Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Pharmacy Education Institute
CPE Activity Announcement
April 3-5, 2024
Virtual
Target Audience
AACP encourages any faculty member, administrator, or staff person to attend. This Institute would be particularly impactful for faculty and staff involved in curriculum and assessment committees, assistant/associate deans of academic affairs, and CEO Deans.
Agenda
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Wednesday, April 3
10:15 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Introduction to digital health, artificial intelligence (AI), and the importance to pharmacy education
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Review key points related to digital health technologies (DHT).
- Describe the role of digital health technologies in changing pharmacy practice.
- Define the three epochs of artificial intelligence (AI).
- Describe how artificial intelligence learns and solves problems.
- Describe the current landscape of Generative Pre-Trained Transformers (GPT) and large language models (LLM).
- Discuss prompt engineering and AI optimization.
- Apply all of these basic concepts of AI literacy discussed in the session with hands-on practice activities.
(Moderator) Sarah Shrader, Pharm.D., FCCP, Senior Director of Academic Programs and Professional Development, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; (Speakers) Timothy Aungst, Pharm.D., “The Digital Apothecary,” and Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; Brian Fung, Pharm.D., MPH, Verily; Stacey Olstad, Pharm.D., Instructor and Co-Curricular Coordinator, Oregon State University
Application-based (0581-0000-24-025-L99-P, 1.50 Contact Hours)
12:00 p.m.–12:45 p.m.
How is AI used in pharmacy practice?
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe the current use of AI in health systems and community practice.
- Discuss the evolution of AI applied in health care delivery (early use to current day to predictions for the future).
- List specific examples of how AI is being integrated in patient care.
(Moderator) Parisa Vatanka, Pharm.D., CTTS, Co-Founder & CEO, Digital.Health; (Speakers) Thomas Brazeal, Pharm.D., APh, BCACP, Associate Director Technology & Process, Desert Oasis Healthcare; Adrijana Kekic, PharmD, Pharmacogenomics Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Mayo Clinic; Harry Saag, M.D., MHCM, National Director, Virtual Care, Walgreens Health
Knowledge-based (0581-0000-24-026-L99-P, 0.75 Contact Hour)
1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
What competencies do pharmacy graduates need to practice in an AI world (Part 1)?
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Explain why the competency framework should be used in the development of AI competencies.
- Describe the proposed AI competencies for health profession students.
- Summarize specific AI competency considerations for pharmacy graduates and the current workforce.
(Moderator) Anne Lin, Pharm.D., FNAP, Dean & Professor, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, St. John’s University; (Speakers) Regina G. Russell, Ph.D., M.A., Med, Associate Professor of Nursing, Director for Assessment & Evaluation, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing; Whitley Yi, Pharm.D., Co-Founder, AI Collective, Senior Manager, Member Services Delivery, Well
Knowledge-based (0581-0000-24-027-L99-P, 1.00 Contact Hour)
4:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Where will all this fit in the curriculum?
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Analyze current curricular frameworks for AI integration.
- Compare learning experiences in current settings and AI-enhanced approaches
- Identify the impact of AI on approaches to teaching through proposed examples of anticipated changes
(Moderator) Sarah Shrader, Pharm.D., FCCP, Senior Director of Academic Programs and Professional Development, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; (Speakers) Ravi Patel, Pharm.D., MBA, M.S. Lead Innovation Advisor, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy; Timothy Aungst, Pharm.D., “The Digital Apothecary,” and Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Application-based (0581-0000-24-028-L99-P, 0.50 Contact Hour)
April 4, 2024
10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
How is AI used by pharmacy students?
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe how pharmacy students creatively integrate artificial intelligence into their education, transform their learning experience, and optimize workflow efficiency.
- Identify the students’ perspective on specific domains within the pharmacy field where the implementation of AI could prove advantageous or pose potential drawbacks, shaping the profession's trajectory.
(Moderator) Mary Gurney, R.Ph., Ph.D., Midwestern University College of Pharmacy; (Speakers) Thien Nguyen, PharmD Candidate, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; Yusef Yassin Morales, PharmD Candidate, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; Krishna Panchal, PharmD Candidate, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Knowledge-based (0581-0000-24-029-L99-P, 1.00 Contact Hour)
11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
How is AI used by faculty and staff?
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe practical examples of how AI can be incorporated into the teaching, scholarship, service, and administrative roles of pharmacy faculty.
- Identify AI tools that can be easily adopted by pharmacy faculty to use in their job roles.
(Moderator) Jeff Cain, Ed.D., M.S., Associate Professor, Vice-Chair for Education, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science and Director, Office of Teaching Innovation & Scholarship, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy; (Speakers) Conan MacDougall, Pharm.D., MAS, BCPS, BCIDP, Co-Vice Dean for PharmD Education & Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco School of Pharmacy; Kaitlin M Alexander, Pharm.D., Clinical Associate Professor, Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research, University of Florida
Knowledge-based (0581-0000-24-030-L99-P, 1.25 Contact Hours)
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
What ethical considerations exist for AI use in education?
- Describe major ethical principles involved in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within academic settings, including honesty, integrity, and related values
- Apply a framework of ethical analysis to selected AI-related ethical dilemmas in ways that foster meaningful discussion and facilitate ethical action
- Compare examples of current policies and best practices related to the integration of AI in higher education
Christopher T. Owens, Pharm.D., MPH, Associate Vice President for Health Sciences, Kasiska Division of Health Sciences, Idaho State University
Application-based (0581-0000-24-031-L99-P, 0.75 Contact Hour)
Best practices to revise your existing assessments and assignments due to increasing AI use?
- Discuss the impact of AI on assessment of learning in pharmacy education.
- Identify various issues, considerations, and tools for using AI in the assessment of student learning.
- Identify different assessment tools and activities that utilize AI.
Mike Fulford, Ph.D, Assistant Dean for IESI, University of Georgia; Jill Augustine, Ph.D., Pharm.D., MPH, FAPhA, Director of Assessment and Associate Professor, Mercer University; Russ Palmer, Ph.D., Director of Instructional Innovation and Research, University of Georgia
Knowledge-based (0581-0000-24-032-L99-P, 0.75 Contact Hour)
AACP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Pharmacists may earn up to 7.50 contact hours following the completion of the Institute and required CPE components.
Information on how to obtain continuing education credit
To obtain CPE credit, pharmacists must attend the live accredited continuing education activities delivered via Zoom, register, complete and submit the CE session assessments and evaluations by accessing the online AACP Continuing Education Administration program, Learning Express CE (LECE).
With the access code provided at the conclusion of each accredited education, attendees must complete the activity assessment with a passing score of 75%, and the CE session evaluation for each session they are requesting continuing education credit. Attendees will have 45 days following the institute to complete the assessments and evaluations. Access to session activity assessments and evaluations in LECE will be denied after Monday, May 20, 2024, 11:59 pm ET.
CPE credit information will be electronically transmitted to CPE Monitor. Pharmacists should log in to their NABP e-profile to access information about their completed CPE and to print a valid statement of credit if needed.
Note: It is imperative that pharmacist attendees’ NABP e-Profile ID and birthdate (in MM/DD format) are correctly entered into their LECE profile and correspond with their NABP record. Failure to ensure this information is identical in both programs will jeopardize their earning CPE credits.
If you have questions regarding CE before or after Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute, please contact: cpd@aacp.org.
Hardware/Software Requirements
The Institute will be conducted through Zoom. Access to Zoom is necessary to participate in the Institute. Participants will need a working internet connection, any modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge, speakers/headphones for audio capability, and Adobe Reader to open select pdf files. For detailed information, please visit Zoom system requirements for Windows, macOS, Linux.
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Fees
The registration fee for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute is $249 per person for institutional members and $449 per person for non-members. There is no additional fee for continuing education credit.
Sponsors
No financial support was identified for any component of the accredited continuing education activities.