title: Pharmacy student impact on inappropriate prescribing of acid suppressive therapy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the impact that having pharmacy students on internal medicine patient care teams had on inappropriate prescribing of acid suppressive therapy (AST).
  
  
  METHODS
  In this observational cohort study, internal medicine patients who received care from teams with a pharmacy student were compared to patients who received care from teams without a pharmacy student. The primary endpoint was proportion of patients on inappropriate AST.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall proportion of patients receiving inappropriate AST was 24.4%. There was no significant difference between patients seen by teams with a pharmacy student and those seen by teams without a pharmacy student. The proportion of patients discharged with new inappropriate AST prescriptions was lower after pharmacy student review, though not significantly (6.1% vs. 9.4%, p = 0.07). Pharmacy student reviews shortened the median duration of inappropriate AST by 1.5 days (6 vs. 8.5 days, p = 0.025).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patient care teams on which pharmacy students performed medication reviews had a reduced duration of inappropriate use of AST in patients.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Worcester, MA 01608, USA. katherine.carey@mcphs.edu
authors.forename: Katherine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.forename: Jason E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: Matthew A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Mihaela S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Stefan
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Rothberg
mesh_terms: D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D057970:Inappropriate Prescribing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000639:trends; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013339:Students, Pharmacy / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents