Perspectives What’s on the pharmacy education playlist? 3 Aug 202129 Jul 2021 By: Lana Dvorkin Camiel, PharmD and Francis Melaragni, DHS, MBA Traditionally, the learning resources in pharmacy courses are based on textbook readings, lectures and practice exercises. Educators know from experience…
Perspectives Wikipedia for virtual teaching and learning in pharmacy education 8 Jun 20213 Jun 2021 By: Arcelio Benetoli, PhD, MSc, BPharm and Cherie Lucas, PhD, BPharm, GradCertEdStud (Higher Ed) COVID19 has turned education worldwide upside down. It has changed the teaching practices for pharmacy education.…
Perspectives Hands Off? Considerations for Virtual Compounding Education 6 May 20214 May 2021 By: Melvin Vazquez, PharmD Candidate and Mary E. Fredrickson, PharmD, BCPS Compounding is a unique and valuable skill of pharmacists, and colleges of pharmacy have been in search of ways to optimize compounding education. In 2009, the American Association of…
Perspectives Choose Your Own Adventure! – Engaging Learners in Digital, Interactive Patient Stories 11 Mar 20217 Mar 2021 By: Morgan P. Stewart, Pharm D, BCACP Have you recently given a virtual lecture to an audience of blank screens or had learners admit to “Zoom fatigue”? Amidst the COVID-19…
Perspectives Exams at Home: COVID-19 Required, Student Approved 24 Nov 202021 Nov 2020 By: Shelby Humpert, PharmD Candidate 2021; Ashley Castleberry, PharmD, MEd; Renee’ Acosta, RPh, MS The 2020 Spring semester will not be forgotten anytime soon. Most universities cancelled in-person classes in…
Perspectives Can an APPE be delivered as a virtual experience? 29 Oct 202027 Oct 2020 By: Wesley Nuffer, PharmD; Eric Gilliam, PharmD; Megan Thompson, PharmD; Jennifer Trujillo, PharmD Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the world except for essential personnel. Student pharmacists were…
Perspectives Technology: Deus Ex Machina 15 Sep 202013 May 2021 By: Jonathan Thigpen, PharmD; Emmeline Tran, PharmD, BCPS; Damianne Brand, PharmD; Vibhuti Agrahari, Ph.D., M. Pharm. “Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backward.” ―…
Perspectives Virtual OSCEs – Challenges and Considerations for Pharmacy Education? 18 Jun 202016 Jun 2020 By: Cherie Lucas, PhD, BPharm, GradCertEdStud (Higher Ed) and Gail Forrest, RN MResEd. Cert IV Training and Assessment With the current worldwide pandemic circumstances, many educators have transitioned to work…
Perspectives Do We Need a More “Elementary” Approach to Pharmacy Education? 19 Dec 201714 Feb 2019 By Chris Johnson, PharmD, MEd Knowledge is growing at an unprecedented rate.1 Educators in the elementary through high school levels have been grappling with this problem for years: what is…
