A mock "on-call" experience for pharmacy students in a pain and palliative care elective.
A pain and palliative care pharmacotherapy elective with a culminating experience requiring students to be "on-call," make a pharmacotherapy or monitoring decision in a short, specified period of time, and return the call of the health care professional (HCP) with an appropriate answer is described. The changing roles of pharmacists in pain management and end- of-life care are addressed. The structure of the experience and results from the first 74 students to complete it are discussed.
School of Pharmacy, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois 62026, USA. cherndo@siue.edu
Christopher M
CM
Herndon
J Christopher
JC
Lynch
D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000379:methods; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000458:organization & administration; D024382:Professional Role; D013339:Students, Pharmacy