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…
Perspectives How Can We Better Assess Leadership? 18 Jul 201714 Feb 2019 by Bob Bechtol, M.S. Oftentimes, we think of leaders as heroes with noble causes; however, many remain in day-to-day activities as common people striving to improve organizations and activities. The…
Preliminary research The Hard Sell for the “Soft Skill”of Storytelling 10 Jul 201714 Feb 2019 By Lara C. Kerwin, PharmD The Problem (…and the Solution) Because of the push for self-awareness, leadership, interprofessional teamwork, and communication training in pharmacy education1 (not to mention the changing…
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