Pharmacy students' performance and perceptions in a flipped teaching pilot on cardiac arrhythmias.

Objective: To implement the flipped teaching method in a 3-class pilot on cardiac arrhythmias and to assess the impact of the intervention on academic performance and student perceptions.

Design: An intervention group of 101 first-year pharmacy students, who took the class with the flipped teaching method, were supplied with prerecorded lectures prior to their 3 classes (1 class in each of the following subjects: basic sciences, pharmacology, and therapeutics) on cardiac arrhythmias. Class time was focused on active-learning and case-based exercises.

Implementation of an accelerated physical examination course in a doctor of pharmacy program.

Objective: To describe the implementation of a 1-day accelerated physical examination course for a doctor of pharmacy program and to evaluate pharmacy students' knowledge, attitudes, and confidence in performing physical examination.

Design: Using a flipped teaching approach, course coordinators collaborated with a physician faculty member to design and develop the objectives of the course. Knowledge, attitude, and confidence survey questions were administered before and after the practical laboratory.

Perceived benefits and challenges of interprofessional education based on a multidisciplinary faculty member survey.

Objective: To identify differences among faculty members in various health professional training programs in perceived benefits and challenges of implementing interprofessional education (IPE).

Methods: A 19-item survey using a 5-point Likert scale was administered to faculty members across different health disciplines at a west coast, multicollege university with osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, and physician assistant programs.

Results: Sixty-two of 103 surveys (60.

Bullying in the clinical training of pharmacy students.

Objective: To determine whether bullying is a significant factor in the clinical training of pharmacy students.

Methods: The literature as well as the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Standards and American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) surveys were reviewed for mention and/or measurement of bullying behaviors in the clinical training of pharmacy students. The authors used a Delphi process to define bullying behavior.

Impact of Educational Levels and Health Literacy on Community Acetaminophen Knowledge.

Patient understanding of acetaminophen is important for its safe and appropriate self-use. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the San Francisco Bay Area to determine the impact of educational level, patient health literacy score, and other demographic characteristics on acetaminophen knowledge. A 17-item, in-person, paper-and-pen questionnaire containing questions about demographics and acetaminophen knowledge was administered to 311 adults outside 5 local grocery stores in varying socioeconomic communities.

Factors impacting self-perceived readiness for residency training: results of a national survey of postgraduate year 1 residents.

Objective: To examine the factors impacting postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) residents' self-perceived readiness for residency.

Methods: A total of 1801 residents who matched in American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)-accredited PGY1 programs were e-mailed individualized invitations to take an online survey. The survey collected self-ratings of readiness for residency training competencies including time management and organization, foundational knowledge, clinical practice, project management, and communication.

Characteristics and Behaviors of Older Male Anabolic Steroid Users.

Objective: To compare and contrast the characteristics of 2 groups of men ≥40 years old: reported anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) users and nonusers.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Thirty-eight online fitness, weight lifting, bodybuilding, and steroid Web sites.

The effect of trazodone on standardized field sobriety tests.

Study Objective: To evaluate the effects of a single dose of trazodone on the standardized field sobriety test (SFST).

Design: A randomized, double-blinded, repeated-measures study.

Participants: Forty-five healthy adult subjects.

Psychological and physical impact of anabolic-androgenic steroid dependence.

Study Objective: To contrast the characteristics of two groups of anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) users-those with versus those without AAS dependence.

Design: Subanalysis of data from the Anabolic 500, a cross-sectional survey.

Participants: One hundred twelve male AAS-dependent users and 367 AAS-nondependent users who completed an online survey between February 19 and June 30, 2009.

The pharmacist Aggregate Demand Index to explain changing pharmacist demand over a ten-year period.

Objectives: To describe Aggregate Demand Index (ADI) trends from 1999-2010; to compare ADI time trends to concurrent data for US unemployment levels, US entry-level pharmacy graduates, and US retail prescription growth rate; and to determine which variables were significant predictors of ADI.

Methods: Annual ADI data (dependent variable) were analyzed against annual unemployment rates, annual number of pharmacy graduates, and annual prescription growth rate (independent variables).

Results: ADI data trended toward lower demand levels for pharmacists since late 2006, paralleling the US economic downturn.