Perspectives Cultivating Lifelong Professional Advocacy in Student Pharmacists 26 Mar 202025 Mar 2020 By: James Ferrell, Student Pharmacist; Jaclyn Boyle, PharmD One may argue there has never been a more compelling time to advocate for our profession. A recent New York Times article…
Perspectives Implementing Co-Curricular Community Service Experiences: More than Just Checking a Box 17 Mar 202017 Mar 2020 By: Lindsey Lee, Student Pharmacist; David Matthews, PharmD, BCACP As a student pharmacist volunteering at the local free clinic, I (Lindsey) was asked to see patients who needed refills on their…
Perspectives How Faculty Should Help Students Build and Use Their Online Presence 28 Jan 202013 Feb 2020 By: Jackie Boyle, PharmD, MS, MBA, BCPS, BCACP; Jesseca Keller, PharmD How integrated is social media with our professional lives? The authors’ phone data revealed that we spend a substantial amount…
Perspectives Unveiling the hidden patient journeys 8 Oct 201919 Nov 2019 By: Jane Xia BSc.Pharm, PharmD, MBA and Simon Albon BSc, MSc, PhD Last year I (Jane) faced a serious life-threatening illness. As my first real exposure to the healthcare system…
Perspectives Storytelling: Connecting the mind and heart 1 Oct 201919 Nov 2019 By: Kaitlin Musick, Student Pharmacist One in 5 black patients with a major chronic condition reported experiencing discrimination in health care in 2014.1 Americans are frequently bombarded with statistics and figures…
Perspectives Lesson from Blood Clots: Training Pharmacists to Build Patient Trust by Healing the Spirit and Individualizing Care Practices 17 Sep 201919 Nov 2019 By: Riley O’Donnell, Student Pharmacist “No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care” -Theodore Roosevelt As the ultrasound technician started the scan, she asked the…
Perspectives Pausing to Reflect and Debrief: Emotional Processing in the Face of Death 28 May 201910 Jun 2019 By Jennifer Ku, PharmD, BCPS As pharmacists, we are called upon to ensure the delivery of high quality, compassionate, patient-centered care. To do so, empathy is paramount. However, many pharmacy…
Teacher Reflections How to be a “Good” Pharmacy Student by Utilizing Deliberate Practice 26 Jun 201814 Feb 2019 By Riley D. Bowers, PharmD, BCPS Why am I writing this? What credibility do I have on this topic? I am not special. I am not an expert in the…
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 Teaching Students the Importance of Professional Relationship Development 3 Oct 201714 Feb 2019 By Craig Martin, PharmD, MBA Most of us have been there. Someone mentions the word “networking” and it immediately conjures images of that smarmy, business card-collecting name-dropper from somewhere in…
