Showing papers by "University of Charleston published in 2006"

Office-based pharmacy practice: past, present, and future.

Abstract: Eugene V White practiced pharmacy for nearly 50 years. In 1960, he opened the first office-based pharmacy practice in the US in Berryville, Virginia.!\" The major goalof the office-based practice wasto provide patientoriented care. The practiceevolved from Dr. White's observations in the early 1950s of how pharmacists practiced in the communitysetting. He shared the views of several others that the unprofessional methods and commercial practices in the typical \"drug store\"of the 1950s werea repugnant revelation; they all struck him as unnatural and not in the best interestof the patient/\" The mechanics of the office-based practice are discussed elsewhere.!\" The purpose of this paper is to discuss the past,present, and future of office-based pharmacy practice through the lens of one of the authors. As such, this paper is organized as follows. First,the stateof community pharmacy practice during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s is described. Next, the evolution of clinical pharmacy during this time period is discussed. Finally, a future model of pharmacy is described that greatly increases the role of the pharmacist as the pharmacotherapy expertamong healthcare professionals.

Relationships among student evaluations, instructor effectiveness, and academic performance †

Abstract: This study was conducted to evaluate the relationships among students’ grade expectations, students’ actual grades, and students’ evaluations of instructors. A total of 5399 individual student evaluations from 138 course offerings that were taught over four successive academic years were compiled and analyzed. The evaluation instrument included questions pertaining to course- and instructor-related items, as well as a question inquiring about the grade the student expected to receive in the course. Students’ grades (expected and actual) were significantly correlated with the mean instructor evaluation score ( p , 0.01 for both correlations). Also, there was a strong positive correlation (r 1⁄4 0.916) between the mean course evaluation score and the mean instructor evaluation score ( p , 0.01). Based on the results in this study, students’ expected and actual course grades appear to be an influential factor in how they evaluate instructors. Additionally, the ability of students to discriminate between course evaluations and instructor evaluations is suspect.

Assessment of pharmacy manpower and services in West Virginia.

Abstract: Background The shortage of pharmacists across the nation has been much publicized and has been identified as one of the reasons for new schools of pharmacy to open or for existing colleges and schools of pharmacy to increase their class sizes. This article represents the assessment of a new school of pharmacy's evaluation of staffing and practice in its geographic area. Objective This survey represents the first data point within the School of Pharmacy assessment plan and will be repeated at several intervals after the program opens to longitudinally evaluate its impact on pharmacy staffing and services within West Virginia. Methods Using a modified Dillman survey methodology a random sample of 548 pharmacists in West Virginia, approximately one-third the active roster, were surveyed regarding staffing and services in West Virginia. Results A response rate of 32.78% was achieved and findings indicated that there is a staffing shortage of pharmacists within West Virginia, that staffing impacts the services pharmacists provide, and that more pharmacists would be willing to offer disease management services if staffing levels were at appropriate levels. Conclusions A shortage of pharmacists does exist in West Virginia and it has implications on patient care. Longitudinal evaluation of the impact of a new pharmacy program will be conducted and the staffing and services within West Virginia should be continued to be studied.