Accp Journals

Meeting people where they're at: A focus on pharmacist harm reduction roles in the opioid crisis by Jeffrey P. Bratberg, Pharm.D. and Danielle Kubicsko, Pharm.D.; University of Rhode Island. Download the editorial at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1216.

Specialty certification: A pharmacy success story by Robert Elenbaas, Pharm.D., FCCP; American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Download the editorial at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1337

Getting beyond learner reactions: elevating our scholarship about teaching and learning by Stuart T. Haines, Pharm.D., FCCP; University of Mississippi and Amy L. Seybert, Pharm.D., FCCP; University of Pittsburgh. Download the editorial at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1379.

Gender disparities: Is the glass half-full or half empty? by Jean Nappi, Pharm.D., FCCP; Medical University of South Carolina. Download the editorial at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1432.

Strengthening our defenses: The role of the health-system pharmacist in cybersecurity management by Desi Kotis, Pharm.D., University of California San Francisco. Download the editorial at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1463.

Learn more about the impact of medical misinformation and how pharmacists can address it. Read the full text at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1760

An update to one of Pharmacotherapy's most downloaded articles. Learn from Dr. Sylvia Stefanos about the risk and management of extravasation injuries. Full text of the manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2794.

Interviews with Leaders in Clinical Pharmacy: Jimmi Hatton Kolpek, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCCM, FNAP

Comprehensive medication management (CMM) provided by a clinical pharmacist can improve the quality of care and reduce health care costs through the optimization of medication use and a significant reduction in medication-related problems. Dr. Curtis Haas discusses the limitations of the current evidence and recommends structure, process, and outcome measures to ensure that the key elements of CMM that drive the observed benefits are implemented with fidelity to address the goals of the quadruple aim. Read the full text article at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1767.

The number of PGY1 applicants still outnumber the open positions. What about pharmacists that did not complete residency? Can we define equivalencies that would help them transition to a clinical position? Dr. Brandon Bookstaver discusses these questions and more. Full text of the manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1756.

Drs. Yuenger and January walk you though the incidence, risk factors and potential mitigation of primary graft dysfunction in lung transplantation; including the impact of statin use. Full text of the manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2770.

The authors provide perspective on how to complete retrospective, observational studies and the use of factor Xa inhibitors in patients with AKI. The full manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2759. 

"There's always a patient at the end of everything we do." The answer to why we need to incorporate health equity into postgraduate pharmacy training. Learn more about the "why" and also the "how" from this important conversation. Read the full text manuscript at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1719. 

Dr. Dave L. Dixon discusses the benefits of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), reviews the guideline development process, discusses limitations in this process and in applying CPGs to patient care, identifies opportunities for improvement, provides considerations for educating learners and other health care professionals about CPGs, and examines the role of pharmacists in CPG development, dissemination, and implementation. Access the full-text manuscript for free at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1743. 

Drs. Abigail Elmes and Jennie Jarrett break down the current state of pharmacy fellowships. Read the full text manuscript in the Postgraduate Training in Clinical Pharmacy themed issue at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1746. 

Excellent insight into drug-resistant epilepsy and the available literature evaluating polytherapy. Full text of the manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2748. 

These authors provide important insight into the data behind some of the guideline recommendations for the treatment and prevention of recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection. When can you justify the cost of fidaxomicin? The full text manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2734. 

Dr. Jessica Smith presents her team's work to answer the question whether fluconazole can be used while a patient is receiving a direct oral anticoagulant. The full manuscript is available open access at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2738.  

Dr. Jennifer Bacci shares her team's findings on perceptions of the Flip the Pharmacy initiative as a strategy to implement and improve community pharmacy-based patient care. Full manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1728

Interviews with Leaders in Clinical Pharmacy: Marie Chisholm-Burns "It's all about access and success."