American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education back issues from January 2003:
Minutes of the Council of Deans Business Meeting, March 3, 2003, Long Beach, California
Jan 01, 2003; ... Call to Order Chair Marilyn Speedie called the meeting to order at 9:55 a.m. Chair's Comments Chair Speedie introduced the new and retiring deans: New Deans Dr. John Pieper-University of New Mexico Dr. Palmer Taylor-University of California at San ...
The Pharmacy Student Population: Applications Received 2001-02, Degrees Conferred 2001-02, Fall 2002 Enrollments1
Jan 01, 2003; ... INTRODUCTION This report presents data that describe the 2001-02 pharmacy application pool, degrees conferred in 2001-02, and fall 2002 pharmacy program enrollments. Data for this report were requested from the 85 United States colleges and schools of pharmacy recognized by the American ...
Minutes Of The AACP Board Of Directors Meeting, July 17-18, 2003, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 01, 2003; ... Approved October 17, 2003 1. Roll Call President Barbara Wells convened the Board of Directors at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 17, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The following Board members were present: Barbara G. Wells (President), Milap C. Nahata ...
Minutes of the Council of Deans Business Meeting, July 21, 2003, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 01, 2003; ... Call to Order Chair Marilyn Speedie called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m. Chair's Comments Chair Speedie welcomed Council members and recognized new CEO, associate and assistant deans. Committee Reports Residency White Pape. A committee composed of ...
Minutes of the House of Delegates Sessions, July 20-23, 2003, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 01, 2003; ... FIRST SESSION Sunday, July 20, 2003 Speaker of the House of Delegates and President-elect Robert "Buzz" Kerr called the House to order at 8:00 a.m. Parliamentarian Barry Bleidt was introduced by Speaker Kerr and recognized with a citation of appreciation for his 20 years ...
Minutes of the AACP Board of Directors Meeting: February 27-28, 2003, Long Beach, California
Jan 01, 2003; ... 1. Roll Call President Barbara G. Wells convened the Board of Directors at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 27, 2003 at the Westin Long Beach in Long Beach, California. The following Board members were present: Barbara G. Wells (President), Milap C. Nahata (Immediate Past President), ...
2003 Report of the Board of Directors to the AACP House of Delegates
Jan 01, 2003; ... INTRODUCTION This report provides an update to the AACP House of Delegates on progress made in addressing the nine goals articulated in the House-approved AACP Strategic Plan (approved July 2000). It covers the period from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003. This has been a remarkable year of ...
Final Report of the 2002-03 Council of Faculties
Jan 01, 2003; ... The following outlines the progress of the Council of Faculties Committees or Task Forces for 2002-2003. TASK FORCE ON BEST EVIDENCE PHARMACY EDUCATION Members: Dana Hammer, Chair (Washington); David Fielding (British Columbia); Ken Skau (Cincinnati); Karen Sauer (Arizona); Sue ...
Minutes of the AACP Council of Faculties Meetings
Jan 01, 2003; ... Long Beach, California, March 3, 2003 Call to Order Chair Peggy Piascik (Kentucky) called the meeting to order at 10:00 am in Salon C/D of the Westin Long Beach Hotel, Long Beach, California. Quorum Committee Report A quorum was not present for this meeting. As ...
Final Report of the 2002-03 Council of Deans
Jan 01, 2003; ... COMMITTEES Several Committees of the Council of Deans were appointed, charged, and performed as follows: Nominations Committee will make nominations for the position of Chair-elect of the Council of Deans. Nominees will be introduced at the 2003 Annual meeting and the winner will ...
Building Upon Our Strengths: Report of the 2002-03 Argus Commission
Jan 01, 2003; ... INTRODUCTION The AACP Argus Commission is comprised of the past five Presidents of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). Its purpose is to scan the environment for the Association and offer its views for AACP action and policy. The Commission also responds to specific ...
Leadership: The Nexus Between Challenge and Opportunity: Reports of the 2002-03 Academic Affairs, Professional Affairs, and Research and Graduate Affairs Committees
Jan 01, 2003; ... ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN PHARMACY EDUCATION In her 2002 AACP Presidential address, Dr. Barbara G. Wells described the significant impact pharmacy educators have had on the preparation of new practitioners and pharmacy practice during the past several years.1 More importantly, she listed ...
Pharmacogenetics of Psychotropic Drugs
Jan 01, 2003; ... BERNARD LERER. Pharmacogenetics of Psychotropic Drugs. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 456 pp, $130.00 (hardbound). As stated as the editor's intention in the preface, Pharmacogenetics of Psychotropic Drugs "provides a conceptual framework for understanding and ...
Final Report of the 2002-2003 Bylaws and Policy Development Committee
Jan 01, 2003; ... INTRODUCTION The AACP Bylaws direct the Bylaws and Policy Development Committee to ensure that resolutions, position papers, and similar proposals to the House of Delegates that seek to establish Association policy or action are made appropriate to and ready for consideration by the ...
Report of the Journal Editor
Jan 01, 2003; ... The year 2002 was the end of an era for the Journal. In December 2002, George Cocolas completed 22 years of service as Editor, the longest an Editor has been at the helm during the Journal's 65-year history. The Journal had impressive growth under his leadership. Throughout George's editorship ...
A Practical Guide to Pharmaceutical Care, 2nd Edition
Jan 01, 2003; ... JOHN P. ROVERS, JAY D. CURRIE, HARRY P. HAGEL, RANDAL P. McDONOUGH, AND JENELLE L. SOBOTKA. A Practical Guide to Pharmaceutical Care, 2nd Edition. Washington DC: American Pharmaceutical Association, 2003. xviii + 316pp. $49.95 (hardbound). The second edition of A Practical Guide to ...
Handbook of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Jan 01, 2003; ... JAY P. RHO AND STAN G. LOUIE. Handbook of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. Binghamton, NY: Pharmaceutical Products Press, 2003. ix + 191 pp, 17 figs, 29 this. $34.95 (paperback). With the ever-increasing use of biotechnologyproduced pharmaceuticals, this book offers an excellent overview ....
Diabetes Camp As An Experiential Clerkship Site
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objective. This paper describes the incorporation of a diabetes camp into the experiential pharmacy education program at the Texas Tech University School of Pharmacy. Methods. Students on the clerkship attended a weeklong diabetes camp where they were responsible for the care of 5 to 9 ...
Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics
Jan 01, 2003; ... WILLIAM H. FRISHMAN, EDMUND H. SONNENBLICK, AND DOMENIC A. SICA. Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. 1072 pp, $159.00 (hardcover). The updated second edition of Cardiovascular Therapeutics not only covers specific drug treatments and mechanisms of action of ...
Allen's Compounded Formulations: The Complete U.S. Pharmacist Collection
Jan 01, 2003; ... LOYD V. ALLEN, JR. Allen's Compounded Formulations: The Complete U.S. Pharmacist Collection. Washington, DC: Jobson Publishing, 2003. xi + 404 pp, $149.00 (softcover). This book is a compilation of selected formulas from Loyd Allen's "Contemporary Compounding" column that has appeared ...
Impact of an Internet-based Smoking Cessation Educational Module on Pharmacists' Knowledge and Practice
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. The purpose of this study was to (1) determine the knowledge acquired by the end of an Internet-based tobacco use cessation educational intervention (2) determine the knowledge retained one year after the intervention, and (3) estimate the degree to which pharmacists' practice ...
Development of a Student Mentoring Program
Jan 01, 2003; ... Background. Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (COPHS) developed a mentoring program between students enrolled in the Freshmen Health Sciences Seminar (PX 100) and student-pharmacists in the first through third professional years, with the goal of better preparing the ...
Longitudinal Assessment of Critical Thinking in Pharmacy Students
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. The purpose of this study was to describe changes in critical thinking ability and disposition over a 4-year Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum. Methods. Two standardized tests, the California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST) and California Critical Thinking Dispositions ...
Distance Education: Using Compressed Interactive Video Technology for an Entry-Level Doctor of Pharmacy Program
Jan 01, 2003; ... New responsibilities for faculty members and changing student perspectives have occurred with the establishment of an entry-level Doctor of Pharmacy program delivered by compressed interactive video (CIV). The purpose of this article is to describe the experiences of distant site faculty and ...
Comparison of Outcomes Between Two Laboratory Techniques in a Pharmacy Communications Course
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. This study evaluates the impact of two different methods of conducting laboratory sessions on pharmacy students' communication achievement, perceived self-efficacy, and communication apprehension. Methods. Sixty-eight pharmacy students were randomly assigned to either a ...
Pharmacy Students' Perceived Knowledge, Beliefs, and Responsibilities About Health Care Outcomes: A Five-Year Study
Jan 01, 2003; ... Background. The purpose of this paper is to compare pharmacy students' perceived knowledge, beliefs, and responsibilities about health care outcomes at the beginning and end of the third professional year and to assess whether there were gender or age differences on these ...
A Post-Clerkship Pharmacotherapy Course
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objective. A required 8-week, 2-credit hour, postclerkship pharmacotherapy course was incorporated into the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum in the spring of 2001. This article reviews the implementation and evaluation of this pharmacotherapy course in its first 3 years. Methods. Presurvey ...
Organizational Structure and Educational Components of Pharmacoeconomic Fellowship Programs: A Fellows' Perspective
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objective. The purpose of this study was to describe the organizational structures and educational components of the pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research (PE/OR) fellowship programs in the United States. Methods. A survey questionnaire was administered to current and past fellows of ...
A Comparison Between Student Ratings and Faculty Self-ratings of Instructional Effectiveness
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. This study compared the results of traditional student evaluations of classroom teaching with those of faculty self-evaluations and with the results of evaluations by smaller, representative subsets of students. Methods. Students enrolled in required courses completed ...
Traditional and Novel Predictors of Classroom and Clerkship Success of Pharmacy Students
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. This study was designed to assess the extent to which 7 traditional and novel predictors contribute to overall pharmacy grade point average (pharmacy GPA), first through third year pharmacy GPA (1-3 year GPA), and clerkship GPA of pharmacy students. Methods. This ...
Impact of the American Pharmacists Association's (APhA) Immunization Training Certification Program
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. To survey a random sample of pharmacist participants in the American Pharmacists Association's (APhA) Immunization Training Certification Program to determine: (1) their opinions and perceived benefits from the training program; (2) current involvement and nature of involvement in ...
Why Leadership? It's All About Patients
Jan 01, 2003; ... Keywords: leadership, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, pharmacy, pharmacy education, healthcare Presidential Address to the AACP House of Delegates, 104th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Minneapolis, MN, July 20, 2003 Thank you for ...
Using Supportive Communication to Foster the Department Head/Junior Faculty Relationship
Jan 01, 2003; ... The quality of the department head/junior faculty relationship is critical to, not only the professional development success of the faculty member and the intrinsic satisfaction of the department head but to the likelihood of the faculty member staying at the institution. A previous study on ...
A Web-Based Practice Examination to Improve Student Performance Concerning the 200 Most Prescribed Drugs
Jan 01, 2003; ... Background. User-friendly technology has increased the ability of faculty to develop course web sites and has expanded ways to communicate with students. The benefits of technology must be weighed against the resources needed to use such tools. This article provides an overview of the features ...
Impact of a Diabetes Certificate Program on Pharmacists' Diabetes Care Activities
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects that skills development and education acquired during a diabetes certificate program had on pharmacists' delivery of diabetes care. Methods. To evaluate the program's effect, a survey was administered as a pretest to a ...
Achieving Success: Action Pays Dividends
Jan 01, 2003; ... Keywords: pharmaceutical education Address of the President-Elect of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, presented at the AACP Annual Meeting, July 21, 2003, Minneapolis, MN Lucy. I am so confused. I have no idea what it is I'm supposed to learn or when T know what ...
Identification of the Service Quality Dimensions of Pharmaceutical Education
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. Describe the perceptual dimensions of student assessments of the quality of their education. Link those dimensions with student satisfaction with their educational experience. Methods. A 37-item educational service quality instrument and a seven-item satisfaction scale were ...
21st Century Issues in Pharmacy Education in the United Kingdom
Jan 01, 2003; ... Keywords: accreditation, United Kingdom, legislation, research assessment, fees, student expectations In the United Kingdom (UK) the discipline of pharmacy is clearly expanding, with student intakes into schools of pharmacy more than doubling in the last 20 years.1 There are currently 16 ...
104th Annual Meeting, July 20-23, 2003, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jan 01, 2003; ... ADMINISTRATIVE, INSTITUTIONAL, AND PROGRAMMATIC ISSUES The Challenges of Recruiting Minority American Graduate Students. Anthony C. Capomacchia, The University of Georgia. Objectives: The objective of the current work is to examine the Coach Model for recruiting minority students for the ...
Diversity, Value, and Communications
Jan 01, 2003; ... Keywords: diversity, communications, students, colleges and schools, AACP Diversity, value and communications: these three terms may not, at first glance, appear to be very inter-related but they seem to be repeatedly rising to the surface of a wide range of recent discussions. While ...
Upgrading Nontenure-track Pharmacy Practice Faculty from Second- to First-Class Citizens
Jan 01, 2003; ... Keywords: pharmacy faculty, tenure Most new pharmacy practice faculty members are appointed on a nontenure track.1 Without nontenure-track pharmacy practice faculty, new and established schools cannot offer quality patient-oriented pharmaceutical education. Yet, many of these valuable ...
No Surprises
Jan 01, 2003; ... Keywords: Strategic plan, membership services, faculty development, advocacy AACP Executive Vice President address presented to the AACP House of Delegates, July 20, 2003, Minneapolis, MN A little more than a year ago I stood before you as your newly appointed Executive Vice ...
Pharmaceutical Care
Jan 01, 2003; ... CALVIN H. KNOWLTON, RICHARD P. PENNA. Pharmaceutical Care. Bethesda, Md: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc, 2003. xx + 339 pp, 17tbls, 18 figs, $57. In short, this book covers all you ever wanted to know about pharmaceutical care but were afraid to ask. Knowlton and ...
Handbook of Radiopharmaceuticals: Radiochemistry and Applications
Jan 01, 2003; ... MICHAEL J. WELCH AND CAROL S. REDVANLY. Handbook of Radiopharmaceuticals: Radio chemistry and Applications. Chichester, England: Wiley, 2003. xiv + 848 pp, 120 figs, 75 tbls. $220 (hardback). According to the editors, this is a resource text for students and new participants in the field ...
Structural Bioinformatics
Jan 01, 2003; ... PHILIP E. BOURNE AND HELGE WEISSIG, Editors. Structural Bioinformatics. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Liss, Inc. 2003 xvii + 649p, illus. $149.95 (hardcover); $69.95 (soft cover). The importance of structural genomics in bioinformatics cannot be overestimated. The unraveling of the human genome ...
Professional Apology: Dilemma or Opportunity?
Jan 01, 2003; ... Society uses the apology, an expression of remorse, as a means to address wrongs. The legal system may view the apology as an admission against personal interest, and as a result, some states' legislation now limits the admission of an apology in determining guilt. Ethically, the apology may be ...
Human Molecular Biology: An Introduction to the Molecular Basis of Health and Disease
Jan 01, 2003; ... RICHARD J. EPSTEIN. Human Molecular Biology: An Introduction to the Molecular Basis of Health and Disease. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2003. xxxi + 623 pp. $150.00 (hardback); $60.00 (paperback). This text superbly integrates cutting-edge information from molecular ...
The Diabetes Home Visitation Program
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. To evaluate the impact of a 2-year, pharmacy students run, diabetes home visitation program for patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. Methods. Eighty patients with poor glycemic control (HbAic > 10%) were randomized to intervention (home visitations) or ...
Development and Validation Processes for an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for Entry-to-Practice Certification in Pharmacy: The Canadian Experience
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. An objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) was developed and validated as an addition to the entry-to-practice examination for pharmacists that previously consisted of both a multiple-choice, case-based written test of clinical knowledge and a performance ...
Ask the Joint Commission: Understanding JCAHO Requirements for Hospital Pharmacies
Jan 01, 2003; ... DARRYL S. RICH. Ask the Joint Commission: Understanding JCAHO Requirements for Hospital Pharmacies. St. Louis, Mo: Facts and Comparisons, 2002. xi + 151 pp, $29.95 (soft cover). The concept of this book is taken from the feature called, "Ask the Joint Commission," in the journal, ...
Focus Group Methodology to Develop a Community Pharmaceutical Care Clerkship Program
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. The specific objectives were to generate ideas relating to: (1) the skills necessary for new graduates to practice pharmaceutical care in the community, (2) the learning activities that foster these skills, and (3) the extent of preceptor-student contact time that would be feasible ...
Advocacy in the Academy
Jan 01, 2003; ... There seem to be three types of people in the world: those who enjoy visiting their elected officials to discuss issues; those who don't like doing it, but feel they must; and those who could care less about the process and think it is a waste of time. You can probably identify colleagues who ...
Nontenure-Track Faculty and University Status
Jan 01, 2003; ... Keywords: nontenure-track faculty, tenure Schools and colleges of pharmacy have hired many nontenure-track faculty members over the past decade mainly to meet the expanding needs for experiential instruction. The latest AACP Profile of Pharmacy Faculty reports that 40% of 3798 full-time ...
Analysis of Pharmacy Student Interventions Collected via an Internet Based System
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. The objective of this study was to analyze the interventions of pharmacy students from one college of pharmacy via an Internet-based documentation system. Methods. PharmD students in their senior year (n=93) self-reported rotation interventions (actual or potential problems) ...
Documentation and Analysis of Increased Grade Point Averages at a College of Pharmacy Over 20 Years
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. To evaluate the overall mean grade point average (GPA) of all graduates of a College of Pharmacy from 1982 through 2002, as well as the grades awarded in pharmacy science courses, pharmacy practice courses, electives, and experiential clerkships. Methods. The grades of all ...
Administrator and Dean Perceptions Toward Faculty Development In Academic Pharmacy
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. To investigate pharmacy administrators' and deans' attitudes and experiences with faculty development programs, perceived areas of need in their faculty, and resource allocation. Methods. A sample of 320 pharmacy administrators and 80 deans were surveyed from 80 US pharmacy programs, ...
Pharmacotherapy Cost Comparison Among Health Professional Students
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. The impact of pharmaceutical sales representatives (PSRs) and the health professional curriculum on the cost of pharmacotherapy during the early stage of professional training was investigated. Methods. We used a cross-sectional survey design to assess the cost of ...
Seamless Care: A Pharmacist's Guide to Continuous Care Programs
Jan 01, 2003; ... NEIL J. MACKINNON (Ed.). Seamless Care: A Pharmacist's Guide to Continuous Care Programs. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Pharmacists Association, 2003. xvii + 167 pp. $59.95 (soft cover). As stated on the back cover, this text is intended to be a "how-to guide on implementing and evaluating ...
Marketing for Pharmacists
Jan 01, 2003; ... DAVID A. HOLDFORD. Marketing for Pharmacists. Washington, DC: American Pharmaceutical Association, 2003. xi + 298 pp, 45 figs, 31 tbls. $40.00. Many pharmacists desire to implement pharmaceutical care into their practice. The barriers to changing from a product-based business model to a ...
Assuring Excellence in Distance Pharmaceutical Education
Jan 01, 2003; ... Assuring Excellence in Distance Pharmaceutical Education explores methods for providing quality distributive education, one of the most complex issues facing pharmacy and all of higher education today. Significant issues are identified including quality assurance guidelines, strategies for ...
Pharmacoeconomic Fellowships: Preceptors' Views Regarding Adherence to the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Guidelines
Jan 01, 2003; ... Objectives. The purpose of this study was to describe the extent to which pharmacoeconomic/outcomes research (PE/OR) fellowships adhere to the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) guidelines developed in 1999. Methods. Fellowship preceptors' opinions regarding the components that ...
The Rho Chi Lecture: The Academy as Leader
Jan 01, 2003; ... INTRODUCTION Throughout the history of pharmacy in the United States, its academic component has contributed significantly to the advancement of the profession through visionary and aggressive leadership. Early examples include (1) helping the profession to understand itself and how it ...
Developing and Sustaining a Culture of Scholarship
Jan 01, 2003; ... The culture of scholarship is best described as an environment of creativity and productivity that extends from active investigations designed to create, advance, or transform new knowledge. This new knowledge becomes scholarship when it is assessed by peer-review and made public. The culture ...
Maintaining Basic Science Content Throughout The PharmD Curriculum
Jan 01, 2003; ... Keywords: science, curriculum, doctor of pharmacy Pharmacy is a major academic unit (a college or school) at nearly every university offering the PharmD degree. This occurs because pharmacy education requires comprehensive instruction involving both basic and clinical content. A great ...
Revisiting Faculty Service Roles - Is "Faculty Service" a Victim of the Middle Child Syndrome?
Jan 01, 2003; ... Keywords: service, faculty evaluation, scholarship While the academy continues to remain interested in documenting the quality and extent of a faculty member's teaching and research activities, the documentation and assessment of faculty service activities and the scholarship of service ...