Perspectives Debunking the Myth: The Truth About Learning Styles 29 Apr 202522 Apr 2025 By: Hannah Pangallo (Culyer), PharmD and Zach Woods, PharmD, BCACP Learning styles refer to the concept that individuals have preferred ways of receiving and processing information. This concept suggests people…
Perspectives Go for Gold with a Top 200 Olympic Games 27 Aug 202426 Aug 2024 By: Stephanie Tubb, PharmD, BCPS; Juanita A Draime, PharmD; and Emily Laswell, PharmD, BCPS Set the Stage Of concern among colleges of pharmacy in the United States are declining NAPLEX…
Perspectives Small Changes, Big Results: Incorporating Retrieval for Retention into Your Teaching 23 May 202421 May 2024 By: Morgan Crawford, PharmD/MS Candidate 2024 and David E. Matthews, PharmD, BCACP On New Year’s Eve, did you make a “New Year’s resolution?” If so, have you managed to keep…
Perspectives Attention Residue and Its Impact on Student Success 26 Mar 202422 Mar 2024 By: Hope Shrader Sherman, PharmD and Meredith Howard, PharmD, BCPS Pharmacists are frequently pulled in multiple directions: juggling phone calls, undertaking order verifications, and attempting to reach providers to clarify…
Perspectives “Out Of Storage”: How Cognitive Load Theory Could Help Us Rethink Teaching Strategies 9 Jan 20244 Jan 2024 By: Nicolas Wagner, PharmD Candidate 2024 and Jaclyn Boyle, PharmD, MS, MBA, BCACP, FASHP Students can be faced with stark (and potentially overwhelming) transitions in their academic journey like memorizing…
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 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 Can Virtual Introductory Experiential Education Fill the Need for Telehealth Education? 26 May 202213 Jun 2024 By: Emily Kim, PharmD candidate 2023, Stacy Taylor, PharmD, MHA, BCPS and Esther P. Black, PhD Fortuitous Pandemic Discovery: Hidden Benefits of Virtual Introductory Experiential Education COVID-19 accelerated many changes in…
Perspectives Putting the WHY First In Your Teaching 14 Apr 202213 Jun 2024 By: G. Scott Weston, BSPharm, MBA, PhD, RPh It Starts With You As the author Simon Sinek pointed out in his TED talk and book, it is important for us…
Perspectives “Zoom Fatigue” is not the only fatigue: Reapplying What We Know About Physical Activity and Cognition 22 Feb 202213 Jun 2024 By: Katherine E. Lee, 2022 PharmD and MPH Candidate During the rapid transition to virtual education, one of the most challenging adjustments was recognizing and finding ways to combat “zoom fatigue” -…
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