Vitamin and mineral supplement use in medically complex, community-living, older adults.

Individuals who take medications may benefit from using vitamin and/or mineral supplements (VMS) yet excess supplementation can lead to overuse (daily intake exceeding the tolerable upper intake level (UL)). This study assessed VMS use of medically complex, community-living, older adults. A chart review of 229 patients ≥50 years with new medication assessments between 2014 and 2017 indicated that 76.

Family physician perceptions of a medication assessment clinic located within a pharmacy school.

Objective: To determine if the clinical services provided at a patient care clinic run by pharmacy faculty and students are valuable to family physicians.

Design: Paper-based postal survey.

Setting: The Medication Assessment Centre located within the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.

A mixed methods evaluation of a patient care clinic located within a pharmacy school.

Background The Medication Assessment Center is a faculty and student run patient care clinic located within the pharmacy school at the University of Saskatchewan (Canada). It was created as a novel experiential education site for pharmacy students and to provide clinical pharmacist services for complex patients who have trouble accessing services elsewhere. Objective To determine if the clinical services provided by faculty and students at the Medication Assessment Center are valuable to patients who are referred to the program.