Lin H. Chen, MD, FACP,∗† Caroline Zeind, PharmD, RPh,‡ Sheila Mackell, MD,§ Trisha LaPointe, PharmD, BCPS,‡ Margot Mutsch, PhD, MPH,‖ and Mary E. Wilson, MD, FACP, FIDSA∗†¶ ∗Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, USA; †Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; ‡Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA, USA; §Mountain View Pediatrics, Flagstaff, AZ, USA; ‖Division of Commu...

Department of Community Medicine, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Department of Internal Medicine, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Institute of Education, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Pharmaceutical Chemistry, International Islamic University, Malaysia. Department of Family Medicine,...

Objectives. To determine the degree to which first professional year students identify with Generation X characteristics and to compare recall performance following traditional lectures with that following lectures specially designed for Generation X students. Methods. Subjects were first professional year pharmacy students. Four lectures were used in the study: 2 using traditional instructiona...

Human resources development in society or organization is a necessity to secure progress. Without such development societies or organizations fail to achieve their objectives. Human resources development is a three-stage measure to meet the requirements of each society or organization. These three stages are: a) planning and programming: at this stage qualitative and quantitative needs are dete...

background : drug-drug interactions (ddis) are adverse reactions caused by a combination of drugs; they are often predictable and therefore avoidable or manageable. the objective of this study was to evaluate the nature, type and prevalence of potential ddis in prescriptions dispensed in university-based community pharmacies in tehran, iran. methods: from july 2012 to february 2014, sample of 1...

1 Anti-stress and Health Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China 2 Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China 3 Division of Histology & Embryology, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China 4 Guangdong Research...

Human resources development in society or organization is a necessity to secure progress. Without such development societies or organizations fail to achieve their objectives. Human resources development is a three-stage measure to meet the requirements of each society or organization. These three stages are: a) planning and programming: at this stage qualitative and quantitative needs are dete...

BACKGROUND Pharmacy schools across North America have been charged to ensure their students are adequately skilled in the principles and practices of pharmaceutical care. Despite this mandate, a large percentage of students experience insufficient opportunities to practice the activities, tasks and processes essential to pharmaceutical care. The objective of this retrospective study of pharmacy...

UNLABELLED Background This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of pharmacy and home-based sexually transmissible infection (STI) screening as alternate testing venues among emergency contraception (EC) users. METHODS The study included two phases in February 2011-July 2012. In Phase I, customers purchasing EC from eight pharmacies in Manhattan received vouchers for free STI testi...