Papers by Victor A Yanchick
The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Sep 1, 2005
The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Sep 1, 2009
Over the past year, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) has expanded many of the ... more Over the past year, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) has expanded many of the programs, products, and services to offer members new and better ways to help keep you on the cutting edge of education and leadership. The most noticeable change has of course been the AACP Web site. It continues to amaze me how different it is from the legacy site and how easy it is to navigate. If you have not yet had an opportunity to navigate the site, please visit it soon to test out some of the new features such as the robust search tool, school locator map, scrolling newsfeed and Pharmacy Education Assessment Services (PEAS) - the dynamic system supporting your assessment efforts. Please share your feedback with AACP leaders and staff. In addition to the new Web site, AACP made another major capital improvement and upgraded the membership and financial database system. The new system allows staff members to serve AACP members in a more efficient and effective manner. It is hard to believe that it has been 12 months since I stood before you at our Annual Meeting in Chicago and challenged you to “Think Off the Map.” I described the major initiatives that I intended to pursue during my presidential year. These were: the formation of a global alliance for pharmacy education, my issue “X”; faculty recruitment and retention and assessment services, my issues “Y-1” and “Y-2”; and curricular reform, my issue “Z”. Permit me to summarize the progress we have made over the past year in each of these initiatives. I will start with curricular reform. Throughout my career I have been most passionate about curricular issues and have stated on many occasions that the time is now for each of us to take a serious look at our curriculums – from the top down. Our curriculums must be designed to prepare our graduates to cope with the profound changes they will face during their careers. We must do a better job of helping them learn the skills of critical thinking and assessment. To put it another way, we must prepare our graduates for an undiscovered future. I am very pleased to hear that so many of our programs have begun to rethink how their curriculums should be structured. To this end, I am pleased to announce that the Academic Affairs Committee has developed a Curricular Change Summit to bring together teams from our colleges and schools to gain insight and direction for curricular reform. The summit will convene on September 9-12, 2009, in Scottsdale, Arizona. I am extremely pleased that this Summit is a reality. I am confident that it will provide the catalyst for meaningful change in curricular structure and outcomes. Thanks to Gary Oderda, who chaired the Academic Affairs Committee, and his group for a job well done. As for Issues “Y” 1 and 2 during the past year, AACP also has launched a number of new initiatives to make academic careers more appealing. This includes our new online career center, the academic pharmacy exhibit program, and our brochure to highlight the programs, products, and services that AACP offers its members to help assist with stronger faculty development. AACP will roll out American Pharmacy Educator Week to be held each year during the last week in October. Each college or school will receive a kit filled with tools and resources to help you host events, mentor or adopt a pharmacy student, and communicate that academic pharmacy is an excellent and exciting career choice. A special resource in the kit was provided by AACP leader Cindy Koh-Knox. It contains a guide, complete with helpful tips for adopting a pharmacy student at your college or school. Our new Web site features a tool sharing capability and discussion board for our assessment leaders which we call PEAS. I encourage you to submit your assessment tools for collaboration with your fellow members. In 2010, PEAS will be expanded to include a Web-based tool for managing self-studies and facilitating continuous programmatic assessment. This project will be developed jointly with ACPE. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our Institutional Research and Assessment Committee and a special advisory committee on our joint self-study management system project for their hard work and leadership. Another avenue that can be taken to create a more robust faculty pool lies within the academy itself. We are now seeing many colleges and schools of pharmacy interested in offering dual degree programs. To get a better perspective on how these programs may be used to increase our prospective faculty pool, I charged the Research and Graduate Affairs Committee to examine the role and structure of dual degree programs. This committee, chaired by Dean Lynn Crismon, provides an excellent overview of the present status of these programs. It provides several suggestions and recommendations that can be considered by colleges and schools that offer these programs to increase the number of graduates who choose to enter the Academy. Another avenue to…
The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Sep 1, 2005
The curriculums that are in place in our schools and colleges of pharmacy have undergone major ch... more The curriculums that are in place in our schools and colleges of pharmacy have undergone major changes as we have moved into the single doctor of pharmacy degree. Much of the impetus for these curricular changes over the last decade occurred as a result of the papers generated by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy's (AACP's) Commission to Implement Change in Pharmaceutical Education. In Background Paper Number V, 1 the Commission took the educational outcomes from Background Paper Number III and identified 6 broad categories that they believed would be appropriate for future practice. Those are: • Understand health care policy, organization, financing, regulation, and delivery; • Participate in multidisciplinary teams to provide care and develop clinical practice or disease management guidelines;
The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Sep 1, 2008
Introducing Rockhurst University's 14th president, the Rev. Thomas B. Curran, O.S.F.S. Faced with... more Introducing Rockhurst University's 14th president, the Rev. Thomas B. Curran, O.S.F.S. Faced with contRadictions 12 Two Rockhurst University theology professors reflect on why the African roots of the Bible go unnoticed. settinG the RecoRd stRaiGht 15 Hear from a woman who was mysteriously admitted to Rockhurst 10 years before the school went coed.
Teaching & Learning, The Dean's Compass, Mar 2, 2012
Solutions of glucoheptonate and sodium pertechnetate (Tc-99m) were subjected to electrolysis at v... more Solutions of glucoheptonate and sodium pertechnetate (Tc-99m) were subjected to electrolysis at various ampere-time products until a charge was found that consistently promoted tagging of greater than 90% efti ciency. It was found that 9 coulombs (100 mA, 90 sec) consistently yielded a final product that contained less than 10% total radiochemical impurities (unbound pertechnetate and reduced, hydrolyzed technetium). Radiochemi cal purity of the final product was established using a two-solvent thin-layer chromatographic system with methyl-ethyl ketone and normal saline as the solvents. The tagging efficiency and stability of the tagged complex were determined with similar chromatographic analysis. It was shown that use of a 15% solution of calcium glucoheptonate resulted in a more stable product than that prepared from commercially available stannous gluco heptonate. The rapid, accurate chromatographic method for determination of radiochemical purity of the product is described. Th...
TheAmericanAssociationofCollegesofPharmacy(AACP) Argus Commission is comprised of the five im-med... more TheAmericanAssociationofCollegesofPharmacy(AACP) Argus Commission is comprised of the five im-mediate past AACP presidents and is annually chargedby the AACP President to examine one or more strategicquestions related to pharmacy education often in thecontext of environmental scanning. Depending upon thespecific charge, the President may appoint additional in-dividuals to the Commission.PresidentCrabtreerequestedthatthe2011-12ArgusCommission examine the following questions as part ofhis examination of critical issues of excellence and rele-vance in academic pharmacy:
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 2012
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The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1979
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Aug 1, 1979
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 1978
Solutions of glucoheptonate and sodium pertechnetate (Tc-99m) were subjected to electrolysis at v... more Solutions of glucoheptonate and sodium pertechnetate (Tc-99m) were subjected to electrolysis at various ampere-time products until a charge was found that consistently promoted tagging of greater than 90% efficiency. It was found that 9 coulombs (100 mA, 90 sec) consistently yielded a final product that contained less than 10% total radiochemical impurities (unbound pertechnetate and reduced, hydrolyzed technetium). Radiochemical purity of the final product was established using a two-solvent thin-layer chromatographic system with methyl-ethyl ketone and normal saline as the solvents. The tagging efficiency and stability of the tagged complex were determined with similar chromatographic analysis. It was shown that use of a 15% solution of calcium glucoheptonate resulted in a more stable product than that prepared from commercially available stannous glucoheptonate. The rapid, accurate chromatographic method for determination or radiochemical purity of the product is described. The f...
American journal of hospital pharmacy, 1972
Hospital formulary, 1984
This study compares the effectiveness of two drug distribution systems--a conventional prescripti... more This study compares the effectiveness of two drug distribution systems--a conventional prescription and a modified unit-dose system--in a small, rural, long-term care facility ( LTCF ). The 72-hour modified unit-dose system was superior in minimizing drug wastage and the time required for drug processing by nursing personnel. Drug waste was reduced by 64% in dollar value; time for drug processing in the LTCF was reduced by 46% on a daily basis. These data are consistent with three early studies evaluating two such systems in a LTCF and conflicts with one recent report.
Bulletin of the Parenteral Drug Association
Bulletin of the Parenteral Drug Association
American journal of hospital pharmacy, 1972
Clinical preventive dentistry
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 1990
Mental confusion in the elderly can be manifested by impairments in the areas of memory, orientat... more Mental confusion in the elderly can be manifested by impairments in the areas of memory, orientation, concentration, and judgment. The number and classification of drugs prescribed for elderly residents of nursing care facilities can contribute to the development of mental confusion. As the number of drugs prescribed for confused elderly increases, the potential for these persons to engage in group social behavior decreases.
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