Perspectives Can Indigenous Cultural Competency be Assessed in an OSCE? 20 Nov 201814 Feb 2019 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 A Student Pharmacist’s Journey to Empathy: Easier Said Than Done 13 Nov 201814 Feb 2019 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,…
Perspectives Are Students Ready to Take on Industry Fellowships? 6 Nov 201814 Feb 2019 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…
Perspectives Insurance Billing In Pharmacy Curricula: Is This Covered? 23 Oct 201814 Feb 2019 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 Feb 2019 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 201814 Feb 2019 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 201814 Feb 2019 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.…
Perspectives Giving the Co-curriculum a Home 19 Jun 201814 Feb 2019 By Stacy L. Miller, Pharm.D., MBA, BCACP, Amanda N. Jett, Pharm.D., BCACP “Co-curriculum” – a current buzz term in academic pharmacy. We all have it happening to a certain degree,…
Perspectives In Their Shoes: Cultural Competence in Pharmacy Education 12 Jun 201814 Feb 2019 By Brittany R. Smith, Pharm.D. As a pharmacy student I was exposed to diverse cultures through classroom lectures, but those experiences were nothing like my daily experiences as a second-year…
Perspectives How Do We Keep Kinesthetic Millennials Engaged in the Classroom? 24 Apr 201814 Feb 2019 By Stephanie White, PharmD As educators, “active learning” is easier said than done effectively. There are traditional ways of active learning, such as incorporating patient cases and think-pair-share, that students…
