Integrating social determinants into pharmacotherapy courses: A case-based learning approach.

Background: The recognition of social determinants as major drivers of health outcomes has important implications for health care providers, including pharmacists. It is therefore imperative that providers have the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes to adequately address the contributions of social determinants of health (SDOH) alongside the impact of medical care on health and treatment outcomes. Case-based learning is a common practice in pharmacy education.

Experience with the script concordance test to develop clinical reasoning skills in pharmacy students.

Background: The script concordance test (SCT) is used to assess clinical reasoning and was originally developed for medical learners. The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) endorses the need for pharmacy students to develop clinical reasoning skills, but there is little documentation of use of the SCT for pharmacy learners.

Educational Activity: A script concordance test activity was designed for a diabetes and metabolic syndrome pharmacotherapy course.

Expanding Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency Education Through a Multisite University-Affiliated Model.

Introduction: As the health-care system evolves and shifts to value-based payment systems, there is a recognized need to increase the number of ambulatory care trained pharmacists.

Objective: The objective of this article is to describe the administrative structure of the University of Minnesota Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency program and to encourage adoption of similar models nationally in order to expand ambulatory care residency training opportunities and meet the demand for pharmacist practitioners. Program Structure: The University of Minnesota PGY1 Pharmacy Residency program is a multisite program centered on the practice of pharmaceutical care and provision of comprehensive medication management (CMM) services in ambulatory care settings.

A population-based cross-sectional study of health service deficits among U.S. adults with depressive symptoms.

Background: Depression is a psychiatric condition that affects approximately one in five U.S. adults in their lifetime.