Comparing Pharmacotherapy Instruction to the 2009 and 2016 ACCP Toolkit Recommendations

Woodruff, Ashley E.; Albanese, Nicole Paolini; Prescott, William A.

doi:10.5688/ajpe6771

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“…Previous studies over the last few decades have consistently shown that the extent to which geriatric content is taught at US schools of pharmacy has not kept pace with the expanding population of older adults [ 18 , 19 , 20 ]. A recent survey of American schools and colleges of pharmacy found that respondent schools spent a median of six contact hours teaching geriatric pharmacotherapy [ 21 ]. As a concept, deprescribing first appeared in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Pharmacotherapy Didactic Toolkit in the recently published 2019 update as a Tier 1 topic (highest priority) [ 22 , 23 ].…”

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Student Pharmacists Regarding Polypharmacy and Deprescribing: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Pharmacists play a key role in deprescribing medications. Incorporation of this concept into pharmacy school curricula is important in ensuring that graduates can address the complex needs of an aging population. The aims of this study were to assess if and how student pharmacists were exposed to deprescribing within their curriculum, to assess students’ perceptions regarding their attitudes, ability and confidence in deprescribing, and to assess if reported curricular exposure to this topic resulted in improved perceptions or objective knowledge assessment scores. An electronic survey was distributed to third- and fourth-year pharmacy students at 132 schools of pharmacy. The survey included three sections including: (i) demographics and questions on their exposure to deprescribing and other experiences within their curriculum; (ii) questions regarding their attitudes, ability, and confidence regarding deprescribing on a 5-point Likert-scale; (iii) a knowledge assessment on polypharmacy and deprescribing in the form of 12 multiple-choice questions. Likert-scale questions were analyzed as scales utilizing the mean score for items measuring student perceptions regarding deprescribing attitudes, ability, and confidence. Comparisons were made on each variable between students with and without curricular exposure to deprescribing using t-tests. Ninety-one responses were included in the analysis. Only 59.3% of respondents reported exposure to deprescribing in their didactic coursework. The mean scores on the polypharmacy and deprescribing knowledge assessments were 61.0% and 64.5%, respectively. Those with exposure to deprescribing concepts within their curriculum were more likely to agree that their school’s curriculum prepared them to deprescribe in clinical practice (t(89) = −2.26, p = 0.03). Pharmacy schools should evaluate their curricula and consider the addition of specific deprescribing objectives and outcome measures for didactic and experiential training.

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“…However, recent studies demonstrate that improvements in pharmacy and medical ID education are warranted. Although ID had the highest number of devoted contact hours (median 36; interquartile range, 29–60) [25], there were major concerns regarding the lack of time needed to cover the necessary ID materials by ID PharmD faculty [26]. Furthermore, there were considerable differences in the level of integration, pedagogical methods, and depth of antimicrobial stewardship topics delivered in colleges of pharmacy [14, 26].…”

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Learning Experiences Within Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency Programs in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Cho

Crotty

Kufel

et al. 2019

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

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Background Pharmacists with residency training in infectious diseases (ID) optimize antimicrobial therapy outcomes in patients and support antimicrobial stewardship (AS) programs. Although most ID residencies are accredited and assessed by certain standards, the degree to which these programs are similar is not known. Methods A 19-item, cross-sectional, multicentered, electronic survey was distributed via e-mail to pharmacy residency program directors (RPDs) of all 101 second-year postgraduate (PGY-2) ID residency programs in the United States. Results Survey responses were collected from 71 RPDs (70.3%); 64.8% were associated with an academic medical center and 97.2% focused primarily in adult ID. Rotations in the microbiology laboratory, adult AS, and adult ID consult were required in 98.6% of residency programs. Only 28.2% of responding programs required pediatric AS and pediatric ID consult rotations. Programs at academic medical centers were more likely to offer immunocompromised host ID consult (P = .003), pediatric ID consult (P = .006), and hospital epidemiology (P = .047) rotations but less frequently offered outpatient AS (P = .003), viral hepatitis clinics (P = .001), and travel medicine clinics (P = .007) rotations compared to programs at nonacademic medical centers. Residents were frequently involved in AS committees (97.2%), pharmacokinetic dosing of antimicrobials (83.1%), precepting pharmacy trainees (80.3%), and performing research projects (91.5%). Conclusions The PGY-2 ID pharmacy residency programs demonstrated consistency in required adult ID consult, antimicrobial management activities, committee service, and teaching and research opportunities. Pediatric experiences were less common. The PGY-2 ID residency programs prepare pharmacists to become antimicrobial stewards for adult patients.

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“…The incidence of malignant tumors named cancers is increasing by years, with the gradually accelerated pace of human production and life . At present, the main techniques of treating cancers such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, and other medical methods are conventionally utilized, especially pharmacotherapy . However, in the course of drug therapy, in general, only a small amount of drugs reach to the focal site due to the fact that the drugs spread throughout the whole body through the blood circulation during killing tumor cells via pharmacotherapy, which eventually results in the low drug utilization and the damage to normal cells .…”

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Synthesis and Characterization of SiO₂/nGO/Fe₃O₄/SeQDs Nanoparticles as Potential Nanocarriers in Drug Delivery Systems

Fan,

Liu,

Gong

et al. 2024

Langmuir

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Herein, we constructed the branch-shaped SiO 2 /nano GO (nGO)/Fe 3 O 4 /selenium quantum dots (QDs) (SeQDs) nanoparticles (SGF/SeQDs) embodying magnetism, fluorescence, and microwave stimulus response properties to enhance the performance of releasing drugs. The SGF/SeQDs composite was characterized by technologies including powder X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, infrared spectroscopy, etc. In the nanoparticles, the branch-shaped SiO 2 provides a large specific surface area, nGO as the dielectric loss-style material promotes microwave-absorbing performance, and the Fe 3 O 4 serves as a magnetic targeting agent and microwave absorber. Integrating nGO and Fe 3 O 4 could further strengthen the microwave absorption of the entire composite; selenium features both fluorescence and anticancer effects. The synthesized nanoparticles as carriers exhibited a branch-like mesoporous sphere of ∼260 nm, a specific surface area of 258.57 m 2 g −1 , a saturation magnetization of 24.59 emu g −1 , and good microwave thermal conversion performance that the temperature was elevated from 25 to 70 °C under microwave irradiation. These physical characteristics, including large pore volume (5.30 nm), high specific surface area, and fibrous morphology, are in favor of loading drugs. Meanwhile, the cumulative etoposide (VP16) loading rate of the nanoparticles reached to 21 wt % after 360 min. The noncovalent interaction between the VP16 and SGF/SeQDs was mainly the hydrogen-bonding effect during the loading process. Furthermore, the drug release rates at 180 min were up to 81.

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Comparing Pharmacotherapy Instruction to the 2009 and 2016 ACCP Toolkit Recommendations

Cited by 9 publications

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Student Pharmacists Regarding Polypharmacy and Deprescribing: A Cross-Sectional Study

Knowledge and Attitudes of Student Pharmacists Regarding Polypharmacy and Deprescribing: A Cross-Sectional Study

Learning Experiences Within Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency Programs in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Synthesis and Characterization of SiO₂/nGO/Fe₃O₄/SeQDs Nanoparticles as Potential Nanocarriers in Drug Delivery Systems

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Comparing Pharmacotherapy Instruction to the 2009 and 2016 ACCP Toolkit Recommendations

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Student Pharmacists Regarding Polypharmacy and Deprescribing: A Cross-Sectional Study

Knowledge and Attitudes of Student Pharmacists Regarding Polypharmacy and Deprescribing: A Cross-Sectional Study

Learning Experiences Within Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency Programs in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Synthesis and Characterization of SiO2/nGO/Fe3O4/SeQDs Nanoparticles as Potential Nanocarriers in Drug Delivery Systems

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Synthesis and Characterization of SiO₂/nGO/Fe₃O₄/SeQDs Nanoparticles as Potential Nanocarriers in Drug Delivery Systems