A qualitative analysis of opportunities to strengthen pharmacy technician career pathways across practice settings.

Purpose: To identify pharmacy technician career pathways across pharmacy practice settings and opportunities to strengthen and expand these pathways.

Methods: Interviews were conducted with 17 participants from national pharmacy organizations, community pharmacies, health systems, and academia from March to May 2023. Interview questions were designed to elicit participants' perceptions of factors influencing entry into, recruitment and retention of, and advancement of the pharmacy technician workforce.

Association between Polymorphism in the Janus Kinase 2 () Gene and Selected Performance Traits in Cattle and Sheep.

The Janus Kinase 2 (JAK2) tyrosine kinase is an essential component of signal transduction of the class II cytokine receptors, including the growth hormone receptor. Therefore, it may play a crucial role in the signaling pathway of the somatotropic axis, which influences growth, development, and reproductive traits in ruminants. For this purpose, for three breeds of cattle (Hereford, Angus, and Limousin; a total of 781 individuals), two polymorphic sites located in exon 16 (rs210148032; p.

Routes to Rural Readiness: Enhancing Clinical Training Experiences for Physician Assistants.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe practices and experiences of rurally oriented physician assistant (PA) training programs in providing rural clinical training to PA students.

Methods: A survey of PA program directors (PDs) included questions about program characteristics, student and clinical preceptor (CP) recruitment in rural areas, and barriers to, and facilitators of, rural clinical training. Programs that considered rural training "very important" to their goals were identified.

Activity of Patchouli and Tea Tree Essential Oils against Staphylococci Isolated from Pyoderma in Dogs and Their Synergistic Potential with Gentamicin and Enrofloxacin.

In this paper, we show the effect of some essential oils (EOs) on staphylococci, including multidrug-resistant strains isolated from pyoderma in dogs. A total of 13 and 8 strains were studied. To assess the sensitivity of each strain to the antimicrobial agents, two commercial EOs from patchouli (; PcEO) and tea tree (; MaEO) as well as two antibiotics (gentamicin and enrofloxacin) were used.

A Match Made in Rural: Interpreting Match Rates and Exploring Best Practices.

Background And Objectives: Although rural family medicine residency programs are effective in placing trainees into rural practice, many struggle to recruit students. Lacking other public measures, students may use residency match rates as a proxy for program quality and value. This study documents match rate trends and explores the relationship between match rates and program characteristics, including quality measures and recruitment strategies.