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An expanding body of literature is examining interprofessional teamwork and its effect in healthcare. To produce capable healthcare professionals prepared to participate in interprofessional roles, teamwork training must begin early in health professional students' training. The focus of this scoping review was to explore interprofessional education (IPE) studies designed to teach and/or assess interprofessional teamwork skills to students from two or more different health professions, to find and describe effective pedagogy and assessment strategies. Using a scoping review methodology, 1,106 abstracts were reviewed by three teams of investigators. Eligibility criteria were inclusion of students in interprofessional teams, an intervention to improve interprofessional teamwork skills and assessment of outcomes related to teamwork. Thirty-three studies met the criteria for inclusion. The literature was varied in terms of study design, teaching methods and assessment measures for interprofessional teamwork. The lack of rigorous, comparable studies in this area makes recommending one teaching method or assessment measure over another difficult. Regardless of teaching method, it appears that most learning activities where interprofessional teams interact result in positive changes in student perceptions and attitudes towards IPE and practice. As health education programs seek to incorporate more interprofessional activities into their respective programs, it is important to review methods and measures that would best fit their individual program. This review highlights the importance of standardising the reporting of methods and outcomes for those who wish to incorporate the studied methods into their curricula.

With this review, pharmacists will be informed on recommendations on the use of marijuana in the older adult. Monitoring of therapy, as well as adverse effects, will be reviewed, including some legal issues and challenges.

| Luteolin is a natural flavonoid compound mainly present as glycosides in vegetables, fruits, and herbs including carrot, cabbage, artichoke, tea, celery, and apple. Evidence has revealed that luteolin possesses profound biological properties such as antimutagenic, antitumorigenic, antioxidative, immunomodulatory, anticarcinogenic, antibacterial, antiapoptotic, and anti-inflammatory capacities. In particular, luteolin helps preserve the oxidation and antioxidation balance, the disruption of which plays a crucial role in the pathophysiologic processes of various diseases including cardiovascular disorders, cancers, and neurodegenerative diseases. This mini-review briefly summarizes the established beneficial effect of luteolin with regard to the maintenance of balance between pro-and anti-oxidation. We will provide an overview of luteolin and its therapeutic application in cardiovascular diseases, cancers, and neurodegenerative diseases.

The consequences of antimicrobial overuse are complex. Censoring overuse requires strategic efforts directed at tailoring antimicrobial prescribing habits. Antimicrobial stewardship combats the negative consequences for patients and society. All members of the health care team can influence stewardship efforts in the patient treated for infectious diseases. Many of the potent antimicrobials used today are given by infusion, providing an exceptional opportunity for the infusion nurse to become a crucial part of the antimicrobial stewardship team. The goal of this article is to explain why antimicrobials are worth caring for and preserving, as well as to define the role of the infusion nurse in the antimicrobial stewardship team.