Exploring community pharmacy work experience impact on errors and omissions performance and MyDispense perceptions.

Background: Student pharmacists must learn to identify errors and omissions (E&O). MyDispense can provide students, especially those without previous pharmacy experience, the opportunity to practice this skill. One institution explored the relationship between previous community pharmacy experience and performance on E&O activities in a skills lab.

Impact of removing group SOAP note writing from a problem-based learning course series on documentation performance during experiential rotations.

Background And Purpose: Documentation is a key component of pharmacy education, and SOAP (subjective, objective, assessment, plan) notes are a common framework. Learners must receive feedback, but the amount needed to achieve desired outcomes on experiential rotations is unknown. This study assessed the impact of discontinuing group-written SOAP notes in a four-course problem-based learning (PBL) series on note scores in experiential rotations.

A therapeutic lifestyle changes elective and its impact on student knowledge, empathy, and perceptions.

Background And Purpose: Engaging in therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC) such as healthy eating and physical activity can help prevent or manage various conditions. This study's purpose is to describe a TLC elective course and examine its impact on student knowledge, empathy, and perceptions of confidence with lifestyle modifications counseling.

Educational Activity And Setting: An elective was developed to increase student pharmacists' knowledge and confidence in educating patients about lifestyle modifications.

Utilizing Flip® as a platform to facilitate a group project in a socially distanced environment.

Background And Purpose: This study evaluated the perceived impact of using Flip (Microsoft Corp.) to facilitate a group project in a socially distanced environment.

Educational Activity And Setting: Student groups were assigned a self-care scenario, and students independently traveled to local pharmacies to identify a pertinent nonprescription product.

Impact of two methods for assigning groups in a team-based learning self-care course.

Introduction: Studies have examined the impact of team formation strategies to performance on team assessments and perceptions of team dynamics. This study assessed the impact of intentional vs. randomized team formation strategies on a semester-long self-care pharmacotherapy course taught using team-based learning.

A simulated patient experience in the self-care aisle utilizing Flipgrid as a platform for sharing nonprescription product information.

Background And Purpose: Students visiting local pharmacies can enhance their learning about nonprescription products while improving their understanding of the patient self-care experience. This study was designed to examine student perceptions of an activity utilizing Flipgrid to share a simulated patient experience in the nonprescription aisle.

Educational Activity And Setting: Student groups traveled to local pharmacies to review available products pertaining to a self-care scenario.

A comparison of medication counseling evaluation tools utilized in colleges of pharmacy to three recognized guidance documents.

Introduction: A universal tool to assess proficiency in patient counseling has not been developed. The objectives of this project were to assess current practices in evaluating patient counseling at colleges of pharmacy and compare the results with three nationally recognized reference standards: the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists National Patient Counseling Competition Evaluation Form, and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Guidelines on Pharmacist Conducted Patient Education and Counseling.

Methods: A cover letter and questionnaire were sent to all members of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Laboratory Instructors Special Interest Group with an invitation to submit an evaluation tool.

Flipped classroom versus a didactic method with active learning in a modified team-based learning self-care pharmacotherapy course.

Background And Purpose: To examine the educational outcomes comparing flipped classroom method versus a didactic method with active learning in two semesters of a modified team-based learning (TBL) self-care pharmacotherapy course and explore student-identified preferences for teaching modality.

Educational Activity And Setting: Grade performance on readiness assurance processes, both individual (iRAP) and team (tRAP), and exam questions were compared in two semester-long course offerings. Additionally, students were surveyed pre- and post-course.

Suggested pharmacy practice laboratory activities to align with pre-APPE domains in the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum.

Our Situation: The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education outlines ability statements that pharmacy students should be able to demonstrate prior to beginning their Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs). Practice laboratory courses offer extensive opportunities for students to participate in activities and assessments that enable them to meet the objectives outlined in the Pre-APPE Core Domains in Standards 2016. This review identifies selected published literature, activities, and assessment methods that can be adapted and implemented in practice laboratory courses to help achieve the abilities outlined within the Pre-APPE Core Domains.

The use of a disease state simulation assignment increased students' empathy and comfort with diabetes nutrition counseling.

Background And Purpose: To determine if a disease state simulation assignment increases empathy, comfort, and knowledge in diabetes nutrition counseling.

Educational Activity And Setting: One-hundred forty students completing ambulatory care experiential rotations over two academic years were invited to participate in the study. Students in the intervention group completed an empathy assignment, which involved developing and following a diet plan appropriate for a patient with diabetes followed by a reflection of their experiences.

Reflections on a year-long student and pharmacist paired mentorship program.

Background And Purpose: Mentorship programs can play a significant role in the professional development of a variety of individuals, including student pharmacists and practitioners. Many mentorship programs have been described in the literature, but the literature pertaining to mentorship programs for student pharmacists specifically is varied.

Educational Activity And Setting: A leadership society at one school of pharmacy established a formal mentorship program to aid the professional development of student pharmacists.

Effectiveness of Electronic Cigarettes as a Tool for Smoking Cessation or Reduction.

To examine the evidence concerning effectiveness of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in smoking cessation or reduction and reduction in desire to smoke and withdrawal symptoms. A PubMed literature search through May 2014 was performed using search terms or or ; and or limited to clinical trials in humans. Cochrane Library and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts were searched using the term .