Perspectives Hands Off? Considerations for Virtual Compounding Education 6 May 202113 Jun 2024 By: Melvin Vazquez, PharmD Candidate and Mary E. Fredrickson, PharmD, BCPS Compounding is a unique and valuable skill of pharmacists, and colleges of pharmacy have been in search of ways to optimize compounding education. In 2009, the American Association of…
Perspectives Choose Your Own Adventure! – Engaging Learners in Digital, Interactive Patient Stories 11 Mar 202113 Jun 2024 By: Morgan P. Stewart, Pharm D, BCACP Have you recently given a virtual lecture to an audience of blank screens or had learners admit to “Zoom fatigue”? Amidst the COVID-19…
Perspectives Exams at Home: COVID-19 Required, Student Approved 24 Nov 202013 Jun 2024 By: Shelby Humpert, PharmD Candidate 2021; Ashley Castleberry, PharmD, MEd; Renee’ Acosta, RPh, MS The 2020 Spring semester will not be forgotten anytime soon. Most universities cancelled in-person classes in…
Perspectives Can an APPE be delivered as a virtual experience? 29 Oct 202013 Jun 2024 By: Wesley Nuffer, PharmD; Eric Gilliam, PharmD; Megan Thompson, PharmD; Jennifer Trujillo, PharmD Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the world except for essential personnel. Student pharmacists were…
Perspectives Technology: Deus Ex Machina 15 Sep 202013 Jun 2024 By: Jonathan Thigpen, PharmD; Emmeline Tran, PharmD, BCPS; Damianne Brand, PharmD; Vibhuti Agrahari, Ph.D., M. Pharm. “Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backward.” ―…
Perspectives Virtual OSCEs – Challenges and Considerations for Pharmacy Education? 18 Jun 202013 Jun 2024 By: Cherie Lucas, PhD, BPharm, GradCertEdStud (Higher Ed) and Gail Forrest, RN MResEd. Cert IV Training and Assessment With the current worldwide pandemic circumstances, many educators have transitioned to work…
Perspectives Do We Need a More “Elementary” Approach to Pharmacy Education? 19 Dec 201715 Jun 2024 By Chris Johnson, PharmD, MEd Knowledge is growing at an unprecedented rate.1 Educators in the elementary through high school levels have been grappling with this problem for years: what is…
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