From the editors Can Artificial Intelligence Teach Students How to Critically Think? 7 Mar 20232 Mar 2023 By: Cherie Lucas, PhD, BPharm, Grad Cert Educ Stud (Higher Educ), MPS Dr. Jeff Cain recently published a CPTL Pulses article showcasing the ease of use of artificial intelligence (AI)…
Perspectives Walking a tightrope: when it’s ok to say no 21 Feb 202317 Feb 2023 By: Damianne Brand-Eubanks PharmD; Jonathan Thigpen, PharmD; Emmeline Tran, PharmD, BCPS; Vibhuti Agrahari, PhD MPharm Opportunities to become involved in career-advancing endeavors happen often, and while these may directly align…
Perspectives Professor YouTube? Investigating pharmacy students’ use of learning resources 13 Dec 20228 Dec 2022 By: Zachary McCalla, PharmD Candidate 2024 and Mary E. Fredrickson, PharmD, BCPS In years gone by, a student’s main source of learning was via use of lecture notes and recommended…
Perspectives Are PharmD Graduates ‘Practice Ready’ for Primary Care? 29 Nov 202222 Nov 2022 By: Jaclyn Boyle, PharmD, MS, MBA, BCACP, Ryan Sullivan, PharmD candidate 2023, George Fahmy B.S., PharmD candidate 2025, and Dale English II, R.Ph., B.S.Pharm., Pharm.D., FASHP Why do we need…
Perspectives The Plagiarism Pandemic: Do We Have a Cure? 4 Oct 202228 Sep 2022 By: Jack Donahue, PharmD candidate 2023 and Holly Divine PharmD, BCACP, BCGP, CDCES, FAPhA The Scope of the Problem Plagiarism is one of the most serious academic offenses a student…
Perspectives A Sense of Community (Pharmacy) in the Classroom 29 Sep 202226 Sep 2022 By: David M. Kaylor, PharmD and Sarah Raake, PharmD, MSEd, BCACP, LDE (Un)equal representation As a student, I remember noticing a theme amongst the faculty members I encountered. All were…
Perspectives… Preparing for the APPE season: how pharmacy schools can help students make the most of their APPE draft picks 30 Aug 202230 Aug 2022 By: Lauryn Jenkins, B.S., PharmD Candidate 2023; Kunal Amin, PharmD; Mary E. Fredrickson, PharmD, BCPS Each year, professional sports teams eagerly await the Draft, a time when they enlist new…
Perspectives The Current State of Student Research: Are we Missing the Mark? 5 Jul 20221 Jul 2022 By: Victoria L. Williams, PharmD Under the Social/Administrative/Behavioral Sciences category of the Foundational Sciences in Standards 2016 is “Research Design” – a broad outcome that tasks colleges of pharmacy with…
Perspectives… Making it Stick – Implementation of retrieval and interleaving practices 28 Jun 202221 Jun 2022 By: Kimberly G. Elder, PharmD, BCPS and Alexis A. Hamelink, PharmD In the book Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning, the authors Brown, Roediger, and McDaniel set the…
Perspectives Paging Dr. Google? 7 Jun 20221 Jun 2022 By: Emmeline Tran, PharmD, BCPS and Anne Kim, PharmD, MPH, MIT “Just Google it.” Popularity of the internet search engine, Google, has resulted in its designation as a verb. Widespread use…