Association Between Prerequisites and Academic Success at a Canadian University's Pharmacy Program.

To identify pharmacy prerequisites associated with academic success in the current Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BSP) program and anticipated success in the planned Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program at the University of Saskatchewan. Statistical analysis was conducted on retrospective data of the grades of 1,236 pharmacy students admitted from 2002 to 2015. BSP success was calculated using a weighted average of all required courses within the BSP program.

The effects of distress and the dimensions of coping strategies on physicians' satisfaction with competence.

Objectives: The purposes of this study were to (1) articulate the dimensions of Coping strategies used by physicians, and (2) determine whether Coping strategies alleviated Distress and enhanced Satisfaction with Competence.

Methods: Comprehensive questionnaires on factors associated with Satisfaction with Competence were sent to a stratified sample of 5300 physicians across Canada. The response rate was 57% with negligible bias.

Modeling factors explaining physicians' satisfaction with competence.

Objective: Attention to physician wellness has increased as medical practice gains in complexity. Physician satisfaction with practice is critical for quality of care and practice growth. The purpose of this study was to model physicians' self-reported Satisfaction with Competence as a function of their perceptions of the Quality of Health Services, Distress, Coping, Practice Management, Personal Satisfaction and Professional Equity.

Pharmacy ownership in Canada: implications for the authority and autonomy of community pharmacy managers.

Background: In recent years, the number of independently owned pharmacies has declined even as the total number of pharmacies in Canada has increased. With increasing corporate ownership, there is concern that this trend will adversely affect the profession's ability to influence pharmacy practice and practice change.

Objective: To examine the relationship between ownership type and community pharmacy managers in terms of professional and employer authority, managerial autonomy, decision making, and amount of control.

Influence of ownership type on role orientation, role affinity, and role conflict among community pharmacy managers and owners in Canada.

Background: Ownership of community pharmacies is increasingly being controlled by a relatively small number of corporate entities. The influence of this ownership type should not be ignored, because ownership has the ability to impact pharmacy practice.

Objectives: To examine the relationship between ownership type and community pharmacy managers with regard to role orientation, role affinity, and role conflict.

A quality improvement activity to promote interprofessional collaboration among health professions students.

Objectives: To develop and evaluate a classroom-based curriculum designed to promote interprofessional competencies by having undergraduate students from various health professions work together on system-based problems using quality improvement (QI) methods and tools to improve patient-centered care.

Design: Students from 4 health care programs (nursing, nutrition, pharmacy, and physical therapy) participated in an interprofessional QI activity. In groups of 6 or 7, students completed pre-intervention and post-intervention reflection tools on attitudes relating to interprofessio nal teams, and a tool designed to evaluate group process.

Perceptions of Saskatchewan community pharmacists regarding a prior-authorization program.

Background: In 1999, Saskatchewan Health authorized pharmacists to initiate exception drug status (EDS) requests, also known as prior authorization (PA). Before 1999, only those licensed to prescribe medications were authorized to initiate EDS requests. A pharmacist who submits an EDS request must obtain a patient diagnosis from the physician or agent of the physician; a diagnosis presented by the patient is insufficient.

Developing a scale for measuring professional equity among Canadian physicians.

This paper reports on progress made in defining and measuring the concept of professional equity through the development of a summative measure of professional equity and three of its components: financial, intrinsic and recognition equity. The study sample consisted of a stratified sample of 8375 Canadian physicians with usable responses from 2749 (32.8%).