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Beyond Clinical Pharmacy
Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD
Professor and Dean
School of Pharmacy
University of California, San Francisco
5 Goals
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Examine Clinical Pharmacy Today
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Identify Gaps
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Consider Healthcare Trends
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Propose Future Needs
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Share UCSF’s Story
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
Future
Needs
Clinical Pharmacy Today
UCSF’s
Story
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF
Story
Clinical Pharmacy Philosophy
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Pharmacists are the most highly trained experts on
drugs and drug products
Best professional to:
 Promote rational drug prescribing
 Teach patients to use drugs appropriately
 Identify and prevent medication problems
Silverman, M and Lee, PR:
Pills, Profits, and Politics
UC Press 1975
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF’s
Story
Pharmacy 1960’s
Clinical Pharmacy 2007
Drug product
Therapeutics
Pharmacy
Bedside
Solo
Team
Dispenser
Caregiver
Knowledge
Information
As ordered
As best prescribed
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
Future
Needs
How It Began – 1960’s
UCSF’s
Story
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF’s
Story
Model Works Well in Hospitals
Clinical
Pharmacy
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Trends
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Needs
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Story
Model Works Well in Hospitals
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Therapeutic advisors
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Patient education
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Drug use review and policy
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Formulary work
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Medication safety
Gaps
Clinical
Pharmacy
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF’s
Story
Why the Success in Hospitals?
 Practice
 All
model originated there
practitioners together
 Access
to medical records
 Complex
therapeutics
 Economics
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Cost avoidance
Safety
 Captive
patient population
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF’s
Story
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Pharmacy Benefit Design
and Management (PBMs)
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Pharmaceutical industry
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Poison control centers
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Academia
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Government
Other Areas
Of Success
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF
Story
Gaps
 Promote rational drug prescribing
 Teach patients to use drugs appropriately
 Identify and prevent medication problems
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF
Story
But We Have Not Yet Achieved Our Vision
 A Mix of Medicines That Can Be Lethal
 Study Finds Medicine Misuse Occurs All Too Frequently
 Firefighter in Deadly Crash was Taking 4 Medications
 Studies Show Anemia Drugs May Harm Patients
 Judge Upholds Vioxx Verdict
 Give Us This Day Our Daily Supplements
 U.S. Reviewing Safety of Children’s Cough Drugs
 In The World of Life-Saving Drugs, A Growing Epidemic of Deadly Fakes
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF
Story
New Awareness of Preventable Medication
Errors and Adverse Drug Events
•Medication errors alone cause
more than 7000 deaths annually
•Preventable adverse drug events
in hospitals cost $2 billion
•Side effects cost $20 billion
•Pharmacists can reduce errors
and minimize side effects
Institute of Medicine (IOM)
Report 2000
Gaps
Clinical
Pharmacy
Trends
Future
Needs
Drug Therapy Problems
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Access/Cost
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Quality
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Poor/uncoordinated prescribing
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Adherence
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Improper use
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Ongoing assessment and management
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Safety
UCSF
Story
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Pharmacy
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Needs
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Story
Most Drugs Are Used Outside of the Hospital
Clinical
Pharmacy
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Needs
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Story
Community Pharmacy Challenges
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Isolated practices
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No access to shared medical records
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Limited practice scopes
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Patient expectations
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Payment policies
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Environment
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Time
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Pharmacy
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Future
Needs
UCSF
Story
Overarching Healthcare Concerns
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Access and cost
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Quality
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Safety
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Misaligned payment systems
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Episodic vs chronic care
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Prevention and early screening
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Political agenda vs health needs
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Workforce shortages/maldistribution
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
Future
Needs
Confusion and Complexity
UCSF
Story
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Pharmacy
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Needs
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Story
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
 Healthcare
Trends
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Needs
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Story
is big business
 Fewer
new molecular entities despite
increasing R&D spending
 Revolutionary
information and diagnostic
technologies
 Evolutionary
practices toward lifetime and
personalized care
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF
Story
Science: Biology and Translation Era
Whole-istic Biology
Chemical Biology
Quantitative Biology
Bioinformatics
Complex Systems
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
One Size
Fits All
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF
Story
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
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Individualized Therapy
Future
Needs
UCSF
Story
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Pharmacy
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Needs
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Story
Small
World
•Internet
•Manufacturing
•Healthcare
•Education
•Research
•Infectious diseases
Clinical’
Pharmacy
Gaps
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Future
Needs
Future Needs
UCSF
Story
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What is Needed?
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Virtual teams
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Post-marketing surveillance
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Leadership with, not of
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Translational research
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Blended roles
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Systems thinkers
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Preventive care
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Safety officers
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Integrated/continuous care
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Drug use policy
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Pharmacy
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Needs
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Story
…And More
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Health services researchers
Drug benefit designers
 Global leaders
 Clinical scientists
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Drug therapy managers
Drug information specialists
 Medical informaticists
 Pharmacogeneticists
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Pharmacy
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Future
Needs
UCSF
Story
Next Steps
Create virtual health care teams - EMRs
 Blend and expand roles
 Conduct postmarketing surveillance
 Apply technology
 Telepharmacy
 Electronic medical records
 Educate visionary, collaborative practitioners
 Learn from colleagues internationally
 Partner: business, industry, government, community
 And more…..
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Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF
Story
Look at Who
Needs
Our Care
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Pharmacy
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Story
UCSF School of Pharmacy Story
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Pharmacy
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Needs
Our Mission:
Mastering medicines to
maximize health
UCSF
Story
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Pharmacy
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Needs
Our Plan
Create a new framework for drug
discovery and science
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Ensure that more patients get the best
results from their drugs
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Shape the future of pharmacy science,
policy, education and patient care by
working in fresh and collaborative ways
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UCSF
Story
Gaps
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Pharmacy
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Needs
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Story
Some of our Tactics
 Make
the promise of personalized medicines a reality
for patients
 Help
consumers take a central part in caring for their
own health
 Minimize
 Prepare
medication errors and adverse events
more clinical scientists
 Advance
interprofessional learning and practice
among student pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and
dentists.
Clinical
Pharmacy
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Needs
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Story
Safer and More Effective, Targeted Therapies
Pharmacogenomics
Clinical
Pharmacy
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Needs
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Story
Lung
Adipose
In
Liver
Out
Other Tissues (Nonmetabolizing, nonaccumulating)
IF (OD<0.6)
EXPRESS Antigen
IF (OD>0.6 AND Tumor-Specific Signal)
ADHERE to Cell Surface
RELEASE Therapeutic
Target
Target
Target
Target
UCSF Story
Education for a Pharm.D. Degree
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Primary - Middle - Upper School
College or
University
Pharmacy
School
>95% have degrees
( 4 years) at UCSF
~ 60-75% UCSF graduates pursue postgraduate
training: residencies, fellowships, degrees
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Pharmacy
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Needs
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Story
UCSF Pathway Curriculum
Core
Curriculum
UCSF PharmD
Curriculum
132 Units
Pharmaceutical
Care Pathway
58 Units
Pharmaceutical
Policy and
Management Pathway
58 Units
PharmD
190 Units
Pharmaceutical
Sciences
Pathway
58 Units
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF
Story
Guiding Goals and Principles
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A more “nimble” curriculum
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Opportunities to pursue personal interests
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All graduates will be:
 Board eligible for licensure
 High level, competent pharmacists
 Adaptable to change
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Common to all pathways
 Research project
 APPEs: acute care, ambulatory care, community
Clinical
Pharmacy
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Trends
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Needs
Students Reaching Out
UCSF
Story
Clinical
Pharmacy
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Our Approach
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Interdisciplinary
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Entrepreneurial
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Partnership based
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Physically integrated
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Patient centered
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF
Story
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Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
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Needs
UCSF
Story
Why Do
We
Care?
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
My Mother
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF
Story
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Adverse effects
 Bleeding, fatigue, dizziness
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Wrong drug
 Calcium channel blocker
 Long-acting nitroglycerin
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Wrong dose
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Drug interactions
 NTG + BP meds
 Aspirin + Fosamax
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Adherence – Iron
Clinical
Pharmacy
Gaps
Trends
Future
Needs
UCSF
Story
Clinical Pharmacy Philosophy


Pharmacists are the most highly trained experts on
drugs and drug products
Best professional to:
 Promote rational drug prescribing
 Teach patients to use drugs appropriately
 Identify and prevent medication problems
Silverman, M and Lee, PR:
Pills, Profits, and Politics
UC Press 1975