The Wegmans School of Pharmacy had adopted AMA Style as the official citation style for the School for all of your academic work. The official name of the citation manual is The AMA Manual of Style: A guide for authors and editors. The manual is curated by a committee of 10 JAMA Network editorial staff members. It is currently in its 11th edition and is published by Oxford University Press.
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In reference lists, use the author’s surname followed by initials without periods. In listed references, the names of all authors should be given unless there are more than 6, in which case the names of the first 3 authors are used followed by “et al.”
Here is a basic introduction to AMA style, courtesy of the MD Anderson Cancer Center Library.
Last FM. Title. Journal. Year;volume(issue): pages. doi
Quiroz YT, Schultz AP, Chen K, et al. Brain imaging and blood biomarker abnormalities in children with autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease: a cross-sectional study. JAMA Neurol. 2015;72(8):912-919. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.1099
Allison MA, Hurley LP, Markowitz L, et al. Primary care physicians’ perspectives about HPV vaccine. Pediatrics. 2016;137(2):e20152488. doi:10.1542/peds.2015-2488
*You can create an AMA citation from a PubMed article record using the Cite feature.
Bloss CS, Wineinger NE, Peters M, et al. A prospective randomized trial examining health care utilization in individuals using multiple smartphone-enabled biosensors. Preprint. Posted online October 28, 2015. bioRxiv 029983. doi:10.1101/029983
Hasan HE, Jaber D, Khabour OF, Alzoubi KH. Perspectives of pharmacy students on ethical issues related to artificial intelligence: A Comprehensive survey study. Preprint. Res Sq. 2024;rs.3.rs-4302115. Published 2024 Apr 30. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-4302115/v1
Evaluation of phage therapy for the treatment of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa wound infections in burned patients (PHAGOBURN). ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02116010. Updated July 24, 2015. Accessed July 1, 2025. https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02116010
Azilect. Package insert. Teva Pharmaceuticals Inc; 2014.
ZITHROMAX- azithromycin dihydrate injection, powder, lyophilized, for solution . Prescribing information. Pfizer; 2022 Accessed July 1, 2025. https://labeling.pfizer.com/showlabeling.aspx?id=513
*Look for the revised date, not just recent major change.
Author(s). Title of topic review. In: Last F, ed. DynaMed Plus. EBSCO Information Services; Updated date. Accessed [date]. URL.
Crohn disease in adults. In: Deshpande AR, Moss AC, Jolanda van Zuuren E, DeGeorge K, eds. DynaMed Plus. EBSCO Information Services; May 1, 2025. Accessed July 8, 2025. https://www-dynamed-com.pluma.sjfc.edu/condition/crohn-disease-in-adults
AMA does not give a specific format for UpToDate citations. However, UpToDate recommends citing topics ""Cite the UpToDate topic as a chapter in a book titled UpToDate, with "Connor RF" (Rebecca Connor, MD, Senior Director of Clinical Content for UpToDate) always listed as the editor, published by Wolters Kluwer. Since an updated version of UpToDate is released on a continual, rolling basis, the date on which the topic was last accessed should be included. There are no page numbers to cite."
Author(s). Title of topic review. In: Connor RF ed. UpToDate. Wolters Kluwer; Current Year. Accessed [date]. URL
Lichenstein ER. Treatment of Crohn disease in adults: Dosing and monitoring of tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors. In: Connor RF, ed. UpToDate. Wolters Kluwer; 2025. Accessed July 8, 2025. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-crohn-disease-in-adults-dosing-and-monitoring-of-tumor-necrosis-factor-alpha-inhibitors
These templates have been approved for use by the Wegmans School of Pharmacy.
Drug Name. In: Specific database title. Publisher. Publication date (if available). Updated date. Accessed date. URL (no period after the URL)
Entanercept. In: Lexidrug. UpToDate, Inc. Updated July 8, 2025. Accessed July 9, 2025. https://online.lexi.com
Entanercept. In: Briggs Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation. UpToDate, Inc. Updated May 13, 2022. Accessed July 8, 2025. https://online.lexi.com
*Scroll to the end of the entry to find the updated date in Lexidrug.
Entanercept. In: In-depth Answers. Merative Micromedex. Updated June 17, 2025. Accessed July 9, 2025. https://www.micromedexsolutions.com
*Scroll to the end of the entry, after the references to find the updated date.
Last FM. Title of chapter. In: Last FM, ed. Title of Book, edition. Publisher; publication date. Accessed date. URL
Manning DR, Blumenthal DK. Pharmacodynamics: Molecular mechanisms of drug action. In: Brunton LL, Knollmann BC. eds. Goodman & Gilman's: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 14th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education; 2023. Accessed July 09, 2025. https://accesspharmacy-mhmedical-com.pluma.sjfc.edu/content.aspx?bookid=3191§ionid=269715460
*You can create AMA citations in Access Pharmacy using the Get Citation feature.
Last FM. Title of specific item cited. Name of the Website. Date published. Date updated. Date Accessed. URL
American Pharmacist Association. CMS eliminates retroactive DIR fee. Accessed July 9, 2025. https://www.pharmacist.com/Advocacy/Issues/CMS-Eliminates-Retroactive-DIR-Fees
Office. Title of report. Department. Date Published. Date Accessed. URL
Office of Suicide Prevention. 2024 National Veteran Suicide Prevention ANNUAL REPORT. Part 2 of 2: Report Findings. US Dept of Veteran Affairs. December 2024. Accessed July 1, 2025. https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/docs/data-sheets/2024/2024-Annual-Report-Part-2-of-2_508.pdf
Please refer to the detailed information offered by the University of Manitoba Libraries.
Descriptions of the use of AI tools should be appear in the narrative and are not included in the reference list.
When AI tools are used to assist with the creation or editing of content, authors should describe how and when the tool was used, name the tool (including version and manufacturer), and confirm that the authors take full responsibility for the integrity of the content generated.
Gemini Deep Research was accessed through St. John Fisher University. We presented the research question on July 23, 2025 to Gemini to help identify additional states that followed a similar procedure as outlined in the research question.
The authors acknowledge using Microsoft Copilot on July 23, 2025 for text editing to improve the grammar in this article. The authors affirm that the original intent and meaning of the content remained unaltered during editing, and that copilot had no involvement in shaping the intellectual content of this work. The authors assume full responsibility for upholding the integrity of the content presented in this study.
3.15.13 Use of LLMs and Chatbots (Content Generated by AI Tools)
