A Blended Learning Approach to Teaching Medication Use and Perspectives on Spirituality in Pharmacy Practice.

Objective: This study aimed to assess students' proficiency and perspectives regarding the role of spirituality in pharmacy practice using a blended learning approach.

Methods: Students viewed online preclass videos on general spirituality and 5 major religions in the United States. Next, students attended an interactive lecture followed by a simulated counseling session.

Pharmacists and transitions of care from emergency department to home.

Objectives: To determine the impact of a pharmacist-led telephone outreach program among patients discharged from the emergency department (ED) to home.

Study Design: We conducted a randomized controlled study from February to November 2019 at a tertiary care academic medical center.

Methods: At ED discharge, participants were randomly assigned to usual care (controls) or usual care plus the pharmacist's review (intervention group).

A cross-sectional survey of attitudes and barriers toward pharmacist services at predoctoral academic dental institutions.

Background: The pharmacy profession continues to evolve through novel practice settings and collaborations. Recent reports have highlighted services provided by pharmacists in academic dental settings.

Objectives: This study aimed to measure attitudes and barriers to pharmacist services at academic dental institutions via a survey of dental school administrators.

Accessibility of postgraduate training program information to graduates from US doctor of pharmacy programs holding F-1 visas.

Purpose: To evaluate information provided by residency and fellowship programs to graduates of Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education-accredited doctor of pharmacy programs holding F-1 visas who are seeking postgraduate training opportunities.

Methods: A 2-phase review of all US-based postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) residency and fellowship programs was conducted. In phase 1, program eligibility criteria were reviewed from the residency and fellowship directories published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP).

An environmental scan of pharmacists supporting pre-doctoral dental education institutions.

Purpose/objectives: Reports have described pharmacists providing services within academic dental settings. The full scope of these activities and where they exist is unreported. This environmental scan was performed to identify and summarize the levels in which pharmacists provide support to predoctoral dental education programs.

Excessive postextraction bleeding associated with Cordyceps sinensis: a case report and review of select traditional medicines used by Vietnamese people living in the United States.

Many older people who have emigrated from Vietnam to the United States continue to use the traditional medicines that they used in their country of origin. Clinicians trained in the West may not be familiar with these products. We reviewed 6 Asian traditional medicines that are popular among older Vietnamese people living in the United States.