Lack of Prescription Drug Benefit Knowledge and Problems Paying Medical Bills Among Medicare Beneficiaries.

Aims And Objectives: Approximately 50% of Americans report having low health insurance literacy, leading to uncertainty when choosing their insurance coverage to best meet their healthcare needs. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the association between lack of prescription drug benefit knowledge and problems paying medical bills among Medicare beneficiaries.

Methods: We analysed the 2021 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Public Use File of 5586 Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥ 65 years.

Choose Your Own Adventure to Enhance Hypertension, Heart Failure, and Insulin Management Skills.

Objective: Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) educational activities can be utilized in the classroom to simulate patient cases. The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in pharmacy student knowledge and confidence in hypertension, heart failure, and insulin management skills after completion of CYOA activities.

Methods: Three CYOA activities were developed for 3 separate lectures in 2 pharmacy electives on topics of hypertension, heart failure, and insulin management.

Development, implementation, and assessment of a tailored oral milestone remediation examination process for fourth-year pharmacy students.

Performance assessments for student pharmacists are required by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education to monitor student knowledge, retention, and professional skill sets. Near the end of their Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs), fourth-year pharmacy students (P4s) at the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy must pass a milestone exam (P4ME) to graduate. The P4ME contains four sections: adult medicine, ambulatory care, community, and hospital.

A meta-narrative review of choose-your-own-adventure style patient case activities in pharmacy education.

Background: The objective of this review was to characterize the methods of delivery and assessment of Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA)-style activities in pharmacy education. A secondary objective was to utilize available data to determine best practices for educators interested in developing similar activities.

Methods: A meta-narrative approach according to the guidance of the RAMESES standards was used for this review.

Prevalence of primary and secondary hypertension among hospitalized patients with cancer in the United States.

Background: Hypertension is the most common comorbidity in patients with cancer. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of hypertension by demographic characteristics and cancer type among hospitalized patients with cancer.

Methods: Hospitalized cancer patients were included using 2016-2018 National Inpatient Sample data.

Improving Access to Home Blood Pressure Monitors at a Federally Qualified Health Center.

Self-monitoring of blood pressure (BP) clinically decreases BP. However, cost can limit access, especially in underserved populations. This mixed-methods pilot study aims to determine the impact of providing home BP monitors free of charge to patients at a federally qualified health center (FQHC) by quantifying the effect on BP and surveying patients to measure satisfaction and engagement.

Failure to fail - Perspective from junior faculty preceptors on the challenges of evaluating underperforming students in the experiential learning environment.

Introduction: Preceptors serve as the gatekeepers between individuals progressing from student pharmacist to independent practitioner. This responsibility is challenging if a student is not progressing as required and is at risk of failure. In this article, we will review the potential consequences and barriers of "failing to fail" a student, share the emotions that come with the decision, and suggest actions that may aid in preceptor decision-making.

Part 1: Assessment of a virtual vs. onsite interview experience from the interviewee perspective.

Introduction: The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy transitioned the prospective student interview process for the incoming Class of 2025 from an onsite to a virtual Zoom interview. Differences between the two processes were assessed to determine utility of virtual interviews in the future. The objective was to compare preference, impact, and barriers to onsite and virtual interview experiences for prospective students.

Implementing a choose your own adventure activity to improve insulin decision making.

Introduction: The objective of this educational activity was to evaluate the impact of a virtually simulated Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) activity on pharmacy student knowledge and confidence of insulin management.

Methods: An online CYOA activity was created using TypeForm, version 2 (TypeForm SL) for a third-year pharmacy school diabetes elective with 16 enrollees over two course offerings. Through use of interactive storytelling, students used critical thinking skills to make decisions in six simulated patient's care including initiation, counseling, conversions, and titration of multiple types of insulin.

Part 2: Assessment of a virtual vs. onsite interview experience from the interviewer perspective.

Introduction: The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy transitioned from onsite interviews to virtual interviews in fall 2020. There is limited literature on whether the virtual format impacts an interviewer's assessment of a candidate. This study examined interviewer ability to assess candidates and barriers to participation.