Pharmacy resident participation with a 24-hour multidisciplinary stroke response team

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The Frontline Pharmacist column gives staff pharmacists an opportunity to share their experiences and pertinent lessons related to day-to-day practice. Topics include workplace innovations, cooperating with peers, communicating with other professionals, dealing with management, handling technical issues related to pharmacy practice, and supervising technicians. Readers are invited to submit manuscripts, ideas, and comments to AJHP, 7272

Pharmacists as Care Providers for Stroke Patients: A Systematic Review

“…While nine additional studies were included initially, they were removed after further discussion, as the intervention provided by the pharmacist within the team was unclear. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] The characteristics of the included studies are outlined in Table 1.…”

National survey of pharmacy residency on-call programs

“…3,[8][9][10][11][12] The advantage is clear in situations where high-risk and high-expense medications such as thrombolytics are being used. 6,13 Having on-call programs also can facilitate a more timely response to therapeutic drug monitoring. There is a wealth of opportunities for residents to take advantage of while providing on-call services, and these experiences can lead to enhanced learning through unique situations and the opportunity to handle consultations with an expanded degree of autonomy.…”

New Windows, Same Old House

“…One program investigated the use of clinical pharmacists participating 24 hr a day, 7 days a week as a member of the stroke team (Pandya, Ruf, Winstead, Cook, & Weant, 2010). Over a 1-year period, pharmacists responded to 256 stroke team pages and a total of 46 patients (18%) received IV alteplase therapy.…”