Perspectives Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences: Helping Students Adjust to Learning Outside the Classroom 18 Dec 201819 Dec 2018 By Kaitlyn Grunder, 2019 PharmD Candidate Students often find excitement when didactic coursework ends and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs) begin. However, transitioning from the classroom to APPEs can be…
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…
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…
Perspectives The Practical Disconnect: Why Students Can’t Define a Source 18 Sep 201814 Nov 2018 By Urvi J. Patel, PharmD, MPH It was my first day as a PGY1 pharmacy practice resident in a clinical rotation. I was eager to become part of the team…
Perspectives Three Wishes for Manuscript Peer Review 11 Sep 201810 Sep 2018 By Kristin Janke, PhD This post is provided in conjunction with Peer Review Week 2018, an international event celebrating the importance of peer review in the scholarly process. Dialogue and…
Perspectives Motivational Interviewing: Your Own Motivation Matters 7 Aug 20187 Sep 2018 by M. Kate Probst, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP My Own Motivation Background Over ten years serving as a mentor and trainer for students, residents, and pharmacists has left me hopefully optimistic.…
