A Multi-Site Qualitative Study Examining Pharmacy Student Perspectives on the Opioid Crisis.

To determine pharmacy students' perspectives regarding opioid use, the opioid crisis, and pharmacy education related to both topics. Students from each professional year at eight participating schools and colleges of pharmacy were invited to participate in focus groups and answer questions about their experiences with the opioid crisis. Faculty and/or staff moderated the focus groups and audio-recorded responses.

An advanced pharmacy practice experience in community engagement.

Objective: To implement a 5-week advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) in community engagement and assess the impact of the APPE on students' confidence and ability to provide community-based services.

Design: Working with community partners, students provided medication reconciliation, attended interprofessional healthcare meetings, developed health-promotion activities, and conducted medication-therapy reviews.

Assessment: Responses to pre- and post-APPE 10-item surveys, preceptor and practice-experience evaluations, and the documented number of pharmacy student recommendations were determined.

Portfolio use and practices in US colleges and schools of pharmacy.

Objectives: To identify the prevalence of portfolio use in US pharmacy programs, common components of portfolios, and advantages of and limitations to using portfolios.

Methods: A cross-sectional electronic survey instrument was sent to experiential coordinators at US colleges and schools of pharmacy to collect data on portfolio content, methods, training and resource requirements, and benefits and challenges of portfolio use.

Results: Most colleges and schools of pharmacy (61.

Medication therapy management training using case studies and the MirixaPro platform.

Objective: To implement and assess a medication therapy management (MTM) training program for pharmacy students using the MirixaPro (Mirixa Corporation, Reston, VA) platform and case studies.

Design: Students received lectures introducing MTM and were given a demonstration of the MirixaPro platform. They were divided into teams and assigned cases and times to interview patients portrayed by faculty members.

Prevalence, treatment, and control of hypertension in residents of skilled nursing facilities.

Objective: To determine the prevalence, treatment, and control of hypertension (HTN) in elderly residents of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). To determine variables that may influence the treatment and control of HTN in residents of SNFs.

Design: Concurrent medical record review of SNF residents who had resided at a facility for a minimum of 30 days.