From the editors Why Pulses? 1 Jun 201724 Jul 2017 The editors at Currents in Pharmacy Teaching & Learning recognize that traditional academic journals are not always the best venue for every scholarly article. Pulses was developed for faculty, residents,…
Perspectives Living in an Opioid World: The Pressing Need for Improved Substance Use Disorder Education 11 Dec 201829 Nov 2018 By Katherine E. Hamilton, PharmD Candidate 2019 In a culture where it seems like every other song mentions codeine, morphine, or heroin, it’s no surprise that substance misuse and abuse…
Perspectives Lessons to Pharmacy Students, From Athletes 4 Dec 20184 Dec 2018 By Stuart Pope, 2019 PharmD Candidate Since beginning pharmacy school, I have learned more information than I could have possibly imagined. Not surprisingly, I’ve learned extensively about medications, disease-state management,…
Perspectives Rater-based Assessment: Are We Doing It All Wrong? 27 Nov 201827 Nov 2018 By Kyle John Wilby, BSP, ACPR, PharmD Setting the scene Three assessors watched an OSCE performance and evaluated the student’s communication skills on a generic rubric with three descriptors and…
Perspectives Can Indigenous Cultural Competency be Assessed in an OSCE? 20 Nov 201813 Nov 2018 By Carla Dillon, BScPharm, ACPR, PharmD Making the move from teaching pharmacy in Canada to New Zealand was a big personal learning leap. My new role involved assisting students’ cultural…
Preliminary research A Student Pharmacist’s Journey to Empathy: Easier Said Than Done 13 Nov 20186 Nov 2018 By Lisa Deacon, 2019 PharmD Candidate Suppose you have a diabetic patient with a complicated medication regimen that includes a fast acting insulin injection three time a day with meals,…
Preliminary research Are Students Ready to Take on Industry Fellowships? 6 Nov 20186 Nov 2018 By Amee Mistry, PharmD, RPh and Jordan Haines, 2019 PharmD Candidate MCPHS University As a student pharmacist in my fourth professional year, I have started preparing for the stress of…
Preliminary research There are others like me out there 30 Oct 201819 Oct 2018 By Christopher S. Wisniewski, PharmD, MSCR, BCPS; Audrey Kostrzewa, PharmD, MPH, BCPS; Priya Shenoy, BSN, MLIS; Melissa L. Hunter, PharmD, RPh Literature describing mentorship within a professional pharmacy organization is…
Perspectives What does it take to become a successful academic writer 25 Oct 2018 By Eliza Dy-Boarman, PharmD and Kristin Janke, PhD This post is provided in conjunction with the Fall 2018 #RxWritingChallenge, an international event to support academic writing in pharmacy. Dialogue and…
Perspectives Insurance Billing In Pharmacy Curricula: Is This Covered? 23 Oct 201825 Oct 2018 By Jordan L. Kelley, PharmD The first question asked to me as a pharmacist was “Is this medication covered by patient X’s insurance?” After sitting through pharmacology, pharmaceutics, therapeutics, and…
Teacher Reflections Sharing the experience of inexperience: A letter to a new faculty member 9 Oct 20184 Dec 2018 By Emily K. Frederick, PharmD, BCPS; Sarah Raake, PharmD, BCACP, LDE As I sit somewhere past junior, but not yet senior faculty, I feel compelled to deepen my reflection. This…
