Volume 11, Issue 2

Original Research

1. Article

   Advancing interprofessional education through the use of high fidelity human patient simulators

   Pamela L. Smithburger, Sandra L. Kane-Gill, Megan A. Kloet, Brian Lohr, Amy L. Seybert

   pp. 61–65 · DOI: · Published Apr-Jun 2013

   Background: Modern medical care increasingly requires coordinated teamwork and communication between healthcare professionals of different disciplines. Unfortunately, healthcare professional students are rarely afforded …

2. Article

   Patient knowledge of medicines dispensed from Ghanaian community pharmacies

   Afia F. Marfo, Frances T. Owusu-Daaku, Evelyn Kyerewaa-Akromah

   pp. 66–70 · DOI: · Published 2013

   Background: One vital requirement for patient adherence to medicines is good patient knowledge of the medicines dispensed and this will invariably be linked to good labelling and counselling. Objective: The aim of this s…

3. Article

   Associations of gender and age groups on the knowledge and use of drug information resources by American pharmacists

   Manuel J. Carvajal, Kevin A. Clauson, Jennifer Gershman, Hyla H. Polen

   pp. 71–80 · DOI: · Published Apr-Jun 2013

   Objectives: To explore knowledge and use of drug information resources by pharmacists and identify patterns influenced by gender and age-group classification. Methods: A survey questionnaire was mailed nationwide to 1,00…

4. Article

   Information on antidepressants for psychiatric inpatients: the divide between patient needs and professional practice

   Franciska A. Desplenter, Gert J. Laekeman, Sandra De Coster, Steven R. Simoens

   pp. 81–89 · DOI: · Published Apr-Jun 2013

   Background: Medicine information is an integral part of patient care and a patient right. In particular, patients with a mental health diagnosis have a need for information on medicines. Objective: This study aims to des…

5. Article

   Adverse events in patients initiated on dabigatran etexilate therapy in a pharmacist-managed anticoagulation clinic

   Mark Donaldson, Amber Olivia Norbeck

   pp. 90–95 · DOI: · Published Apr-Jun 2013

   Background: Vitamin K antagonists have been the treatment of choice in preventing thromboembolic events, but problems such as frequent dose adjustment and monitoring of coagulation status, including multiple drug and foo…

6. Article

   Prevalence and risk factor analysis of resistant Escherichia coli urinary tract infections in the emergency department

   Abby M. Bailey, Kyle A. Weant, Stephanie N. Baker

   pp. 96–101 · DOI: · Published Apr-Jun 2013

   Background: Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a frequent uropathogen in urinary tract infections (UTI). Widespread resistance to sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (SMX-TMP) and increasing resistance to fluoroquinolones amongst t…

7. Article

   Statins decrease mortality in Lebanese patients with sepsis: A multicenter study

   Rola Ajrouche, Amal Al-Hajje, Nancy El-Helou, Sanaa Awada, Samar Rachidi, Salam Zein, Pascale Salameh

   pp. 102–108 · DOI: · Published Apr-Jun 2013

   Background: Sepsis is a significant public health concern. The clinical response to statins is variable among sepsis patients. Objective: The aim of the study was to determinate the effect of statin-treatment on mortalit…

8. Article

   The inclusion of a business management module within the master of pharmacy degree: a route to asset enrichment?

   Michael J. Davies, Hannah Fleming, Richard Jones, Kate Menzie, Christine Smallwood, Sebastian Surendar

   pp. 109–117 · DOI: · Published

   Background: Over the past decade the profession of pharmacy has steadily evolved. The New Pharmacy Contract exposed pharmacists to a fundamental change in traditional pharmacy business models. Objective: This study will …

9. Article

   A qualitative study exploring the impact and consequence of the medicines use review service on pharmacy support-staff

   Asam Latif, Helen F. Boardman, Kristian Pollock

   pp. 118–124 · DOI: · Published Apr-Jun 2013

   Background: Pharmacy support-staff (pharmacy technicians, dispensers and Medicines Counter Assistants) support the delivery of pharmaceutical and retail functions of the pharmacy. Workflow is supervised and at times depe…

Book Review

1. Article

   Integrating Narrative Medicine and Evidence-based Medicine - the everyday social practice of healing

   James Meza, Daniel Passerman

   pp. · DOI: · Published

   Scientific, evidence-based medicine is increasingly seen as fundamental to providing effective healthcare, but narrative-based medicine sheds light on social and interpersonal aspects of the practitioner-patient interact…

1. Article

   Personal Resilience for Healthcare Staff: when the going gets tough

   John Edmonstone

   pp. · DOI: · Published 2013

   If people and organisations in healthcare cannot care for themselves, how can they care for the populations and communities they exist to serve? Healthcare professionals and their organisations are subject to growing pre…