The present was conducted with the aim to identify the career preferences and the attributing factors of the career ambitions of fifth professional pharmacy undergraduate students. A previously developed and validated questionnaire was administered to fifth professional pharmacy undergraduate students of different private and government universities of Karachi. The students were asked to comple...

For pharmacy students and others seeking postgraduate pharmacy residency training, March has become the most stressful month of the year. While 2011 brought the highest fill rate for residency positions since the ASHP Resident Matching Program was launched in 1979, the demand for postgraduate pharmacy training far exceeded the supply of residency training programs. With approximately 1250 postg...

During the past 40 years, the roles of the pharmacy technician have expanded to services beyond traditional duties within the pharmacy department, correlating with the ever-changing needs of the health care system. In other countries, such as the United Kingdom, the roles of pharmacy technicians go beyond those of their Canadian counterparts to include advising patients about medications, revie...

OBJECTIVE To determine pharmacy costs for glycemic treatment and its relationship to glycemic control in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) between 1994 and 2000. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Patients with diabetes in the VA in FY1994, FY1996, FY1998, and FY2000 were identified using an ambulatory care pharmacy-derived database. Total drug acquisition costs, as well as expenditures for in...

UNLABELLED One of the key features affecting the transition from university to paid employment is the graduate's perception of their capability to satisfactorily perform the work of a graduate. In some professions such as in nursing, the concept of "transition shock" is referred to. There is a need to understand how pharmacy students perceive the transition to their first job as intern pharmaci...

OBJECTIVE To assess pharmacy students' Facebook activity and opinions regarding accountability and e-professionalism and determine effects of an e-professionalism education session on pharmacy students' posting behavior. METHODS A 21-item questionnaire was developed, pilot-tested, revised, and administered to 299 pharmacy students at 3 colleges of pharmacy. Following a presentation regarding ...

Chair of Physiology, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina. IQUIMEFA-CONICET Scholar at the University of Buenos Aires. Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Chair of Physiology, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, UBA Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Chair of Physiology, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, UBA Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Chair of...

ROSS W. HOLLAND, PH.D., ED.D., M.A., FPS, FSHP, FASCP, FAIPM, MACPP, is Dean, Australian College of Pharmacy Practice, Canberra, Australia. CHRISTINE M. NIMMO, PH.D., is Director, Educational Resources, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Bethesda, MD. Abstract: A systems view of the amalgamation of existing pharmacy practice models is proposed. Pharmacy’s evolution is traceable as a...

Background When establishing new emergency wards, the clinical pharmacy profession has been included at some hospitals with the aim of assisting in optimizing medication treatment for admitted patients. However, it is unknown to what extent clinical pharmacy is performed and at which hospitals. To develop a national strategy and improve communication about the effects of clinical pharmacy, the ...

STEFANIA-FELICIA BARBUCEANU1, CONSTANTIN DRAGHICI2, LAURA-ILEANA SOCEA1*, CRISTIAN ENACHE3, CRISTINA ANDREESCU4, GABRIEL SARAMET5 1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davilaî, Faculty of Pharmacy, Organic Chemistry Department, 6 Traian Vuia Str., 020956, Bucharest, Romania 2 Organic Chemistry Center “Costin D. Nenitescu”, 202B Splaiul Independentei, 060023, Bucharest, Romania 3 Central ...