Class of 2012 Abstract / Specific Aims: To identify and assess cultural competency courses for healthcare professionals that are available to pharmacy students. Methods: A literature review was performed to identify research articles discussing pharmacy courses in health care disparities. Additionally, a systematic review of all curricula for ACPE accredited schools of pharmacy was conducted and these syllabi were subsequently evaluated. Main Results: The search identified XXX articles focusing on specific health disparities curricula in schools of pharmacy and XXX syllabi about specific courses. Out of those articles and syllabi XXX were included in the analysis. Results are pending. Conclusions: Anticipated results will be utilized to design effective health disparities curricula at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy.

This retrospective study was conducted to examine the impact of third-year pharmacy students’ provision of medication therapy management (MTM) on medication and health-related outcomes of patients in community pharmacies. The study objectives were as follows: 1) describe patients’ socio-demographic and clinical characteristics; 2) describe the number and types of medication and health-related problems (MHRPs) identified by students, as well as students’ MTM interventions and recommendations; 3) describe medical provider/patient MTM recommendation acceptance rates; and 4) determine which factors (i.e., baseline MHRPs, medical conditions, prescription medications, over-the-counter (OTC) medications and herbal supplements, number of medical prescribers, MTM interventions, and MTM recommendations) were related to the number of MHRPs resolved. The study used data (MTM cases) from a required MTM course, taught at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. The study included MTM cases provided by third-year pharmacy students enrolled in the Fall 2011 semester. MTM cases that were complete, unduplicated, and had patients aged ≥ 18 years were included the study. Descriptive statistics were used to address the first three study objectives. Multivariate linear regression was used to determine which factors were related to the number of MHRPs resolved. Out of the total number of MTM cases, 274 met the study inclusion criteria and served as the study’s final sample. The patients’ average age was 63.8 (±14.5), and the majority were female (60.4%) and Caucasian (53.2%). Almost one-third of the patients (30.7%) drank alcohol. The mean number of medical conditions and prescription medications was 6.0 (±2.7) and 9.0 (±4.0), respectively. Pharmacy students identified 1,370 MHRPs [935 medication-related problems (MRPs) and 435 health-related problems (HRPs)] and recommended 1,004 medication and health-related recommendations (MHRRs) [542 medication-related recommendations and 462 health- related recommendations]. Medical providers and/or patients accepted recommendations regarding drug discontinuation (34.8%) and OTC and herbal supplements (28.9%) at higher rates than other recommendations. Regarding the regression, the overall model was statistically significant, F=76.88, df=7, 240, p<0.001, and baseline MHRPs (β=0.127, t=2.09, p=0.04) and MTM recommendations (β =0.715, t=11.37, p<0.0001) were significantly related to MHRPs resolved. In conclusion, pharmacy students had a positive impact on patients’ medication and health-related outcomes through identifying MHRPs and providing MTM recommendations. The significant positive relationship between the number of MTM recommendations and MHRPs resolved should encourage pharmacists and pharmacy students to be more eager to provide MTM recommendations, given the evidence that they will lead to improving patients’ medication and health-related outcomes. / text

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T10:29:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FERNANDA RODRIGUES BANDEIRA.pdf: 1587982 bytes, checksum: 894321815af951f54d99dfd6ebdce646 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-10 / Aims to present a way to measure and evaluate the organizational maturity for the implantation of a Total Quality Management System - TQMS, having as a case to study ITPAC Pharmacy School, that qualifies as a traditional business, which does not have a Quality Management System - QMS. This study is done as a quantity research with the directors and helpers of the organization, through questions, getting to know the opinion of all the inside workers of the Pharmacy School, achieving this way, through the answered obtained, the intensity of the active factors that stand in the way of a Total Quality Management in the developed activities. The parameters of the items in the questions made is calibrated by the research The Impact of Just-In-Time Implementation and ISO 9000 Certification on Total Quality Management by L. Paul Dreyfus, Sanjay L. Ahire, and Maling Ebrahimpour (2004). The method used applies concepts from the Item Answer Theory (IAT) to evaluate the maturity level of successful critic factors in the development of the activities in the Pharmacy School ITPAC: one related to the actions of implantation of a Total Quality Management System (TQMS) and another related to the Results obtained by the Pharmacy School Administrative Management ITPAC in relation to the quality of the products and services offered. The research also supplies lines of direction to help with eliminating the factors that interrupt Total Quality Management System in the Pharmacy School ITPAC according to the results achieved. These lines of direction allow the Pharmacy School to improve there processes and consequently, achieve higher levels of maturity to the implantation of a Total Quality Management System. It is important to emphasize that a Quality strategy planning, valuing the relationship with the clients, giving more strength to the capability of the processes and human functional links and the supplier, is a successful critic factor to any business. / Objetivou-se apresentar uma forma de medir e avaliar a maturidade organizacional para a implantação de um sistema de Gestão da Qualidade Total SGQT, tendo como estudo de caso o ITPAC Farmácia Escola, que se enquadra como uma empresa tradicional, ou seja, que não possui nenhum Sistema de Gestão da Qualidade SGQ. Este estudo se fez por meio de pesquisa quantitativa junto aos gestores e colaboradores da organização, através da aplicação de um questionário, visualizando o ponto de vista de todos os setores internos da Farmácia Escola, obtendo assim, através dos resultados encontrados, a intensidade dos fatores ativos que inibem a Gestão da Qualidade Total em suas atividades desenvolvidas. Os parâmetros dos itens do questionário aplicado é calibrado pela pesquisa The Impact of Just-In-Time Implementation and ISO 9000 Certification on Total Quality Management de L. Paul Dreyfus, Sanjay L. Ahire, and Maling Ebrahimpour (2004). O método utilizado aplica conceitos da Teoria da Resposta ao Item (TRI) para avaliar o grau de maturidade de fatores críticos de sucesso no desenvolvimento das atividades da Farmácia Escola - ITPAC: um relacionado às ações de implementação do Sistema de Gestão da Qualidade Total (SGQT) e outro relacionado aos Resultados obtidos pela Gestão Administrativa da Farmácia Escola - ITPAC com relação à qualidade dos produtos e serviços que oferece. A Pesquisa também fornece diretrizes para auxiliar na resolução dos fatores que inibem o emprego da Gestão da Qualidade Total na Farmácia Escola ITPAC pautadas nos resultados encontrados. Essas diretrizes possibilitam a Farmácia Escola, melhorar seus processos e conseqüentemente, alcançar níveis mais elevados de maturidade para a implantação da Gestão da Qualidade Total. É importante destacar que um planejamento estratégico da Qualidade, valorizando a relação com os clientes, potencializando a capacidade dos processos e dos vínculos humanos funcionais e dos fornecedores, é um fator crítico de sucesso para qualquer empresa.