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Faculty and Students Lead the Way at AACP 2017

At the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy held in Nashville, Tennessee, July 15 to 19, faculty and students from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy led more than a dozen symposia and workshops and collected a number of significant awards.

“It is extremely gratifying to see our faculty and students playing such a central role in this key event, and I congratulate them all on the prominence of their contributions to the AACP meeting,” said Bob Blouin, Pharm.D., dean of the School and the Vaughn and Nancy Bryson Distinguished Professor. “This level of leadership and participation reflects the stature of our School, our faculty and our students, and I am extremely proud of them all.”

The School is a recipient of an AACP Award for Excellence in Assessment recognizing our evaluation of the PY1 capstone experience authored by Adam Persky, Ph.D.; Jessica Greene, Pharm.D.; Tom Angelo, Ed.D.; Heidi Anksorus, Pharm.D.; Kathryn Fuller, Pharm.D.; and Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D., M.S. Jacqui is also the recipient of an AACP Emerging Teaching Scholar Award, and Adam will be recognized as an AACP Distinguished Teaching Scholar. Finally, our Walmart Scholar faculty-student duos will be honored, which include Mary Roth McClurg, Pharm.D., M.H.S.; Pam Joyner, Ed.D.; and Macary Marciniak, Pharm.D.

Speakers

Saturday July 15

  • Adam M. Persky, Ph.D., spoke at the Joseph T. DiPiro Excellence in Publishing Workshop.
  • Adam M. Persky, Ph.D., spoke at the teacher’s seminar titled, “Learning is NOT a Spectator Sport: Active Learning in Pharmacy Curricula.”
  • Carla White spoke at an admissions workshop titled, “Leveraging Diversity to Build Our Declining Pipeline.”

Sunday, July 16

  • Antonio A. Bush, Ph.D., spoke at the Minority Faculty Special Interest Group, titled, “Standing Up for Diversity and Inclusion: Pharmacy Efforts in Diversity and Inclusive Excellence.”
  • Adam M. Persky, Ph.D., spoke at the pharmaceutics section titled, “Techniques for Maximizing Learning: What Research in Education Psychology Tells Us?”
  • Mollie Ashe Scott, Pharm.D., spoke at the pharmacy practice section titled, “Combining Your Academic and Practice Efforts: Transforming Your Practice Site into Your Classroom and Lab,” in Tennessee Ballroom DE, level two.
  • Adam M. Persky, Ph.D.; Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D.; Heidi Noel Anksorus, Pharm.D.; and Jessica Greene, Pharm.D., received the Award for Excellence in Assessment.
  • Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D., and David Steeb, Pharm.D., spoke at a special session titled, “A ‘Rosetta Stone’ for Pharmacy Education – A Global Language and Shared Vision for Collaboration.”

Monday, July 17

  • Adam M. Persky, Ph.D., spoke at the biological sciences section titled, “From Classroom Active Learning Innovations to Publication.”
  • Carla White spoke at the special session titled, “Reports of the 2016-2017 Standing Committees.”
  • Stefanie Ferreri, Pharm.D., spoke at the Self-care Therapeutics/nonprescription Medicine Special Interest Group titled, “Patient Care Process – Unique Tools to Implement.”
  • Thomas Angelo, Ed.D.; Wendy Cox, Pharm.D.; Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D., and Jackie Zeeman, Pharm.D., spoke at the special session titled, “Mapping Matters: Practical Lessons Learned using Curriculum Mapping for Program Assessment, Improvement and Accreditation.”
  • Carla White spoke at the Women Faculty Special Interest Group titled, “The Impact of Unconscious Bias on Our Work as Educators, Clinicians and Administrators.”
  • Scott Singleton, Ph.D., and Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D., spoke at a mini session titled, “Leveling the Playing Field: A 3-Week Pharmacy Bridging Course for Incoming Students.”

Tuesday, July 18

  • Macary Marciniak, Pharm.D., Nicole Pinelli Reitter, Pharm.D., and Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D., spoke at an experiential education section titled, “Quality Assurance and Improvement in Experiential Education Programs: Results of a National Study and Setting Standards for Assessment of Student Learning and Skill Development in Experiential Education.”
  • James John Beaudoin, M.S., Tojan Rahhal, Ph.D., and Nicholas Klus spoke at the graduate education special interest group titled, “Cross-Culture Awareness and Diversity Recruitment.”
  • Mary Roth McClurg, Pharm.D., M.H.S., and Nicole Pinelli Reitter, Pharm.D., spoke at the COD/COF Task Force Pharmacists/ Patient Care Process titled, “Accelerating Change in Pharmacy Education and Practice Workshop.”
  • Adam M. Persky, Ph.D., spoke at the biological sciences section titled, “Lessons from the Ground on Active Learning.”
  • Adam M. Persky, Ph.D., Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D., and Antonio Bush, Ph.D., spoke at the special session titled, “Building Better Pedagogic Research: Laying the Foundation for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.”

Wednesday, July 19

  • Adam M. Persky, Ph.D., Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D., and Antonio Bush, Ph.D., spoke at the special session titled, “Building Better Pedagogic Research: Laying the Foundation for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.”

Poster Presentations

Saturday July 15

  • Mary Roth McClurg, Pharm.D., M.H.S., and Jimmy Xu presented the School poster titled, “Cultivating an Innovative Mindset.”

Sunday July 16

  • Adam M. Persky, Ph.D., presented, “Field of Dreams: Faculty Teaching Development in Five Minutes.”
  • Adam M. Persky, Ph.D.; Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D.; Heidi Noel Anksorus, Pharm.D.; Jessica Greene, Pharm.D.; and Thomas Angelo, Ed.D. presented, “Developing an Innovative, Comprehensive First-1 Year Capstone to Assess and Improve Student Learning and Curriculum Effectiveness.”
  • Nate Hathaway, Ph.D., presented, “Development of Novel Inhibitors of Mammalian Heterochromatin Gene Repression.”
  • Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D., and Nicole Pinelli Reitter, Pharm.D., presented, “Establishing a Mutually Beneficial Student Medication Reconciliation Service IPPE at a Community Hospital.”
  • Heidi Noel Anksorus, Pharm.D., presented, “Using Social Media, Focused Learning Activities, and reflections to Impact the Development of Empathy Skills.”
  • Peter Koval, Pharm.D., presented, “Pharmacy Student Intervention Documentation During Second-Year Clinical Early Immersion Experiential Rotations.”
  • Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D., and Nicole Pinelli Reitter, Pharm.D., presented, “Establishing a Mutually Beneficial Student Medication Reconciliation Service IPPE at a Community Hospital.”
  • Heidi Noel Anksorus, Pharm.D., presented, “Using Social Media, Focused Learning Activities, and Reflections to Impact the Development of Empathy Skills.”
  • Peter Koval, Pharm.D., presented, “Pharmacy Student Intervention Documentation During Second-Year Clinical Early Immersion Experiential Rotations.”
  • Koo Yeon Yoo and Robert Shrewsbury, Ph.D., presented, “Effect of Course Structure on the Accuracy of Nonsterile Compounded Preparations.”
  • Rebecca Lee and Robert Shrewsbury, Ph.D. presented, “Longitudinal Potency Determinations as an Additional Assessment Tool of Aseptic Compounding Technique.”

Monday July 17

  • Miranda Law, Pharm.D., Stephen Eckel, Pharm.D., M.H.A., and David Steeb, Pharm.D., presented, “Knowledge, Attitudes of Student Pharmacists Towards Public Health within Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.”
  • Thomas Angelo Ed.D., Jackie Zeeman, Pharm.D., and Isabella Kang presented, “Does Time Management Matter? Assessing Student Time Use in a Doctor of Pharmacy Program.”
  • Antonio Bush, Ph.D., Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D. and Katie Buhlinger presented, “A Process for Reaching Consensus on Shared Values for Student Organizations.”
  • Robert Shrewsbury, Ph.D. presented, “Assessing Course Structure Effectiveness with Teaching Evaluation Scores in a Required Compounding Course.”
  • Amber Frick, Pharm.D. Ph.D.; Robert Dupuis, Pharm.D.; Tim Wiltshire, Ph.D.; Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D.; Cristina Benton, Pharm.D., Ph.D.; and Howard, Suzuki presented, “Training Future Pharmacists on Pharmacogenomics Using a Novel Assay.”
  • Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D., Kayley Lyons, Danielle Taylor, and Lana Minshew presented, “Student and School-level Predictors of Pharmacy Residency Attainment.”
  • Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D.; Antonio Bush, Ph.D.; Roy Hawke, Pharm.D., Ph.D.; Aaron Todd; and Kate Zhang presented, “Graduate Student Activity Report: Metrics for Academic Productivity.”

Awards

  • Adam M. Persky, Ph.D.; Jessica Greene, Pharm.D.; Thomas Angelo, Ed.D.; Heidi Noel Anksorus, Pharm.D.; Kathryn Fuller, Pharm.D.; and Jacqui Mclaughlin, Ph.D., won “Excellence for Assessment: Developing an Innovative, Comprehensive First-1 Year Capstone to Assess and Improve Student Learning and Curriculum Effectiveness.”
  • Adam M. Persky, Ph.D. won Distinguished Teaching Scholar
  • Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D., won Emerging Teaching Scholar
  • Carrie Martin Blanchard, Pharm.D., and Mary Roth McClurg, Pharm.D., M.H.S.; Evan Colmenares, Pharm.D., and Pamela Joyner, Ed.D., Pharm.D; and Laura Rhodes, Pharm.D., and Macary Marciniak, Pharm.D. were Walmart Scholars.
  • David Steeb, Pharm.D. was elected chair the Global Pharmacy Education Special Interest Group.
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