The Need for Faculty Knowledge and Promotion of Postgraduate Year One Community-Based Pharmacy Residencies.

Postgraduate year one (PGY1) community-based pharmacy residency programs are intended to build upon the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes. The goal of the residency program is to develop community-based pharmacist practitioners with diverse patient care, leadership, and education skills. This commentary will inform faculty mentors about the history, evolution, structure, and design of PGY1 community-based pharmacy residency programs.

Impact of an Elective Course in Community and Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practices on Student Perception of Patient Care.

Objective. To determine the impact of an elective course on students' perception of opportunities and of their preparedness for patient care in community and ambulatory pharmacy settings. Design.

Heart failure assessment at the community pharmacy level: a feasibility pilot study.

Background: A key element missing in disease-management programs for heart failure (HF) is participation of the community pharmacist. The purpose of this study is to determine if a simple and efficient clinical tool will allow community pharmacists to identify patients at risk for worsening HF.

Design: The One Minute Clinic for Heart Failure (TOM-C HF) was developed as a simple six-item symptom screening tool to be used during routine patient/customer interactions.

Current trends in outpatient pharmacy services and billing.

Objectives: To provide a summary of community and ambulatory pharmacy practices and billing patterns for medication therapy management (MTM) services and to identify reasons pharmacists report not billing for direct patient care services.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: United States, February 2011.

Factors influencing community pharmacists' enrollment in a state prescription monitoring program.

Objectives: To determine factors influencing enrollment for community pharmacists registered and not registered in Ohio's prescription monitoring program (PMP), the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS); to identify association of OARRS enrollment with demographics, availability of Internet access at work, educational background, and/or previous PMP education received; and to compare knowledge of OARRS for enrollees versus nonenrollees.

Design: Descriptive, nonexperimental, cross-sectional study.

Setting: Ohio in November and December 2008.

Evaluation of pharmacists' barriers to the implementation of medication therapy management services.

Objectives: To assess pharmacists' actual and perceived barriers to implementing medication therapy management (MTM) services in the outpatient setting and to assess demographic and other factors associated with identified barriers.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: United States in 2007.

Practice-based research network as a research training model for community/ambulatory pharmacy residents.

Objective: To describe our experience with a practice-based research training network (PBRTN) in a 1-year residency program.

Setting: Ohio State University in Columbus from 1997 to 2007.

Practice Description: The program includes two accredited postgraduate year 1 residencies and one postgraduate year 2 residency.

Improving communication skills of pharmacy students through effective precepting.

Pharmacy students should be given opportunities to learn and practice interpersonal communication skills during their community advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE). Preceptors have the responsibility of setting the stage for the pharmacy students during their initial encounter. During this orientation to the site, students should become familiar with the history of the practice, the types of services provided, and the staff members.

Advancing patient care through innovative practice: the Clinical Partners Program.

Purpose: The development, implementation, and outcomes assessment of an innovative pharmacist-managed ambulatory care and community pharmacy practice clinic are described.

Summary: The Clinical Partners Program at The Ohio State University (OSU) provides an active learning environment for students and residents, offers a patient-focused practice model based on pharmaceutical care principles, and serves as an arena for applied research in pharmacy practice. The program offers multiple services, including anticoagulation management, diabetes self-management, cholesterol management, hepatitis C education, herbal product and dietary supplement consultations, medication management, smoking cessation, and wellness.