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- Volume 1(Issue 1) JANUARY- JUNE 2025
Research Articles
Improving Patient Empathy Modeling for Compassionate Care of the Underserved by Pharmacy Students
Vol.1(1); Pages:1-9. Published on May-2025
Abstract
The study aims to see if the PEM training program alters pharmacy students’ attitudes toward groups facing hardships during advanced experiential learning.Students involved in advanced rotations at two primary care facilities for underserved patients worked on a PEM assignment for 10 days. All participants played the role of a patient with several chronic diseases who faced various challenges related to accessing healthcare. Each learner took the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE) pre/post our session and also reflected daily and wrote papers on their experiences.Twenty-six pharmacy students undertook the PEM exercise in 2005-2006. The students had higher JSPE scores after receiving the intervention. Analysis of student reflections indicated that they recognized the difficulties of taking medications, greatly sympathized with a diversity of patients facing health and social difficulties and gained ability to address these challenges in their professional work.The PEM approach allowed pharmacy students to show more empathy towards underserved patients. I was able to test what I had learned immediately in the real-life scenarios found during advanced practice rotations.
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Developing and Assessing the Effects of a Pharmacy Graduate-Level Health Services Research Methods Course
Vol.1(1); Pages:10-16. Published on May-2025
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This paper gives a clear summary and analysis of the Health Services Research Methods graduate course taught at the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy. In this interactive and discussion-based course, students gain key knowledge about developing research in healthcare and how to review research methods. Performance by students is measured through written tests, making original research proposals and ongoing lowamount tasks. In five years, twenty-seven graduate students have finished this course. Most students have responded positively and suggested only a few things to make it better. Reviewing a course on pharmacy graduate research reveals that most students liked it and gives suggestions for changing or improving the course and idea for similar courses.
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Strategies and Best Practices for Improving Interprofessional Team Based Care Models in Community Pharmacies
Vol.1(1); Pages:17-24. Published on May-2025
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People are increasingly viewing community pharmacies as places for health services other than getting drugs. Community pharmacists must collaborate more often with healthcare workers as delivery of community-based care has become more complex. It is necessary, therefore, to describe best ways and recommendations that help stakeholders react to the changing environment and benefit patients more. The white paper presents examples of interprofessional practice where community pharmacies are involved around the world and afterward, changes the popular guiding principles for interprofessional practice to fit the needs of community pharmacy. Thus, this theory underlines that patients should be placed at the core of team-based care, leadership teams should demonstrate support for cooperation between providers, an interprofessional system should be built including community pharmacists, respect for community pharmacy should be upheld, gaps in communication and technology should be addressed and lastly, community pharmacies should join in on interprofessional learning. Handling problems and taking advantage of new opportunities is necessary to support practice transformation and reinforce community-based pharmacists’ role in working with other health professionals.
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Views of Pharmacy Students Regarding the Use of Tea Tree Oil, Aloe Vera, Lavender, and Calendula as Herbal Treatments for Acne
Vol.1(1); Pages:25-32. Published on May-2025
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When oil and dead skin clog the hair follicles, it causes skin acne. In this research, the effects of tea tree oil, aloe vera, lavender and calendula on acne were studied while exploring the opinions of pharmacy students about them. There were 5 questions that focused on knowledge and 5 on opinions, about natural ways to treat acne in the survey. Out of the 39 participants involved (10 males and 29 females), every person answered the demographic questions. However, 34 students (87%) filled out the section on knowledge and opinions. The success rate for knowledge-related questions was 75.9% and each question had an accuracy from 14.7% to 97.1%. Most respondents supported herbal treatments for acne and by a wide margin, agreeing that they do indeed provide relief. Remarkable is that over half of those surveyed strongly supported the benefits of lavender for unwinding and alleviating stress. As a result of this investigation, it is clear that including evidence-based complimentary approaches on acne management could be advantageous for both students and practitioners of pharmacy.
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Advancing Inclusive Practices Addressing Normative Biases in UK Pharmacy Education through Queer-Affirming Reforms
Vol.1(1); Pages:33-40. Published on May-2025
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Using queer pedagogy, this study reviews UK pharmacy education courses for assumptions that favor heteronormative and cisnormative beliefs. Both the curriculum goals of course leads and the daily experiences of students in the 25 MPharm programs were explored and compared through surveys. Analysis has shown that attending to heterosexual and cisgender identities is normal practice in most pharmacy classrooms, reflected by the responses of 61.1% of educators and 71.3% of students. This indicates that pharmacy education shows more opposition than support to LGBTQI+ people, as it mainly discusses LGBTQI+ health concerns in negative contexts. Even though the topic of LGBTQI+ rights is rarely discussed in class, students are asking, questioning and fighting the common beliefs related to sexual orientation and gender in education. The study provides a way to study traditional views in health professions education and encourages changes that end practices related to heteronormativity, preparing graduates to care for all patients.
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