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An adult visits the pharmacy and asks to buy OTC Sudafed® (pseudoephedrine) for a cold, which is kept behind the counter.  You say that you can help them with the purchase and ask if it would be okay to ask a few more questions to make sure that pseudoephedrine is the right product for them.  They agree, and you ask the SCHOLAR-MAC questions.  You learn that they have pruritic (itchy) eyes and sneezing after cleaning a dusty area of their house.  You suggest that they may be experiencing allergy symptoms rather than a cold given the exposure to dust which can cause pruritic eyes and sneezing. Which aspect of the LEARN technique is being illustrated in this scenario?

A 54-year-old runner has noticed some pain in her hamstring muscles during and after her training runs. She’s been running through the pain, but after completing a half marathon this morning her hamstring muscles feel tight, painful with walking, and weak. She goes to your pharmacy on her way home from the race seeking help with treating her myalgia. Which of the following non-medication strategies would be helpful for this person to do right now?

In the 1970s and 1980s, a federal government gave grants to pharmacy schools based on the number of students enrolled if they met requirements for clinical pharmacy instruction.  This program was often called:

During the late 1800s, a wave of professionalization in pharmacy swept across the USA exemplified by the founding of state pharmacy organizations, the passage of state pharmacy laws, and the

11. Which type of training is most appropriate for new employees who need to learn specific job skills?

17. Which of the following is a key element of organizational psychology?

3. Which of the following best describes the scope of Industrial and Organizational Psychology?

25. What is a primary goal of human factors psychology in the workplace?

28. Which of the following roles would a human factors psychologist likely perform?

27. How can human factors psychology contribute to job satisfaction?