Patient Safety (Dec 2021)

Special Issue: Pharmacy Education and Practice -Print Issue

  • Patient Safety Authority

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. SI

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In celebration of National Pharmacist Day, recognizing the importance of pharmacists and their crucial role in our health and well-being, today we are publishing a special issue of _Patient Safety_ dedicated to pharmacy education and practice. Our January 2022 issue is now available to read and download at no charge at PatientSafetyJ.com. It features timely manuscripts from pharmacy students, practitioners, educators, and experts: data articles, focused reviews, interviews, and perspectives and insights about advances and challenges in the field now and in the near future. • Michael Cohen, founder and president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, discusses [the importance of sharing information](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/73489) • [A close look at antibiotic stewardship](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/73492)in a community hospital emergency department • Daniel Degnan shares [how to develop good habits](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/73491) to better your life and work practices • Learn how a hospital and pharmacy school [collaborated to instill appreciation of safety culture](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/73490) in students • Children and babies are uniquely vulnerable to medication errors in the hospital—but [there are ways to keep them safe](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/73493) • Patrick McDonnell describes [the challenges and rewards of being an academic pharmacist](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/73495) • [Strategies for reducing immunization-related stress and anxiety](https://patientsafetyj.com/article/73494) that can improve safety and combat vaccine hesitancy Thank you to our authors, peer reviewers, editorial board members, and Patient Safety Authority staff for making _Patient Safety_ possible—and special appreciation to this issue’s guest editors: Michael Cohen, ScD (hon.), DPS (hon.), RPh; Daniel Degnan, PharmD; and Patrick McDonnell, PharmD. _Patient Safety_ is fully open access (no fees for authors or readers) and published on a rolling basis throughout the year. We welcome manuscripts from all over the world. If your work can help advance patient safety, please [submit it to us for consideration](https://patientsafetyj.com/for-authors), and kindly share our journal with friends, family, colleagues, and caregivers. [Subscribe to our journal email list](https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/otqI5QB/journalupdates) to be updated on new articles as they are published online.