RxSelect: Student Pharmacist

Student Pharmacist

From the authors of Pharmacist's Letter, RxSelect: Student Pharmacist is a specially curated collection of clinical and practice resources to support the student in the classroom and during experiential training.

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General Pharmacy Practice

FAQ: Shingles Vaccine
Chart: Flu Vaccines for 2021-22
Checklist: Vaccine Administration Strategies
Chart: Comparison of Pneumococcal Vaccines
Article: Boost Immunization Rates for Immunocompromised Patients
Algorithm: Vaccine Adherence: Addressing Myths and Hesitancy
Article: Look for Unnecessary Meds During Transitions of Care
Checklist: Responding to Med Errors
Article: Ramp Up Transdermal Patch Safety
Article: Put Up Safeguards for New "High-Alert" Meds
Chart: Tips to Improve Insulin Safety
Chart: Lab Monitoring for Common Medications

Disease State Management

Chart: Comparison of Insulins
Chart: Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes
Chart: Diabetes Medications and Cardiovascular Impact
Article: Comparing different insulin products
Article: Focus on Lifestyle Changes to Help Tackle Prediabetes
Chart: Non-Statin Lipid-Lowering Agents
Article: Help Heart Failure Patients Succeed With Med Adherence
Chart: Target Doses of Meds for Systolic Heart Failure
Article: Think Twice About Low Dose Aspirin to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
Article: Be Prepared With Answers About Treating VTE
Chart: Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety Beyond the First-Line Agents
Chart: Choosing and Switching Antidepressants
Article: Recommend Combining Antidepressants from Different Classes
Article: Know What Questions to Ask About Suicide
Chart: Antivirals for Influenza
Article: Promote Appropriate Use of Antibiotics for Ear Infections
Chart: Treatment of CAP in adults
Chart: Antibiotics for MRSA Skin Infections
Chart: Urinary Tract Infections in Adults

Patient Counseling

Chart: Managing Seasonal Allergies
Article: Help Patients Avoid Mishaps With Cold and Flu Supplements
Article: Avoid Pitfalls With Cough Meds
Chart: Guide for Helping Patients Afford Their Medications
Quickguide: Med Adherence Quick Guide
Article: Partner With Patients to Improve Med Adherence

Professional Skills/Law

Article: Watch for Special Considerations When Treating Transgender Patients
Article: Help Patients Buy In to Therapy With Motivational Interviewing
Article: Answer Questions About Biosimilars
Article: Stay on Top of Proper Generic Substitution
Article: Reduce HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Stigma
Article: Look for Expanding Pharmacist Roles With Point-of-Care Testing
Article: Enhance Your Telecommunication Skills
Article: Be Ready to Help People Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Article: Streamline Communication With Prescribers
Article: Stay Alert for Visually Impaired Patients

Journal Club

March 2023: Does SMART therapy improve outcomes in patients with persistent asthma? Discusses systematic review and meta-analysis, guidelines for reporting and evaluating meta-analyses, composite end points, generalizability, heterogeneity, and random versus fixed effects analysis.
February 2023: Do omega-3 fatty acids with EPA and DHA reducer cardiovascular events in high-risk patients? Discusses randomized controlled trials, inclusion and exclusion criteria, considerations with the choice of a placebo, composite outcomes, event-driven study, generalizability of results, study power, type II error.
January 2023: How effective is baloxavir versus placebo or oseltamivir to improve symptoms due to influenza? Discusses inclusion and exclusion criteria, generalizability of trial results, subgroup analysis, multiple comparisons, and type I and II error.
December 2022: What should you recommend to treat head lice? Discusses criteria for developing or evaluating practice guidance, grading strength of evidence, conflicts of interest, feasibility of interventions in day-to-day practice, and prospective validation.
November 2022: What is the risk of gallbladder or biliary disease with GLP-1 receptor agonists? Discusses systematic review and meta-analysis, guidelines for reporting and evaluating meta-analyses, validity, strength of evidence, and study heterogeneity..
October 2022: When is the onset of acute kidney injury most likely with “triple whammy” drugs? Discusses database studies, association versus causation, study power, type II error, confounders, and reporting bias.
September 2022: Are proton pump inhibitors safe and effective for patients with coronary artery disease? Discusses systematic review and meta-analysis, guidelines for reporting and evaluating meta-analyses, study quality and heterogeneity, strength of evidence, and publication bias.
August 2022: What is the impact of using nonrecommended direct oral anticoagulant doses in patients with atrial fibrillation? Discusses cohort study design, observational studies, association versus causation, misclassification bias, confounders, and STROBE guidelines.
July 2022: How should you manage medications in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)? Discusses criteria for developing or evaluating practice guidelines, grading strength of evidence, conflicts of interest, guideline panel representation, feasibility of interventions in day-to-day practice, and prospective guideline validation.
June 2022: Is regular phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor use associated with serious ocular side effects? Discusses nested case-control study design, controls, matching, administrative databases, misclassification bias, exposure misclassification, sensitivity analysis, and STROBE guidelines.Is a shorter course of antibiotics effective for community-acquired pneumonia in children?
May 2022: How should you manage medications in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction? Discusses criteria for developing or evaluating practice guidelines, grading strength of evidence, conflicts of interest, guideline panel representation, feasibility of interventions in day-to-day practice, and prospective guideline validation.
April 2022: Does acetaminophen increase blood pressure in patients with hypertension? Discusses crossover studies, study design, generalization of study results, analysis of paired data, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and per-protocol analysis.
March 2022: Is a shorter course of antibiotics effective for community-acquired pneumonia in children? Discusses randomized studies, inclusion and exclusion criteria, generalization of study results, DOOR and RADAR, intention-to-treat analysis, and study validity.
February 2022: How should you manage antiplatelet meds after a coronary stent? Discusses criteria for developing or evaluating practice guidelines, grading strength of evidence, conflicts of interest, guideline panel representation, feasibility of interventions in day-to-day practice, and prospective guideline validation.
January 2022: How should you manage benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)? Discusses criteria for developing or evaluating practice guidelines, grading strength of evidence, conflicts of interest, guideline panel representation, feasibility of interventions in day-to-day practice, and prospective guideline validation.
December 2021: Does methylphenidate decrease apathy in patients with Alzheimer disease? Discusses randomized studies, inclusion and exclusion criteria, generalization of study results, statistical versus clinical significance, “spin” in result reporting.
November 2021: Is acetaminophen use safe during pregnancy? Discusses expert consensus statements, grading the strength of evidence, conflicts of interest, panel representation, and applicability of recommendations in day-to-day practice.

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