Curricular changes in times of crisis: Lessons learned.

Background And Purpose: During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, experiential education became challenging as sites began to cancel scheduled rotations, and the University of Florida College of Pharmacy had to cancel the first advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) block. This was allowable given the excess number of experiential hours built into the curriculum.

Educational Activity And Setting: To meet total program credit hour requirements, a six-credit virtual course was created to mimic an experiential rotation.

Implementing interactive hiring activity in pharmacy management education.

Background And Purpose: A major element of management is the process of hiring employees. The purpose of this brief is to describe the implementation of a human resources learning activity asking students to choose an employee to hire, describe student responses, and explore student perspectives of the activity.

Educational Activity And Setting: An interactive hiring activity was presented to third-year students (n = 386) at two different institutions, with varied classroom settings.

The Pharmacist as an LGBTQ Ally.

An ally is defined as one who is associated with another as a helper that provides support and assistance in an ongoing struggle or effort. Pharmacists should be allies to their patients by ensuring optimal health outcomes and by helping their patients achieve therapeutic objectives and goals. However, most colleges of pharmacy are currently not well equipped to train future pharmacists to counsel lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning/queer (LGBTQ) patients.