OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact that having pharmacy students on internal medicine patient care teams had on inappropriate prescribing of acid suppressive therapy (AST). METHODS: In this observational cohort study, internal medicine patients who received care from teams with a pharmacy student were compared to patients who received care from teams without a pharmacy student. The primary endpoint was proportion of patients on inappropriate AST. RESULTS: The overall proportion of patients receiving inappropriate AST was 24.4%. There was no significant difference between patients seen by teams with a pharmacy student and those seen by teams without a pharmacy student. The proportion of patients discharged with new inappropriate AST prescriptions was lower after pharmacy student review, though not significantly (6.1% vs. 9.4%, p = 0.07). Pharmacy student reviews shortened the median duration of inappropriate AST by 1.5 days (6 vs. 8.5 days, p = 0.025). CONCLUSIONS: Patient care teams on which pharmacy students performed medication reviews had a reduced duration of inappropriate use of AST in patients.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact that having pharmacy students on internal medicine patient care teams had on inappropriate prescribing of acid suppressive therapy (AST). METHODS: In this observational cohort study, internal medicine patients who received care from teams with a pharmacy student were compared to patients who received care from teams without a pharmacy student. The primary endpoint was proportion of patients on inappropriate AST. RESULTS: The overall proportion of patients receiving inappropriate AST was 24.4%. There was no significant difference between patients seen by teams with a pharmacy student and those seen by teams without a pharmacy student. The proportion of patients discharged with new inappropriate AST prescriptions was lower after pharmacy student review, though not significantly (6.1% vs. 9.4%, p = 0.07). Pharmacy student reviews shortened the median duration of inappropriate AST by 1.5 days (6 vs. 8.5 days, p = 0.025). CONCLUSIONS:Patient care teams on which pharmacy students performed medication reviews had a reduced duration of inappropriate use of AST in patients.
Authors: Catherine E Murphy; Alison M Stevens; Nicholas Ferrentino; Bruce A Crookes; James C Hebert; Carter B Freiburg; Jill A Rebuck Journal: Pharmacotherapy Date: 2008-08 Impact factor: 4.705
Authors: Devada Singh-Franco; David R Mastropietro; Miriam Metzner; Michael D Dressler; Amneh Fares; Melinda Johnson; Daisy De La Rosa; William R Wolowich Journal: PLoS One Date: 2020-12-03 Impact factor: 3.240