. Data were collected to describe use of the electronic order and to discuss the role of the referrals in supporting a newly developed ambulatory care pharmacy service.

Optimization of patient-specific inhaler regimens with the use of the aerosol inhalation monitor.

Objectives: To describe the addition of a Vitalograph Aerosol Inhalation Monitor (AIM) assessment to a pharmacy bundle to optimize inhaler devices in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Setting: Hospital-based outpatient pulmonary clinic.

Practice Description: Ambulatory pharmacy service for underserved pulmonary patients in Detroit, MI.

Identifying opportunities to advance practice at a large academic medical center using the ASHP Ambulatory Care Self-Assessment Tool.

Purpose: The use of the ASHP Ambulatory Care Self-Assessment Tool to advance pharmacy practice at 8 ambulatory care clinics of a large academic medical center is described.

Summary: The ASHP Ambulatory Care Self-Assessment Tool was developed to help ambulatory care pharmacists assess how their current practices align with the ASHP Practice Advancement Initiative. The Henry Ford Hospital Ambulatory Care Advisory Group (ACAG) opted to use the "Practitioner Track" sections of the tool to assess pharmacy practices within each of 8 ambulatory care clinics individually.