Fostering Advocacy in Pharmacy Students: Strategies for Curricular Integration and Assessment.

Objectives: To discuss teaching and assessment of advocacy skills in student pharmacists as called for in the 2022 COEPA.

Findings: COEPA categorizes advocacy as a skill that should be developed to advance patient care and the profession. This is a change from the 2013 CAPE outcomes where the focus was on advocating for patients.

Patient experiences of behavioural therapy for bipolar depression: A qualitative study.

Background: Although multiple qualitative studies have explored participants' experiences of behavioural activation (BA) for unipolar depression, none have investigated the experiences of BA in people with bipolar depression. This is of particular interest because qualitative studies concerning the experience of receiving therapy can help inform the theory of change underpinning the intervention.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and perspectives of individuals with bipolar disorder who received a course of one-to-one BA for bipolar depression.

Prospective Analysis Comparing the Asthma Control Test (ACT) to the New Subjective Asthma Questionnaire (SAQ-1) for Assessing Asthma Control.

Background Asthma affects millions of patients worldwide. The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) emphasizes the need for individualized treatment based on symptoms and risk of exacerbations. The Asthma Control Test (ACT) is a well-validated tool and considered standard-of-care for assessing asthma control.

Evaluating Fellowship Training for Endobronchial Ultrasound-Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) Using the EBUS-Skills and Task Assessment Tool (STAT) and High-Fidelity Bronchoscopy Simulator.

Background: There are two approaches for endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) training: the traditional apprenticeship approach involving 'see one, do one, teach one', and the computer-based simulation approach. In the traditional approach, the trainee learns under direct supervision from an expert preceptor while performing on patients. In the latter approach, trainees use a high-fidelity bronchoscopy simulator, undertake a skills assessment exam (Endobronchial Ultrasound Skills and Task Assessment Tool (EBUS-STAT)), and receive supervised patient-based training from experienced clinicians.

Augmented Depression Therapy for young adults: A mixed methods randomised multiple baseline case series evaluation.

Augmented Depression Therapy (ADepT) is an individual psychotherapy for depression, which has been shown to be effective in the general adult population. A randomised multiple baseline case series evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of ADepT in young adults (aged 20-24). Eleven depressed young adults were recruited from a UK university wellbeing service to receive ADepT during the COVID-19 pandemic, with outcomes evaluated relative to pre-specified continuation targets.