The Pharmacy Fika podcast is a positive and compassionate “place” (a virtual community) where pharmacy and other health professions educators gather to discuss teaching, learning, scholarship, and academic life… plus the snacks that support their best work. So grab your favorite beverage and listen to the Pharmacy Fika podcast with your colleagues.
Episodes
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Tuesday May 07, 2024
On the heels of March Madness (the NCAA College Basketball Tournament) and the Spring Rx Writing Challenge, the Fika Crew talks with Zachary Noel, PharmD, PhD, BCCP—Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy—about his recently published paper on ungrading individual readiness assessment tests (iRAT) and its impact on student performance and motivation in a team-based learning course. We then go on tangents to discuss how to become a better education researcher, the keys to enhancing the rigor of SoTL efforts, and our personal motivations to persist.
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The Pharmacy Fika podcast is a positive and compassionate “place” (a virtual community) where pharmacy and other health professions educators gather to discuss teaching, learning, scholarship, and academic life… plus the snacks that support their best work. So grab your favorite beverage and listen to the Pharmacy Fika podcast with your colleagues.
The Co-Hosts are:
- Stuart T. Haines (Executive Producer), University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy – sthaines@olemiss.edu
- Tina Brock, University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences - tina.brock@unimleb.edu.au
- Jeff Cain, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy - jeff.cain@uky.edu
- Kristin Janke, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy - janke006@umn.edu
Disclaimer (inspired by Whad’Ya Know?): All opinions expressed on the Pharmacy Fika podcast are well-reasoned and insightful. Needless to say, they are ours and our guests alone, and not those of our employing institutions.
Even though we don’t accept advertising and don’t have any sponsors, we seem to mention Trader Joe’s snacks and various water-based drinks a LOT.
Not sure what fika is all about? Watch this brief video: How a Swedish coffee break can boost your wellbeing and performance.
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Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
The Fika Crew (back in full force this month) talk about the challenges of receiving feedback. How we receive feedback is colored by our identity (and beliefs about self), the relationship with the person giving feedback, and our beliefs about what is "true." Few of us have had formal instruction on how to receive feedback well - but perhaps this should be explicitly addressed in our curricula.
We'd love to receive your feedback! Please rate our podcast and provide comments about this episode using your favorite podcasting app.
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Resources
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Not sure what fika is all about? Watch this brief video: How a Swedish coffee break can boost your wellbeing and performance.
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Got a great idea for a discussion topic? Drop us a line (pharmacyfika@gmail.com) or leave us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/PharmacyFika
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Three of the Fika Crew (missing Kristin's wisdom) talk about their challenges and successes in delivering meaningful feedback to learners. Using a consistent and shared framework for providing feedback to learners in various contexts (assignments, practice laboratory, OSLEs, and experiential education) can make feedback more apparent, more actionable, more efficient, and more effective.
We'd love to receive your feedback! Please rate our podcast and provide comments about this episode using your favorite podcasting app.
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Resources
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Not sure what fika is all about? Watch this brief video: How a Swedish coffee break can boost your wellbeing and performance.
Follow us on Twitter @PharmacyFika
Got a great idea for a discussion topic? Drop us a line (pharmacyfika@gmail.com) or leave us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/PharmacyFika
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
The Fika crew invited Caroline L. Ko, PharmD, BCCCP - Associate Clinical Professor at the University of the Pacific - and Ila M. Saunders, PharmD, BCOP - Health Sciences Clinical Associate Professor at the University of California San Diego - to talk about their work to create the PharmGradWishList and how service can be uplifted and recognized in the academy. Ultimately, faculty bear the responsibility of telling the story of how their service work makes the world and the academy a better place. But perhaps we should create better structures for measuring, reporting, and valuing service work.
Be sure to visit (and donate to): PharmGradWishList
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Resources
Astle KN, Arya V, Blackburn H, et al. Academic activism: An avenue to action. Am J Pharm Educ 2023; 87 (6): 100080.
Ko CL, Abdul-Mutakabbir JC, Astle KN et al. Brighter horizons: The necessity of concentrated sponsorship targeted toward minoritized student pharmacists. J Am Pharm Assoc 2022; 62 (3): 701-705.
Johnson SK and Hekman DR. Women and miniorities are penalized for promoting diversity. Harvard Bus Rev, March 23, 2016.
Lee KC, Park SK, Lebovitz L, et al. We must do better to ensure equity, transparency, and clarity of service workload. Am J Pharm Educ 2023; 87 (6): 100092.
Smith K, Else F, and Crookes PA. Engagement and academic promotion: a review of the literature. Higher Educ Res & Develop 2014; 33 (4): 836-847.
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Not sure what fika is all about? Watch this brief video: How a Swedish coffee break can boost your wellbeing and performance.
Follow us on Twitter @PharmacyFika
Got a great idea for a discussion topic? Drop us a line (pharmacyfika@gmail.com) or leave us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/PharmacyFika
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
In this epidose, we speak with Denise H. Rhoney - Ron and Nancy McFarlane Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy - and Zubin Austin - Professor at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto - about Competency-based Education (CBE). There is a movement afoot to transform health professions education to de-emphasize time and focus on a core set of competencies. However, defining the competencies, creating authentic assessments, and dismantling "courses" to ensure curricular alignment are major challenges to turning the promise of CBE into a reality. Is it worth it? Or is CBE just another pedagogical methodology du jour?
- Introductions and Fika Sharing from 0:00 to 2:36
- Our conversation about competency-based education starts at 2:36
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Resources
Lucey CR, Thibault GE, Ten Cate O. Competency-based, time-variable education in the health professions: Crossroads. Acad Med 2018; 93 (3S): S1-S15.
Caverzagie KJ, Nousianinen MT, Ferguson PC, et al. Overarching challenges to the implementation of competency-based education. Med Teach 2017; 39 (6): 588-593.
Daughterty KK, Chen A, Churchwell MD, et al. Competency-based pharmacy education definition. What components need to be defined to implement it? Am J Pharm Educ. Article in Press https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpe.2023.100624
Chen AMH, Kelppinger KL, Churchwell MD, et al. Examing competency-based education through the lens of implementation science: A scoping review. Am J Pharm Educ. Article in Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpe.2023.100633
Austin Z, Andriole DA, Rhoney DH. Is it time for competency-based education to move forward in pharmacy education? Am J Pharm Educ 2023; 87 (10): Articles 100550.
Rhoney DH, Chen AMH, Churchwell MD, et al. Recommendations and next steps for competency-based education. Am J Pharm Educ 2023; 87 (10): Article 100549.
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Not sure what fika is all about? Watch this brief video: How a Swedish coffee break can boost your wellbeing and performance.
Follow us on Twitter @PharmacyFika
Got a great idea for a discussion topic? Drop us a line (pharmacyfika@gmail.com) or leave us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/PharmacyFika
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
The Fika Crew talks about scholarly writing — the process, discipline and activation, joy and pleasure, technology, and success. If you've ever felt you were in a writing rut, you're not alone! Kristin, the mastermind behind the Rx Writing Challenge, guides us through a discussion about our writing habits.
- Introductions and Fika Sharing from 0:00 to 2:10
- Our conversation about scholarly writing starts at 2:11
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Resources
The Spring 2024 Rx Writing Challenge will be March 25 to April 5 2024. You can learn more about the Rx Writing Challenge and the work of the Wulling Center for innovation & Scholarship in Pharmacy Education here (click link).
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Not sure what fika is all about? Watch this brief video: How a Swedish coffee break can boost your wellbeing and performance.
Follow us on Twitter @PharmacyFika
Got a great idea for a discussion topic? Drop us a line (pharmacyfika@gmail.com) or leave us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/PharmacyFika
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
In this epidose, we speak with Lindsey J. Yates, DDS - Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine and Assistant Director, Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus - about the benefits and challenges of interprofessional education. There are lots of natural connections and topics that faculty, practitioners, and students could explore together ... but often, the incentives are misaligned.
- Introductions and Fika Sharing from 0:00 to 4:38
- Our conversation about interprofessional education starts at 4:38
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Resources
Interprofessional Education Collaborative. Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, 2023 DRAFT. Comparison Guide.
National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education.
Joint accreditation of interprofessional continuing education.
Guraya SY, Barr H. The effectiveness of interprofessional education in healthcare: A systemic review and meta-analysis. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 20218; 34 (3): 160-165.
Paradis E, Whitehead CR. Louder than words: power and conflict in interprofessional education articles, 1954-2013. Med Educ 2025; 49(4): 399-407.
Edmondson AC. Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Complete in the Knowledge Economy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2012.
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Not sure what fika is all about? Watch this brief video: How a Swedish coffee break can boost your wellbeing and performance.
Follow us on Twitter @PharmacyFika
Got a great idea for a discussion topic? Drop us a line (pharmacyfika@gmail.com) or leave us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/PharmacyFika
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
The Fika Crew is delighted to have Melissa Medina, Ed.D. - Interim Dean, Professor, and Associate Dean for Assessment and Evaluation, University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy - to talk about the Curricular Outcomes and Entrustable Professional Activities (COEPA, pronunciation: / kōp pä/) released in 2022 by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. How should they be used to guide our curricula? Are shared educational targets a good thing? What kinds of conversations are people having?
- Introductions and Fika Sharing from 0:00 to 2:57
- Our Conversation about COEPA - curricular outcomes starts at 2:58
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Resources
Medina MS, Farland MZ, Conry JM, et al. The AACP Academic Affairs Committee’s Final 2022 Curricular Outcomes and Entrustable Professional Activities (COEPA) for Pharmacy Graduates to Replace 2013 CAPE and 2016 EPAs. Am J Pharm Educ 2023; Article 100558 [in press]
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Not sure what fika is all about? Watch this brief video: How a Swedish coffee break can boost your wellbeing and performance.
Follow us on Twitter @PharmacyFika
Got a great idea for a discussion topic? Drop us a line (pharmacyfika@gmail.com) or leave us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/PharmacyFika