Purdue Pharmacy Practice

Education
West Lafayette, IN

PREREQUISITES: DP-D STATUS

DESCRIPTION: A full-time rotation that is designed to enhance the student’s awareness of an academic career, as well as, to develop personal teaching skills, and experience the responsibilities associated with a career in pharmacy education.

JUSTIFICATION: There is a continuing need in academia for pharmacy-trained individuals to replace faculty lost by attrition and/or changes in professional interest. Currently, pharmacy education does not emphasize the training of future academicians and, as a result, many students neglect to consider teaching careers. Interest in such careers could be enhanced if students gain first-hand experience in teaching and service academic endeavors, and are taught how to effectively plan, develop, and deliver information to students in a variety of classroom/laboratory settings.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon satisfactory completion of this clerkship, the student will be able to:

1. Apply the knowledge acquired in the didactic portion of the curriculum in an academic environment.

2. Describe the role of the educator in a laboratory, lecture, classroom, or recitation activity.

3. Actively participate in many aspects of the educational process.

4. Identify responsibilities of the academic outside the classroom setting.

5. List and describe committees and activities in which a pharmacy faculty member may participate.

6. Describe innovative ways of information dissemination used in the classroom.

7. Describe the teaching strategies that can be used in classroom/laboratory settings.

8. Describe the duties of faculty personnel, and staffing requirements needed for a classroom or laboratory session.

9. Describe and/or determine various ways of testing or evaluating students in classroom or laboratory setting.

10. Discuss computer application specific to the academic setting (laboratory and classroom use).

11. List reference sources used by faculty for the respective courses in which the student is involved and describe how they differ from those used by the students in the class.

12. Discuss the impact and requirements of agencies such as the AACP and the ACPE upon the school and its curriculum.

13. Describe the procedure for procurement of supplies for laboratory and classroom use.

14. Discuss the overall impact of outcome objectives for graduates and their relationship with course objectives.

15. Discuss the roles of the instructor, the faculty, and the Professional Curricula and Improvement of Instruction (i.e., Curriculum) Committee upon the curriculum.

16. Describe the process whereby new courses (elective and required) are added to or deleted from the curriculum.

17. Describe the tools and items used in evaluating a faculty member's teaching effectiveness.

18. Identify characteristics that are associated with effective teachers.

19. Discuss how faculty keep abreast of major changes in their area of expertise and in their profession.

20. Describe the kind of feedback an instructor receives from his/her class or audience during a presentation.

21. Describe the process to develop a manuscript for publication.

22. Describe the processes involved in executing a peer-review of a submitted manuscript for publication.

INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD:

1. Contact with students in class and laboratories of assigned courses.

2. Contact with preceptor/mentor faculty in and out of class

3. Assigned readings and written assignments

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Attend assigned course lectures and submit a peer assessment for each.

2. Plan, prepare and lead one laboratory session, if appropriate.

3. Generate examination (or quiz) questions and evaluative materials from laboratory or lecture presentations, and determine their value as they relate to the student's knowledge base.

4. Participate in designated laboratories/recitations offered in assigned courses.

5. Attend all meetings and committees or the faculty mentor that are not restricted.

6. Become involved in the day-to-day requirements and maintenance of the courses offered by the faculty mentor.

7. Describe the process of grading, handling of student scores, legality of score posting, methodologies of grading, testing resources available.

8. Compare and contrast the value of the various forms of examination questions used in examinations.

9. Describe and enumerate the responsibilities of the academician as they relate student advising, and the implications of student confidentiality.

10. (Optional) Develop a lecture outline; prepare and present one lecture.

11. (Optional) Present a public seminar to an invited audience in a forum judged appropriate by the faculty mentor.

TEXTBOOKS: Required readings, articles and other reading material will be provided by the instructor.