Holder Genna, Salvig Brent
St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA.
Consult Pharm. 2017 Aug 1;32(8):458-460. doi: 10.4140/TCP.n.2017.458.
With the baby boomer population anticipated to explode between 2010 and 2030, it is essential that student pharmacists learn how to properly care for older patients. One way for pharmacy students to prepare for providing health care to the elderly is to partake in an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) elective course in geriatrics. Pharmacy students, and health care professionals in general, have an immense amount of information available to them that is not found in a patient's chart or textbook, but can be uncovered through increased social interaction with patients, promoting the best possible care. Although these are not novel ideas, this article describes a unique experience I recently had with the veterans at the Alvin C. York Campus of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. While completing an APPE elective in geriatrics, I was given the opportunity to attend twice-weekly exercise classes with the veterans. When my preceptor first told me about this project, I was both excited and intrigued because I thought it would be an interesting way to interact with my patients, but I never imagined how much the relationships I formed would positively impact my ability to care for my patients.
随着婴儿潮一代的人口预计在2010年至2030年间激增，学生药剂师学会如何妥善照顾老年患者至关重要。药学专业学生为老年人提供医疗保健做准备的一种方式是参加老年医学的高级药学实践经验（APPE）选修课程。药学专业学生以及一般的医疗保健专业人员，可获取大量在患者病历或教科书中找不到的信息，但通过增加与患者的社交互动，能挖掘这些信息，从而提供尽可能最佳的护理。虽然这些并非新想法，但本文描述了我最近在田纳西河谷医疗保健系统退伍军人事务部（VA）阿尔文·C·约克校区与退伍军人的独特经历。在完成老年医学的APPE选修课程时，我有机会与退伍军人一起参加每周两次的健身课程。当我的带教老师首次向我介绍这个项目时，我既兴奋又好奇，因为我认为这将是与患者互动的有趣方式，但我从未想过我建立的关系会对我照顾患者的能力产生如此积极的影响。
