4 results match your criteria: "South Carolina College of Pharmacy-Medical University of South Carolina Campus[Affiliation]"

Objective: To assess the evolution and effectiveness of the Academician Preparation Program to provide knowledge and skills in teaching and evaluating to pharmacy residents, as well as generate interest in academic careers.

Design: Participants attended seminars and participated in additional teaching, precepting, facilitating, and evaluating activities. Residents maintained a teaching portfolio and met with a faculty mentor quarterly to review their progress toward completion of the requirements for the Academician Preparation Program certificate.

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Objective: To determine the optimal approach for transitioning therapy to aripiprazole from other antipsychotics in schizophrenia and to describe these strategies.

Data Sources: MEDLINE (January 2000-March 2012) and PubMed (January 2000-March 2012) searches were conducted using the search terms aripiprazole, switch, and switching. Citations from references were reviewed to identify additional primary literature.

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Objective: To review the pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, efficacy, and safety of rufinamide in the treatment of epileptic seizures and describe its potential place in therapy.

Data Sources: MEDLINE (1966-January 2010) and PubMed (1966-January 2010) literature searches were conducted to identify primary literature investigating rufinamide. References from selected publications discussing rufinamide, as well as the package insert, were reviewed.

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Study Objectives: To determine the prevalence of anemia in an outpatient heart failure clinic, describe the type of anemia in patients treated there, and evaluate the potential costs associated with epoetin therapy in this cohort.

Design: Single-center, retrospective cohort analysis (part 1) and a literature-based economic decision analysis (part 2).

Data Source: Medical records from a multidisciplinary, outpatient, heart failure clinic, and published hospitalization and drug-use data.

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