American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education back issues from April 1999:
Effects of work, non work, and role conflict on the overall life satisfaction of pharmacy faculty
Apr 01, 1999; ... For many faculty members, the demands of work and personal lives can lead to conflict between the two roles and decrease overall life satisfaction. A preliminary investigation of the work and non work influences that contributed to faculty role conflict and overall life satisfaction was ...
Evaluation of pharmacy students' abilities to provide pharmaceutical care
Apr 01, 1999; ... This paper describes an educational project intended to evaluate pharmacy students' abilities to provide direct patient care utilizing the pharmaceutical care process. Fourteen students enrolled in an elective course and provided care for 18 patients throughout spring quarter 1998. There were a ...
Cognitive moral development and clinical performance: Implications for pharmacy education
Apr 01, 1999; ... Pharmaceutical care has been incorporated into the mission statements of virtually every pharmacy organization, including the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). As such, a major objective of pharmacy educators is to graduate pharmacists who are both capable and willing to ...
Assessing pharmacy students' learning styles and personality types: A ten-year analysis
Apr 01, 1999; ... A ten-year analysis of 1,313 Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is presented to address learning styles in pharmacy students. Objectives were to present a ten-year view of pharmacy students' learning styles, identify differences in pharmacy students versus the general college student population, ...
Teaching medicinal chemistry to meet outcome objectives for pharmacy students
Apr 01, 1999; ... Pharmacy practice demands that pharmacists draw upon competencies and outcomes that enable them to perform the functions that support the delivery of pharmaceutical care. Many pharmacy schools have established specific outcome objectives for their students based on published pharmaceutical care ...
Development of a service-learning program
Apr 01, 1999; ... Service-learning at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy began with the implementation of volunteer service opportunities which developed over three years into co-curricular service-learning. This report describes the development and integration of service-learning into the ...
Cross-validation of an instrument measuring students attitudes toward pharmaceutical care
Apr 01, 1999; ... The purpose of this study was to further validate the construct validity, reliability, and scaling properties of a previously developed 13-item instrument that measures pharmacy students attitudes toward pharmaceutical care, the Pharmaceutical Care Attitudes Survey (PCAS). The PCAS was ...
Pharmacokinetic simulations using cellular automata in a pharmacokinetics course
Apr 01, 1999; ... Cellular automata are systems composed of two-dimensional cell arrays which change according to specific, pre-determined rules. For this reason, cellular automata were used to illustrate and simulate kinetic processes in a introductory pharmacokinetics course in a four-year PharmD curriculum ....
Distance education in a rural state: Assessing change in pharmacy practice as a result of a pharmaceutical care certificate program
Apr 01, 1999; ... Distance Education in a Rural State: Assessing Change in Pharmacy Practice as a Result of a Pharmaceutical Care Certificate Program1 The purpose of this project was to assess the potential for delivery of a modular certificate program using distance education, and to assess the ...
Doctor of pharmacy student evaluation of a physical examination course
Apr 01, 1999; ... This paper reports the assessment of student learning in a physical examination course. It reports the degree to which the course objectives were met, student confidence, and perceived value of the course. With students on two campuses, the course was taught via live and televised lectures, a ...
Assessment of learning disabilities among a pharmacy student population
Apr 01, 1999; ... Assessment of Learning Disabilities Among a Pharmacy Student Population1 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy GAPS funding provided support to screen 214 pharmacy students enrolled in a Doctor of Pharmacy Program for dyslexia and other learning disabilities. The results have ...
Implementation and evaluation of an HIV/AIDS intervention program to improve student attitudes toward providing care
Apr 01, 1999; ... Implementation and Evaluation of an HIV/AIDS Intervention Program to Improve Student Attitudes Toward Providing Care This study was undertaken to describe and demonstrate the effectiveness of an HIV/AIDS Intervention Program (HAIP) designed to improve first-year pharmacy students' ...
Use of a nonprescription medicine formulary assignment to help fulfill an ability-based outcome
Apr 01, 1999; ... This paper describes how the development of a formulary helped students achieve an outcome ability in a nonprescription medicines course. For the nonprescription medicines course, ability-based outcomes were determined that were integrated, developmental and transferable. One outcome was an ...
Assessment of student performance in an advanced pharmacokinetics course taught by three methods of instructional delivery
Apr 01, 1999; ... The objective of this study was to evaluate: (i) student academic performance, and (il) student evaluation of faculty teaching in a pharmacokinetics course taught by three methods of instructional delivery over a three-year period. Student performance is defined as scores on written examinations ...
Use of problem based discussion sessions in a first year pharmaceutical dosage forms course
Apr 01, 1999; ... Use of Problem Based Discussion Sessions in a First Year Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms Course1 The purpose of this project was to investigate incorporating discussion groups and problem solving in a pharmaceutical dosage forms course in order to demonstrate the important underlying basic ...
Implementing problem-based learning with WWW support in an introductory pharmaceutical care course
Apr 01, 1999; ... Implementing Problem-Based Learning with WWW Support in an Introductory Pharmaceutical Care Course1 This project was undertaken to increase active learning opportunities in the course, "Introduction to Pharmaceutical Care" and to introduce problem-based learning (PBL) to the College of ...
Pharmacist "shortage" and class size: What are the issues?
Apr 01, 1999; ... Much has been written (and spoken) recently about the difficulty that chain store recruiters are experiencing in attracting and retaining pharmacists in a large number of (mainly) urban areas. Higher advertised salaries for pharmacists in many cities reflect this shortage, as do reported offers ...
Manpower demands in pharmacy
Apr 01, 1999; ... Demand for pharmacist manpower in the coming decade is a poorly understood issue that is critical to all in the pharmacy community. Just as the Pew Health Professions Commission raised pharmacist workforce demand as an important matter a few years ago, the National Association of Chain Drug ...
We had it all ... academic freedom and tenure
Apr 01, 1999; ... Periodically, tenure comes under attack. And why shouldn't it? Almost everyone outside of academia works at the pleasure of his or her employers. The most recent attack on tenure originated as a result of economic shortfalls in the public sector leading legislatures to decrease funding to their ...
The complete German Commission E Monographs - Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicine
Apr 01, 1999; ... MARK BLUMENTHAL. Senior Editor. The Complete German Commission E Monographs - Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicine. Austin TX: American Botanical Council, 1998. xxii + 685 pp., 17 tbls., $189.00. The long awaited English translation of the German Commission E Monographs is truly a ...
Health and Healthcare in the United States
Apr 01, 1999; ... MICHAEL J. LONG. Health and Healthcare in the United States. Chicago IL: Health Administration Press. 1998. xi + 175 pp., 13 figs., 36 tbls., $38.00. This book was written to introduce students in various programs, including nonprofessional programs, to the organization of health care ...
Improving the Quality of the Medication Use Process - Error Prevention and Reducing Adverse Drug Events
Apr 01, 1999; ... ALAN ESCOVITZ, DEV S. PATHAK AND PHILIP J. SCHNEIDER. Improving the Quality of the Medication Use Process - Error Prevention and Reducing Adverse Drug Events. New York NY: Pharmaceutical Products Press, 1998. x + 225 pp., 13 figs., 7 tbls., $49.95. The origin of this most useful ...
A Practical Guide to Pharmaceutical Care
Apr 01, 1999; ... JOHN D. ROVERS, JAY D. CURRIE, HARRY P HAGEL, RANDY P. MCDONOUGH AND JANELLE L. SOBOTKA. A Practical Guide to Pharmaceutical Care. Washington DC: American Pharmaceutical Association, 1998. xiii + 242 pp., 14 figs., 6tbls., $40.00. This concisely written, soft cover book contains ...
Contemporary Nutrition Support Practice
Apr 01, 1999; ... LAURA MATARESE, MICHELE GOTTSCHLICH. Contemporary Nutrition Support Practice. Philadelphia PA; WB. Saunders Company, 1998. xxv + 694 pp., 88 figs., 222 tbls., $99.00. This textbook provides an extensive overview of the components of specialized nutrition support. It is authored ...
Coated Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms: Fundamentals, Manufacturing Techniques, Biopharmaceutical Aspects, Test Methods and Raw Materials
Apr 01, 1999; ... KURT BAUER, KLAUS LEHMAN, HERMAN P. OSTERWALD AND GERHART ROTHGANG. Coated Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms: Fundamentals, Manufacturing Techniques, Biopharmaceutical Aspects, Test Methods and Raw Materials. Boca Raton FL, CRC Press, 1998. 280 pp., 96 figs., 46 tbls., $168.00 DM/sFR.. This ...
Strategies for Drug Delivery with Particulate Systems
Apr 01, 1999; ... J. E. DEDERICHS AND R. H. MULLER, EDITORS. Strategies for Drug Delivery with Particulate Systems. Boca Raton FL, CRC Press, 1998. 194 pp., 68 figs., 12 tbls., $55.00. The book chapters are based on the lectures presented by separate research groups at the First European Workshop on ...
Appleton & Lange's 1999 Drug Guide
Apr 01, 1999; ... MARGARET T. SHANNON, BILLE ANN WILSON AND CAROLYN L. STANG. Appleton & Lange's 1999 Drug Guide. Stamford CT: Appleton & Lange, 1998. xvi + 1593 pp., $31.95. According to the authors of The Health Professional's Edition of Appleton & Lange's 1999 Drug Guide, this reference ...