The Importance of Public Health in Pharmacy Education and Practice Natalie A. DiPietro Mager, PharmD, MPH, Karen B. Farris, PhD a Guest Editor, Public Health Theme Issue, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education b Immediate Past Chair, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Public Health Special Interest Group c Raabe College of Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH d College of...

Group communication will undoubtedly be a useful paradigm for many applications of wireless networking in which reliability and timeliness are requirements. Moreover, locationawareness is clearly central to mobile applications such as traÆc management and smart spaces. In this paper, we introduce our de nition of proximity groups in which group membership depends on location and then discuss so...

Background and Aim: Mobile-based programs have been developed as tools to help both patients and physicians in various fields especially in dermatology. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to review the features and contents of dermatology applications. Materials and Methods: The methodology was comparative and descriptive. Applications in the field of dermatology were evaluated an...

The PHARMINE ("Pharmacy Education in Europe") project studied the organisation of pharmacy education, practice and legislation in the European Union (EU) with the objectives of evaluating to what degree harmonisation had taken place with the EU, and producing documents on each individual EU member state. Part of this work was in the form of a survey of pharmacy education, practice, and legislat...

Dear Editor, In pharmacy, professionalism must containthe skills necessary to be a capable pharmacypractitioner. It seems that pharmacy studentsdo not become professionals after graduationfrom the pharmacy school. To be a professionalpharmacist, students should have a lifelongcommitment to the society and patients.Evolving professional knowledge, attitudesand behaviors is a critical step in pro...

the production, distribution, and consumption of information are the most important development indices of any nation. plenty of opportunities were created by e-learning which have overall paved the grounds for and enriched the presentation of learning materials through advanced audiovisual educational facilities. such learning environments are by and large flexible and provide more appropriate...

Competency-based Education (CBE) is an educational model that allows students to learn and demonstrate their abilities at their own pace. CBE is growing in popularity in undergraduate educational programs and its role in pharmacy education in the United States (US) is under review. In comparison, medical education is utilizing competency-based approaches (such as competencies and Entrustable Pr...

The roles of mental health educators and professionals in the diffusion of mental health mobile apps are addressed in this viewpoint article. Mental health mobile apps are emerging technologies that fit under the broad heading of mobile health (mHealth). mHealth, encompassed within electronic health (eHealth), reflects the use of mobile devices for the practice of public health. Well-designed m...