Pastakia Sonak D, Schellhase Ellen M, Jakait Beatrice
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009 Aug 1;66(15):1386-90. doi: 10.2146/ajhp080483.
A collaborative partnership for clinical pharmacy services in Kenya is described.
Purdue University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (PUSOPPS) agreed to collaborate with the United States Agency for International Development-Academic Model for Providing Access to Healthcare (USAID-AMPATH) partnership to provide pharmacy services necessary for patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Kenya. In addition to assisting Kenyan collaborators, the full-time, onsite faculty member from PUSOPPS serves as a preceptor to pharmacy clerkship students from PUSOPPS and the University of Nairobi in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services in inpatient and outpatient settings. Through PUSOPPS's unique collaboration, Kenyan pharmacy technologist students and University of Nairobi pharmacy students partner with clerkship students from PUSOPPS to participate in eight-week rotations. In addition to inpatient activities, students spend one day each week at one of the rural HIV clinics or observing one of the burgeoning specialized care clinics. Students also participate in public health activities, such as providing adherence counseling for HIV-infected patients, participating in door-to-door HIV counseling and testing, and preparing educational and recreational activities for pediatric patients. PUSOPPS's sustainable involvement with this program has addressed many of the immediate pharmacy needs of providing antiretroviral therapy and medications for opportunistic infections throughout western Kenya.
The collaboration between PUSOPPS and USAID-AMPATH in Eldoret, Kenya, has provided a bilateral educational exchange for Kenyan and American pharmacy students and has allowed for year-round clinical pharmacy services in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
描述肯尼亚临床药学服务的合作伙伴关系。
普渡大学药学院与制药科学学院（PUSOPPS）同意与美国国际开发署-提供医疗保健的学术模式（USAID-AMPATH）伙伴关系合作，为肯尼亚感染人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）的患者提供必要的药学服务。除了协助肯尼亚合作伙伴外，PUSOPPS的全职现场教员还担任来自PUSOPPS和内罗毕大学的药学实习学生的指导教师，在住院和门诊环境中提供临床药学服务。通过PUSOPPS的独特合作，肯尼亚药学技术专业学生和内罗毕大学药学专业学生与PUSOPPS的实习学生合作，参加为期八周的轮转。除了住院活动外，学生们每周有一天会在农村的HIV诊所之一或新兴的专科护理诊所之一进行观察。学生们还参与公共卫生活动，如为HIV感染患者提供依从性咨询、参与挨家挨户的HIV咨询和检测，以及为儿科患者准备教育和娱乐活动。PUSOPPS对该项目的持续参与满足了肯尼亚西部提供抗逆转录病毒疗法和治疗机会性感染药物的许多即时药学需求。
PUSOPPS与USAID-AMPATH在肯尼亚埃尔多雷特的合作，为肯尼亚和美国药学专业学生提供了双边教育交流机会，并在住院和门诊环境中实现了全年临床药学服务。
