Assessing the relationship between curricular placement of law courses and multistate pharmacy jurisprudence examination pass rates.

Objective: To identify if there is a relationship between the placement of standalone pharmacy law courses within the PharmD curriculum and Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJE) first-time pass rates.

Methods: Colleges of pharmacy were identified using the MPJE Passing Rates for 2019-2022 Graduates found on the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) website. Characteristics of the pharmacy law content delivery within the curriculum were extracted from the program, Pharmacy College Application Service, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), and NABP websites.

Correlating Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Exam Scores and Pharmacist Licensure Status in a Single Program.

Objective: Pharmacist licensure exam first-time pass rates have declined for several years. Predictors of licensure exam performance, including the Pharmacy College Admission Test, are no longer required, necessitating alternative strategies. Our aim is to assess the relationship between numerical scores on advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) exams and pharmacist licensure exams first-time pass rates.

Navigating power dynamics between pharmacy preceptors and learners.

Pharmacy preceptors are crucial in pharmacy experiential education. They help develop learners during didactic learning, experiential learning, and post-graduate training. Preceptors hold a position of authority over learners as they are responsible for providing feedback and ultimately completing evaluations that determine whether the student passes or does not pass the rotation.

Occlusal asymmetries in children with congenital hip dislocation.

Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) has been associated with other congenital postural deformities and associated with asymmetric features in the body. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between developmental DDH and malocclusions in preschool and school children. The subjects were 60 children (40 girls and 20 boys) born during 1997-2001 in Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District and having developmental DDH and treated by Von Rosen method.

3-D analysis of facial asymmetry in children with hip dysplasia.

Objective: To determine whether facial asymmetry existed in patients with developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH).

Materials And Methods: Subjects consisted of children between ages 5 and 10 years having DDH, and treated by the Von Rosen splint method. Three-dimensional (3-D) facial photographs were taken on all subjects using the 3dMDface system.