title: Clinical pharmacists in family practice residency programs.
abstract: A project was undertaken to determine the number, specific activities, and demographics of clinical pharmacists directly involved with residency programs in family practice. A survey was mailed to the directors of all 381 family practice residencies, with a request either to forward it to the participating pharmacist or to return the survey if a pharmacist did not directly participate in the teaching program. With two mailings, responses were received from 85.3% of the residencies, with 80 pharmacists completing surveys. While the involvement of pharmacists in family practice residencies was similar to that reported in a survey 9 years ago, academic appointments and funding, in whole or in part by a college of medicine, had increased. This increased involvement may represent an acknowledgment by medical educators in family practice of the value of pharmacists participating in residency programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education, St Margaret Memorial Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Shaughnessy
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hume
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005178:Faculty; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching; D014481:United States