Student Pharmacist Perspectives of a Remote Ambulatory Care and Community Pharmacy Dual-Cohort APPE.

Objective: The primary aim of the study is to describe the development and implementation of a remote required ambulatory care and required community pharmacy dual-cohort Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) rotation from the student pharmacist perspective. The secondary objective is to identify elements of a remote APPE to integrate into traditional onsite rotations.

Methods: An electronic post-survey was developed to evaluate rotation effectiveness based on the Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) outcomes, and to identify rotation attributes to inform future rotations.

The impact of clinical pharmacy services on pneumococcal vaccine frequency and appropriateness in a family medicine clinic.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of an ambulatory clinical pharmacy service (inclusive of immunization needs assessments) on the frequency and appropriateness of pneumococcal vaccine administration in a family medicine clinic.

Methods: This cohort study had an observational and retrospective design and included patients who received pneumococcal vaccines at a family medicine clinic in a medically underserved area in Southwestern Pennsylvania across a 42-month period from January 1, 2015, to June 30, 2018. The outcome measures included the administration and appropriateness of pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate (PCV13) and pneumococcal 23-valent polysaccharide (PPSV23) vaccines across 3 time cohorts including before, during, and after the establishment of a clinical pharmacy service.