Current state of APPE-readiness assessments in schools or colleges of pharmacy.

Objective: To determine components and assessments included in Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) readiness plans in United States Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) programs.

Methods: An electronic survey was emailed to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Laboratory Instructors Special Interest Group. Survey items included demographic information about the program, APPE-readiness plan implementation status and components.

Effect of Pharmacist-Led Interventions on Diabetes Distress Among People With Type 2 Diabetes.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of pharmacist-led interventions on diabetes distress and glucose management among people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in a community care clinic.

Methods: Adults with T2DM were recruited during routine visits at the pharmacist-run clinic. Participants completed a baseline A1C, demographic survey, Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS), and Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2).

Sharps Disposal Practices Among People With Diabetes in a Community Care Clinic.

Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to determine sharps disposal practices among people with diabetes in a community care clinic. Secondary objectives were to identify patterns of sharps use and barriers to proper use.

Methods: Surveys were distributed to patients at a community care clinic in person and via mail.

Puberty is a Critical Period for Vomeronasal Organ Mediation of Socio-sexual Behavior in Mice.

Genetic disruption of the vomeronasal organ (VNO), an organ responsible for pheromone processing, drastically alters socio-sexual behavior in mice. However, it is not known whether the VNO has a role during the pubertal organizational period when sex-typical socio-sexual behaviors emerge, or if disruption of the organ in adulthood is sufficient to alter socio-sexual behavior. To bypass the lifelong VNO disruption of genetic knockout models, we surgically ablated the VNO of male and female mice either during the peripubertal period [postnatal day (PND) 28-30] or adulthood (PND 58-60), with sham controls at both ages.

Impact of an ambulatory care pharmacist in an occupational health clinic.

Objectives: To describe and evaluate a novel practice setting for a pharmacist within an occupational health clinic.

Setting: Ambulatory care facility.

Practice Description: Implementation and evaluation of a new practice site embedding a clinical pharmacist into the workplace to provide ambulatory care services, such as comprehensive medication management, disease state management, and immunizations to a broad diversity of patients.

Specialization within pharmacy education: A survey of curricular track or concentration offerings.

Introduction: The purpose of this national survey was to determine what constitutes a curricular track or concentration within colleges and schools of pharmacy. Additionally, for programs not currently offering curricular tracks or concentrations, this survey sought to identify barriers to implementation.

Methods: A survey instrument was developed and piloted.

Visual hallucinations associated with gabapentin use.

Purpose: A case of probable gabapentin-induced visual hallucinations in a patient with no psychiatric history is reported.

Summary: A 65-year-old white woman with no history of psychiatric conditions arrived at the pharmacy clinic with specific complaints of daytime sleepiness, fatigue, and visual hallucinations that started after coronary artery bypass graft surgery three years prior. After the surgery she began experiencing neuropathic pain in her chest, which was treated with gabapentin.