Perspectives We Don’t Talk About Admissions, No, No, No: The Need to Educate Pre-Health Advisors 7 Nov 202311 Jun 2024 By: Jenna Brophy, BS, PharmD Candidate and Katie F. Leslie, PhD, MS Academic pharmacy has been harboring an enrollment secret. For classes entering in 2023, PharmCAS institutions saw the mean number…
Perspectives Metaverse or Virtual Reality? What is the Difference? 31 Aug 202311 Jun 2024 By: Carley Jans, Ph.D Candidate, Cherie Lucas, Ph.D., BPharm, Grad Cert Edu Stud (Higher Educ), MPS, and Tracy Levett-Jones, Ph.D. The use of virtual platforms in healthcare education has evolved…
Perspectives A Lean, (not so) Mean, Teaching Team Design Machine 29 Aug 202311 Jun 2024 By: Kristine Cline, PharmD, MS Creating value with fewer resources and less waste – sound helpful? But what does it look like to apply Lean methodology within an academic setting?…
Perspectives Academic Pharmacy Fellowships: Is it the defined path into Academia? 22 Aug 202311 Jun 2024 By: Victoria L. Williams, PharmD, BCCCP “Dr. Williams, what do I have to do if I want to pursue a career in academia?” a curious student asked me after class. …
Perspectives… Educating for Empathy: Patient versus Provider Perspectives 3 Aug 202311 Jun 2024 By: Claire Jahnke, Pharm D Candidate and Ashley Castleberry, PharmD, MEd How do we normally think and talk about illness? Patient is a 19-year old female presenting to the ER…
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 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…
From the editors Can Artificial Intelligence Teach Students How to Critically Think? 7 Mar 202316 Jun 2024 By: Cherie Lucas, PhD, BPharm, Grad Cert Educ Stud (Higher Educ), MPS Dr. Jeff Cain recently published a CPTL Pulses article showcasing the ease of use of artificial intelligence (AI)…
Perspectives Walking a tightrope: when it’s ok to say no 21 Feb 202316 Jun 2024 By: Damianne Brand-Eubanks PharmD; Jonathan Thigpen, PharmD; Emmeline Tran, PharmD, BCPS; Vibhuti Agrahari, PhD MPharm Opportunities to become involved in career-advancing endeavors happen often, and while these may directly align…
Perspectives Professor YouTube? Investigating pharmacy students’ use of learning resources 13 Dec 202213 Jun 2024 By: Zachary McCalla, PharmD Candidate 2024 and Mary E. Fredrickson, PharmD, BCPS In years gone by, a student’s main source of learning was via use of lecture notes and recommended…
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