Supporting quality in experiential education through enhanced faculty engagement.

Autor: Frail CK; Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, 308 Harvard St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States. Electronic address: ckfrail@umn.edu., Chapman SA; Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, 308 Harvard St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States. Electronic address: chapm004@umn.edu., Jolowsky C; Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, 308 Harvard St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States. Electronic address: jolow001@umn.edu., Moon JY; Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, 308 Harvard St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States. Electronic address: jmoon@umn.edu., Philbrick AM; Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, 308 Harvard St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States. Electronic address: philb020@umn.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning [Curr Pharm Teach Learn] 2017 Nov; Vol. 9 (6), pp. 962-965. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Aug 23.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cptl.2017.07.003
Abstrakt: Introduction: There are ongoing assessment and improvement activities related to strategies to improve the quality of education in the complex and resource-intensive area of experiential education (EE). One undescribed approach for design and delivery of EE programs for schools and colleges, with reliance on volunteer preceptors, is to utilize clinical practice faculty in formal partnerships with EE leadership to enhance curriculum and assessment.
Commentary and Implications: Clinical practice faculty, who possess practice setting expertise, can serve as course directors for advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) rotations. In this role, they can collaborate with EE faculty and staff to create more course-specific expectations, learning objectives, and criteria for APPE rotation experiences. This model could increase consistency for students and preceptors, using an approach that is analogous to content experts serving as course directors in didactic curriculum. This commentary explores the potential of this strategy to increase quality and consistency in EE.
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