title: Clinical pharmacy consultations provided by American and Kenyan pharmacy students during an acute care advanced pharmacy practice experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the clinical consultations provided by American and Kenyan pharmacy students in an acute care setting in a developing country.
  
  
  METHODS
  The documented pharmacy consultation recommendations made by American and Kenyan pharmacy students during patient care rounds on an advanced pharmacy practice experience at a referral hospital in Kenya were reviewed and classified according to type of intervention and therapeutic area.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Kenyan students documented more interventions than American students (16.7 vs. 12.0 interventions/day) and provided significantly more consultations regarding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and antibiotics. The top area of consultations provided by American students was cardiovascular diseases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  American and Kenyan pharmacy students successfully providing clinical pharmacy consultations in a resource-constrained, acute-care practice setting suggests an important role for pharmacy students in the reconciliation of prescriber orders with medication administration records and in providing drug information.
authors.affiliation: Purdue University College of Pharmacy, USA.
authors.forename: Sonak D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Pastakia
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: Imran
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Manji
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kamau
authors.forename: Ellen M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Schellhase
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D003906:Developing Countries; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D005791:Patient Care / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013339:Students, Pharmacy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents