Global pen pal education intervention among student pharmacists: A pilot project.

Introduction: Global health, a practice that prioritizes improving health and achieving health equity for all people worldwide, is a priority for pharmacists, schools, and pharmacy colleges. Several initiatives aim to enhance faculty and student exchanges while promoting projects and initiatives among thriving universities and under-resourced countries and institutions. While many organizations recognize the benefit of global collaboration, as demonstrated by the adoption of the 2012 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Strategic Plan, which calls for increased global experiences for faculty and students, the COVID-19 pandemic created a demand for international engagement within pharmacy practice.

Conceptualizing Social Ecological Model in Pharmacy to Address Racism as a Social Determinant of Health.

Racism has been declared a public health crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted inequities in the US health care system and presents unique opportunities for the pharmacy Academy to evaluate the training of student pharmacists to address social determinants of health among racial and ethnic minorities. The social ecological model, consisting of five levels of intervention (individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and public policy) has been effectively utilized in public health practice to influence behavior change that positively impacts health outcomes.

Socialized and traumatized: Pharmacists, underserved patients, and the COVID-19 vaccine.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought attention and awareness to existing health disparities in underrepresented minority communities. Not only were minoritized populations disproportionately and negatively affected by COVID-19, but a history of mistrust and other systemic barriers prevented access to treatment and testing and even affected access and acceptance of the current vaccines. Pharmacists are essential to the provision of care for the general population, particularly during global crises.

Experiential education accommodations for students with disabilities in United States pharmacy schools: An exploratory study.

Introduction: We sought to identify challenges and possible outcomes for pharmacy schools providing accommodations on experiential rotations for students with disabilities.

Methods: A survey was developed and sent to the experiential education departments of pharmacy schools across the nation and anonymous responses were collected. Quantitative survey results were assessed using descriptive statistics, and qualitative results were assessed using thematic analysis.

Assessment of a multi-institution integration of cultural competency activities.

Introduction: To meet educational standards and provide effective patient care, student pharmacists must be well-prepared to interact with a diverse patient population. Thus, the objective was to assess the effectiveness of four different active learning strategies in enhancing the cultural competency (CC) of student pharmacists at multiple institutions.

Methods: Across two years, eight colleges/schools of pharmacy integrated two sets of CC activities with different student cohorts (first-third professional year) that were designed to address different aspects of CC.

Brigatinib: Novel ALK Inhibitor for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

Objective: We review here the pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, efficacy, safety, dosage and administration, potential drug-drug interactions and place in therapy of brigatinib for abnormal anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) specific non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Data Sources: A literature search using PubMed was conducted using the terms brigatinib and ALK positive NSCLC from January 2013 to November 2018.

Study Selection And Data Extraction: All English-language articles evaluating brigatinib were analyzed for this review.

Jazzin' Healthy: Interdisciplinary Health Outreach Events Focused on Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

Objectives: Health-related disparities are a significant public health concern. In conjunction with a university concert series, healthcare professionals and students provided education, clinical services, and preventive care using an interdisciplinary approach to a primarily African American cohort. The objective was to assess cardiovascular risk factors and readiness to change health-related behaviors.

Understanding of Medication Directions: Assessment of Native Korean Older Adults.

Objective: Investigate the knowledge and understanding of older adult Korean immigrants concerning prescription and over-the-counter medication directions.

Design: A pre- postsurvey study.

Setting: Four Korean churches located in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.

The analysis of an intracerebral hematoma for drugs of abuse.

Toxicological investigations were performed on an intracerebral hematoma, antemortem blood, and postmortem blood of an individual who was found unresponsive in his home. The hematoma was found to have ethanol at a concentration of 0.05% (w/v), and benzoylecgonine (a cocaine metabolite) was also confirmed at a concentration of 0.