Perspectives Keep it Real: Optimizing Patient Encounters in Pharmacy Education 20 Jun 202311 Jun 2024 By: Jordan Millin, PharmD As a pharmacy student, my experience with patients began in the practice lab with simple counseling activities that gradually developed into complex disease state management encounters.…
Perspectives Got curricular gaps? Here’s a tool to build a solution 13 Jun 202311 Jun 2024 By: Bob Bechtol, Ph.D., Emily Laswell, PharmD, BCPS, and Stephanie Tubb, PharmD, BCPS Have you ever felt like there was a hole in your curriculum, but you were not certain…
Perspectives How do we foster high functioning teams in the classroom? 6 Jun 202311 Jun 2024 By: Melissa Mickley 2023 PharmD candidate If students hate it so much, why do we keep doing it? While hearing the phrase “get into your assigned groups” may cause anxiety…
Perspectives Specifications Grading: A step towards competency-based education? 25 May 202316 Jun 2024 By: Erika L. Kleppinger, PharmD, BCPS Competency-based education (CBE) is being discussed for health professions education, but transitioning to full CBE may be difficult. A recent AACP Task Force described…
Perspectives Pharmacy Students can be Mothers: How can Pharmacy School better support them 18 May 202316 Jun 2024 By: Tayana Cuffee, Pharm D Candidate and Krista Donohoe,Pharm.D., BCPS, BCGP Some pharmacy students have responsibilities caring for others, what can pharmacy schools learn from their experiences? Pharmacy school is…
Perspectives Should Pharmacy School Admissions Hold Off on the PCAT Retirement Party? 9 May 202316 Jun 2024 By: Esther L. Albuquerque, Pharm D Candidate and W. Renee’ Acosta, R.Ph., M.S. The Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT) has been a mainstay of the pharmacy school admissions process since…
Perspectives Memory Palaces: The Art behind Effective Memorization 4 May 202316 Jun 2024 By: Kaley Shepard, PharmD I find myself reminiscing on my childhood—summer nights, building castles out of tattered blankets. Though unimpressive to the adult eye, I saw worlds of possibility, creating…
Perspectives First-year students as instructors: who’s teaching whom? 27 Apr 202316 Jun 2024 By: Ryan Masak, Pharm D candidate, Lauren Pamulapati, PharmD, BCACP and Lauren Caldas, PharmD, BCACP Why assume near-peer teaching is unidirectional? In the Layered Learning Practice Model, an “attending” or…
Perspectives What does it really mean to be “APPE ready?” 6 Apr 202316 Jun 2024 By: Kylie Lang, PharmD Candidate 2024, Lindsey Ferraro, PharmD, BCPS, and David Nau, PhD, RPh, FAPhA Are students truly ready for APPEs? Many Colleges of Pharmacy determine a student’s “Advanced…
Perspectives Strategies embedding critical thinking into curriculum: Intentional Teaching and Thinking 4 Apr 202316 Jun 2024 By: Taryn Bainum, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP The temptation to “Google” answers is strong among younger generations who have always had such technology at their fingertips. With artificial intelligence emerging, there…
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