Pharmacists' Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence: A National Survey.

Background: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing and evolving field impacting pharmacy research, education, and professional practice. The development and adaptation of AI technologies have the potential to radically shape the future of the pharmacy profession. However, it remains unclear how aware pharmacists are of these technologies or their perceptions regarding current and future utilization.

Describing the current landscape of pass/fail grading schemes within skills-based pharmacy curricula.

Introduction: Optimal methods for grading students in skills-based courses within pharmacy education have not been fully explored. This research aimed to assess the current landscape of pass/fail grading schemes within pharmacy skills-based courses and explore faculty perceptions of pass/fail grading schemes.

Methods: A 29-item, cross-sectional survey was electronically distributed to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Laboratory Special Interest Group.

A scoping review of artificial intelligence within pharmacy education.

Objectives: This scoping review aimed to summarize the available literature on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in pharmacy education and identify gaps where additional research is needed.

Findings: Seven studies specifically addressing the use of AI in pharmacy education were identified. Of these 7 studies, 5 focused on AI use in the context of teaching and learning, 1 on the prediction of academic performance for admissions, and the final study focused on using AI text generation to elucidate the benefits and limitations of ChatGPT use in pharmacy education.

AACP faculty affairs standing committee report of strategies for faculty self-advocacy and promotion.

Objectives: The 2020-2021 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Faculty Affairs Standing Committee (FASC) was charged with identifying how faculty can self-advocate and promote themselves in a social influence context.

Findings: The FASC identified social influence and persuasion theories and strategies that can be used by faculty to initiate self-advocacy discussions and collaborations. Social influence and persuasion theories can provide a framework for research and scholarship or for beginning discussions regarding self-advocacy.

A Review of Tapinarof: Novel Topical Treatment for Plaque Psoriasis in Adults.

Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated, multisystem, inflammatory dermatological condition that is persistent and relapsing. Topical treatments are first line agents for mild to moderate plaque psoriasis. With proven efficacy and safety, topical corticosteroids are often used, although adverse effects and limitations for use exist.

Incorporating a peer-teaching, virtual, educational activity to teach newly approved medications in a senior seminar capstone course.

Background And Purpose: Peer teaching and serious gaming are effective pedagogical approaches to actively engage learners, foster collaboration, and promote student accountability for self-directed learning. Literature describing how students learn about and are assessed on knowledge of newly approved medications is lacking. The objective of this project is to describe the design and implementation of a peer-taught virtual educational gaming activity, assess impact on knowledge of newly approved medications, and describe student perceptions of the activity.

A heart failure themed escape room approach to enhance pharmacy student learning.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to design, pilot, and evaluate the efficacy of an educational escape room to enhance second professional year doctor of pharmacy students' knowledge of heart failure medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, and therapeutics in an integrated Modular Organ Systems Therapeutics (MOST) course and to assess students' perceptions of the game.

Methods: Heart failure pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacotherapeutics were taught in MOST prior to the escape room activity. Students were randomized into groups of approximately eight.

Fospropofol disodium (lusedra) injection for anesthesia-care sedation: a clinical review.

Fospropofol disodium (Lusedra) for anesthesia sedation.

Journal clubs during advanced pharmacy practice experiences to teach literature-evaluation skills.

Objective: To determine pharmacy students' attitudes and academic performance related to journal club during 2 advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs).

Design: Fourth-year pharmacy students were required to complete 3 journal club assignments during drug information and internal medicine APPEs.

Assessment: A majority (91.

Rotigotine transdermal system for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

Background: Levodopa has been the cornerstone of the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) for >30 years, but long-term levodopa therapy is associated with development of such motor complications as motor fluctuations, dyskinesias, and drug-induced involuntary movements. Rotigotine is a dopamine agonist with high affinity for the D(2) receptor. Rotigotine transdermal system, the first such system approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the management of PD, has been formulated to deliver a consistent concentration of drug to the bloodstream with the goal of minimizing the complications associated with pulsatile dosing.

Sitagliptin: a novel agent for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Purpose: The pharmacologic, pharmacokinetic, safety, clinical efficacy, and role of sitagliptin in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus are reviewed.

Summary: Sitagliptin is a dipeptidyl-peptidase IV (DPP4) inhibitor that increases insulin release and decreases glucagon levels by preventing the activation of incretin hormones--glucagon-like peptide-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide. The clinical trials reviewed provide evidence that sitagliptin, either alone or in combination with metformin or thiazolidinediones, is effective in reducing glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA(1c)), fasting plasma glucose, and two-hour postprandial glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Acute interstitial nephritis associated with coadministration of vancomycin and ceftriaxone: case series and review of the literature.

We report what we believe to be the first two cases of acute interstitial nephritis associated with vancomycin and ceftriaxone therapy in adults. A 40-year-old man with a medical history of traumatic brain injury and tonic-clonic seizure disorder was admitted to the hospital with a seizure episode and temperature of 103 degrees F. He was administered ceftriaxone, vancomycin, and acyclovir for suspected bacterial and/or viral meningitis.

Role of abatacept in the management of rheumatoid arthritis.

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been associated with significant morbidity and economic burden. Traditional pharmacotherapy (eg, NSAIDs, corticosteroids, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs [DMARDs]) can be inadequate in controlling symptoms and disease progression. Abatacept is the first selective co-stimulation modulator approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the management of RA.

Adjunctive therapy with pramlintide in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus is associated with both microvascular and macrovascular complications. Despite an array of treatment options available, achievement of euglycemia in most patients with diabetes is still lacking. Pramlintide acetate, a synthetic analog of the human hormone amylin and belonging to a new class of agents, was approved in March 2005 as adjunctive treatment in patients with type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus.