OBJECTIVES To compare the attitudes of third-year pharmacy students and pharmacy graduates towards people with schizophrenia and severe depression. METHODS Third-year pharmacy students (n = 216) and pharmacy graduates (n = 232) completed a survey instrument with 21 common items. The third-year students had not yet received any mental health lectures or tutorials as part of their pharmacy cour...

BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) represent worldwide health problems with an epidemic extent. Therefore, attention must be given to the optimisation of patient care, as gaps in the care of CKD and ESRD patients are well documented. As part of a multidisciplinary patient care strategy, clinical pharmacy services have led to improvements in patient care. ...

Marina Oțelea, Agripina Rașcu, Paraschiva Postolache University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest Faculty of Medicine 1. 2 Clinic Department “Colentina” Clinical Hospital Clinic of Occupational Diseases 2. 5 Clinic Department University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa" – Iasi Faculty of Medicine 3. Department of Medical Specialties (I) 4. Rehabilitation Clinical Hospi...

In 2006, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) released a position statement and a white paper to provide the College's viewpoints on the importance of postgraduate pharmacy residency training as a prerequisite for direct patient care practice and the vision that future clinical pharmacists engaged in direct patient care would be certified by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS). ...

Pieter J. Helmons, PHarm.D., is Pharmacoeconomics Specialist, Department of Pharmacy, University of California San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center, San Diego; at the time of this study he was a Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, La Jolla. linDsay n. Wargel, PHarm.D., is Clinical Pharmacist, UCSD Medical Center; at the time of this study she was Postgrad...

In late 2002, the president of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), Mary Beth O’Connell, Pharm.D., charged the ACCP Research Affairs Committee with developing a White Paper on The State of Science and Research in Clinical Pharmacy. Its purpose would be to address the current state of research conducted by clinical pharmacists in terms of prevalence, scope, funding, location, and im...

OBJECTIVE The study objective is to investigate the impact of mandatory clinical clerkship courses on 5th-year pharmacy students' attitudes and perceived barriers toward providing pharmaceutical care (PC). METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 5th-year pharmacy students undertaking mandatory clinical clerkship in the University of Gondar, Ethiopia. A pharmaceutical care attitud...

a Department of Pharmacy, Drug Clinical Area, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Valencia, Spain b Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain c Department of Pharmacy, Drug Clinical Area, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain d Department of Radiology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

M. COJOCARU, MD, PhDa; Inimioara Mihaela COJOCARU, MD, PhDb; Isabela SILOSI, MD, PhDc aPhysiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, ”Titu Maiorescu” University, Bucharest, Romania bNeurology Clinic, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Colentina” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania cImmunology Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania EDITORIALS Mædica a Jo...

Eric M. Tichy, NicolE A. Pilch, loNNiE D. SMiTh, ANgElA Q. MAlDoNADo, AND DAviD J. TAbEr, oN bEhAlf of ThE AMEricAN SociETy of TrANSPlANTATioN PhArMAcy coMMuNiTy of PrAcTicE, ThE AMEricAN SociETy of hEAlThSySTEM PhArMAciSTS SEcTioN of cliNicAl SPEciAliSTS AND SciENTiSTS TrANSPlANTATioN/iMMuNology NETwork, AND ThE AMEricAN collEgE of cliNicAl PhArMAcy iMMuNology/ TrANSPlANTATioN PrAcTicE AND rES...