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Resident Research Projects

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2024-2025

  • Casey Welch and Daniel Bosse-Joseph: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Inpatient Community Acquired Pneumonia on Atypical Antimicrobial De-escalation
  • Dylan Roberts and Taylor Floyd: Is The Perceived Level of Stress of PGY1 Residents Improved with Allotted Longitudinal Project Time?

2023-2024

  • Daniel Bosse-Joseph and Ryan Booth: Impact of a pharmacist-involved sepsis alert on time to antimicrobial administration in the emergency department at a rural community health system
  • Taylor Floyd and Josh Brown: Olanzapine for highly emetic chemotherapy regimens (O-HER): Implementing evidence-based guideline directed therapy

2022-2023

  • Ryan Booth and Aaron Adkisson: Impact of baseline procalcitonin ordering in the emergency department on antimicrobial discontinuation in patients with sepsis at a rural community health system
  • Josh Brown and Courtney Sides: Impact of clinical decision support tools on the optimization of ceftriaxone dosing in patients with bacteremia in a rural community health system

2021-2022

  • Aaron Adkisson and Mary Keen: Impact of clinical decision support tools on pharmacist-directed propofol monitoring in the ICU
  • Courtney Sides and Troy Butler: Comparison of Bayesian software versus estimated population kinetic equations to achieve an initial therapeutic area-under-the-curve after vancomycin initiation in an obese population

2020-2021

  • Troy Butler and Hailey Freeman: Efficacy of medication reconcialition tool to prepare pharmacy technicians to detect high-impact medication discrepancies
  • Mary Keen and Ethan Jackson: Evaluation of patient perception and satisfaction of a rapid influenza and streptococcal pharyngitis point-of-care testing service within a community pharmacy

2019-2020

  • Hailey Freeman and Megan Ballard: Evaluation of dual antiplatelet therapy adherence beyond the initial 30-day period after percutaneous coronary intervention
  • Ethan Jackson and Katie Martello: Impact of pharmacist-managed patient self-testing versus traditional in-clinic warfarin management on time in therapeutic range

2019

  • Megan Ballard: Evaluation of pharmacist-driven penicillin allergy skin testing
  • Katie Martello: Impact of pharmacist review of past urine culture results prior to verification of antimicrobial agent medication order

2017-2018

  • Stephen Crutcher: The impact of pharmacist-led antimicrobial stewardship on culture review of discharged patients from a community hospital emergency department
  • Lee Ramsey: Evaluation of the efficacy of an unfractionated heparin dosing protocol in achieving goal range aPTTs in an obese patient population in a community hospital setting

2016-2017

  • Chelsea Stamper: Impacting antimicrobial stewardship in a community hospital through the use of BioFire FilmArray® technology
  • Nicholas Wilson: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) discharge prescribing prior to and post implementation of a pharmacist-driven, evidence-based protocol in a rural community hospital setting

2015-2016

  • Heather Ratliff: Evaluating the efficacy of morphine protocols to treat Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome for a level two nursery in a rural community hospital setting
  • Patsy Spears: Assessment of appropriate antibiotic selection and duration of therapy for the treatment of urinary tract infections and the impact on readmission in a community hospital

2014-2015

  • Bethany Marshall: The use of procalcitonin as a marker for clinical infection in a rural community hospital
  • Kate Morizio: Assessment of acceptance rates of pharmacist interventions and adherence to a pain, agitation, and delirium protocol in mechanically ventilated patients in a rural community hospital

2013-2014

  • Kortney Brown: Effectiveness of an Antimicrobial Management Team in reducing inappropriate use of selected antibiotics in a rural community hospital
  • Kelsey Micka: Determining the sensitivity and specificity of a current sepsis screening tool at a rural community hospital

2012-2013

  • Tara Neitzel: Impact of state-required controlled prescription database on prescribing practices in a community hospital emergency department
  • Diane Wigginton: Evaluating current perceptions and barriers to effective transition of care communication between community and hospital pharmacists

2011-2012

  • Aaron Sizemore: Evaluation of patient reported allergies in the electronic medical record and its effect on antimicrobial drug selection
  • Jeremy VanHoose: Evaluation of intravenous acetaminophen after total hip and total knee arthroplasty

2010-2011

  • Lindsay Villalobos: Evaluating baseline monitoring parameters for monitorable drugs in an inpatient setting