Administration of Long-Acting Injections

Expanding the scope of pharmacy practice demonstrates that the profession has been successful at improving public health. Despite being a late adopter, New York\u27s limited experience with vaccines has improved immunization rates and lowered rates of disease. During emergencies, the 2017-2018 flu season for example, the state has turned to pharmacists to go beyond what the pharmacy practice law permits, in this case enabling immunizations in pediatric patients.1 This illustrates recognition of untapped potential within the profession to contribute to the public health. Another opportunity for pharmacists to enhance the public health is embodied in a Bill introduced in the New York State Legislature that would amend the pharmacy practice law to enable administration of long-acting injectables designed to treat mental health disorders including schizophrenia and substance use disorder ( SUD ). The goal of this paper is to review the proposed amendment, the relevant background, and to discuss the implications for patients and the pharmacy profession

Identification of capacity development indicators for faculty development programs: A nominal group technique study.

BackgroundAlthough there have been many research studies of the effectiveness of faculty development in health profession education, the contribution of these programs to organizational development through capacity development has not been studied. Further understanding of capacity development requires appropriate indicators and no previous indicators for faculty development of health profession educators were identified. The aim of the study was to identify indicators of capacity development in the context of faculty development programs at Tehran University of medical sciences (TUMS).MethodsA nominal group technique session was conducted with key informants from faculty development program providers to generate and prioritize a list of capacity development indicators.ResultsA list of 26 indicators was generated and five categories were identified: Development and innovation in teaching and learning process, Development and innovation in communication and collaboration at different levels, Development and sustaining faculty development programs, Development of educational leadership and management, Development in scholarship.ConclusionsCapacity development for faculty development interventions of health profession educators is a process of engagement within a wider system, including individual and collective action, and involves the socialization of the teachers into suitable roles through professional identity development and participation within the wider system

RAM$mart Financial Wellness for Health Profession Students

College students today are graduating with more debt than ever before. As such, it is critical that our graduates are equipped with the right skills and frame of mind to manage their finances. This includes understanding their income, taxes, and expenses; managing debt; budgeting; saving; and retirement planning. Money management can be intimidating for anyone, regardless of background or education. While online resources are made available to our students, these resources are often overlooked, and do not necessarily set out to engage students or address the issues they may face in a convincing or compelling way. Most of the financial resources easily accessible on the web and on VCU’s sites are intended for undergraduate students. However, graduate students and in particular students in the health sciences professional programs (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy) can accrue a tremendous amount of debt, but are not exposed to as many mandatory or voluntary budgeting and financial resources. The RAM$mart Financial Wellness Program is a set of online modules that will allow students the opportunity to learn the basic principles of money and debt management. We are focusing this phase on professional students in the Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dentistry, with the intent to engage the whole VCU student population in the future. The RAM$mart Financial Wellness Program will include modules on a variety of money management topics designed to get the attention of students and to provide them with practical steps they can take at the beginning of, and throughout, their graduate professional education to minimize debt accumulation. There will also be modules designed to inform students of various loan payback options upon their degree completion, and of available community and online financial resources. Through attention-grabbing and entertaining modules, including such things as humorous video snippets and interactive questions, students’ awareness of budgeting and financial responsibility will increase significantly

Effectiveness of Inter-Health Professional Collaboration for An Improved Management of in-Patient Care at An Ni’mah Wangon Hospital

Background: An Ni’mah Hospital is a type D hospital located in Banyumas, Central Java. Obstetric and gynecologic services are the main services provided with birth delivery, curettage, and caesarian section, as the most common services. The hospital is financed under the Indonesian National Health Insurance (JKN, BPJS) payment scheme, and it often experiences loss. Recently, the hospital management has implemented a new policy, namely inter-health professional collaboration, which aims to improve hospital performance. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of inter-health professional collaboration on the improvement of in-patient care management at An Ni’mah Wangon Hospital. Subjects and Method: This was a mixed method study carried out at An Ni’mah Wangon Hospital, Banyumas, Central Java. A sample of informants was selected for this study, consisting of gynecologists, general practitioners, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, and nutritionists. The data were collected by questionnaire, interview, observation, and document review. Quantitative and qualitative data were integrated by triangulation to increase data credibility. Results: Paramedics had practiced inter-health professional collaboration. However, inter-health professional communication remained a point of concern due to some hospital internal problem. Paramedics at the medical record unit had worked according to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). Overall, patients were satisfied with the collaboration process. However, paramedics in the inpatient unit had not comply with the clinical pathway. The pharmacy and the nutrition units were under-staffed. Conclusion: The collaboration process has not been fully implemented due to some hospital internal problem. However, overall the patients are satisfied with the inter-health professional collaboration. Paramedics have not implemented clinical pathway, which may lead to in-effective service and some losses to hospital. Keywords: inter-health professional, collaboration, management, in-patient care, hospita

Student\u27s Perception and Attitudes Toward Public Health Profession and National Competency Examination

One form of quality assurance is convening public health\u27s national competencies examination in academic phase which is conducted before students graduate from university. The purpose of this study was to determine students\u27s perceptions and attitudes about public health\u27s profession and national competencies examination. The design of this study was descriptive qualitative employed case study approach. Focus group discussion was used to collect data. Data were analyzed by content analysis. Students felt less confident about their identity profession so that requires motivation by lecturer. Students expressed the need to improve public health graduates\u27s competencies since academic phase. National competencies examination is important to do as a solution to guarantee the graduates\u27s quality. Implementation of the competencies test is need to consider aspects of management and technical readiness. National competencies examination is a tool that could proves the identity of public health graduates\u27s competencies. Everyone with a public health background should know that there will be a competency test then they should have an adequate preparation

Using a Mixed Methods Approach to Explore Perceptions of Early Learners in Classroom-Based Interprofessional Education Experiences

Background: - Interprofessional education (IPE) is a global imperative - Health profession education programs, motivated by accreditation requirements, have added IPE activities into their required curricula. - Curriculum development varies considerably across institutions and debate exists regarding appropriate timing for introducing learners to IPE in order to optimally improve health outcomes. - Some evidence shows benefit of early learner IPE in professional identity development, interprofessional socialization and positive attitude development toward interprofessional practice. - At Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), IPE is integrated longitudinally through the curriculum for several of the health professions programs via IPEC courses

Agricultural Health and Safety: A Research Agenda for Agricultural Economists

Replaced with revised version of paper 01/26/06.Health Economics and Policy, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,

Can a profession exist without research?

Radiography combines science, technology and patient care to provide an essential role in medical diagnosis and treatment. The term ‘profession’ has existed in the Oxford English Dictionary from the 15th century and argues that a profession is an occupation where professional knowledge is applied by someone who has undertaken prolonged training and obtained a formal qualification (Oxford English Dictionary Online; 2007). For most of history, professions have based their practices on expertise derived from experience passed down in the form of tradition. Even in health care, many practices have still not been justified by evidence and as such there are areas of uncertainty.peer-reviewe

Selected Posters, SAEA 2009, Annual Meeting

Agribusiness, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Consumer/Household Economics, Health Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,