2017 Fall Institute
Strengthening Educational Scholarship
CPD Activity Announcement
Hyatt Regency Dulles
Herndon, Virginia
November 13–15, 2017
Program Description:
The Fall Institute calls together participants interested in addressing educational challenges through Educational Scholarship and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL). The focus is on strengthening research initiatives and the systems that support these initiatives. Participants will be guided through the foundations of education research and engaged in activities which highlight strategies for generating useful evidence, implementing relevant changes, and incentivizing faculty engagement in Educational Scholarship and SOTL. Attending teams will share ideas, and identify skills, support systems and cultural elements necessary to create an action plan to foster innovative and effective educational practices for enhanced student learning and curriculum and pedagogical practices in pharmacy education.
Target Audience:
Faculty in healthcare and disciplines interested in developing, enhancing and sharing their educational research ideas, skills and methods. Existing or newly forming research teams are welcome.
Agenda:
Please click here to view the Institute's full schedule.
Monday, November 13, 2017
Welcome to the Commons: Introduction to Educational Scholarship
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
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Explain the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) commons concept, as described by higher education leaders.
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Describe the current educational scholarship landscape, given recent developments in education scholarship, trends in higher education, career growth and the history of SoTL.
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Detail individual and team motivations for participating in the Institute and team goals.
Presenters: Simon Albon, Ph.D., Professor, Teaching & Director, Office Educational Support and Development, The University of British Columbia; Kristin Kari Janke, Ph.D., Director of the Wulling Center for Innovation and Scholarship in Pharmacy Education, University of Minnesota
(UAN: 0581-0000-17-137-L04-P, 1.50 Contact Hours, Application-based)
Establishing Priorities and Framing Questions
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
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Define commonly used terms, including teaching excellence, scholarly teaching, and scholarship of teaching and learning.
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Describe and illustrate a process to aid in planning and executing scholarship in education.
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Identify team member experiences in educational scholarship.
Presenters: Simon Albon, Ph.D., Professor, Teaching & Director, Office Educational Support and Development, The University of British Columbia; Paul O. Gubbins, Pharm.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration and Associate Dean, School of Pharmacy (Missouri State University site), University of Missouri—Kansas City; Kristin Kari Janke, Ph.D., Director of the Wulling Center for Innovation and Scholarship in Pharmacy Education, University of Minnesota
(UAN: 0581-0000-17-138-L04-P, 1.50 Contact Hours, Application-based)
Designing Strong Scholarly Initiatives
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
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Define key research paradigms and understand how they align to inform research design.
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Describe basic research designs.
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Identify strategies for data collection and criteria for assessing data quality.
Presenter: Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Educational Innovation and Research, Director, Office of Strategic Planning and Assessment, Director of Education Research, Center for Innovative Pharmacy Education and Research and Adjunct Professor, School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(UAN: 0581-0000-17-139-L04-P, 2.00 Contact Hours, Application-based)
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Robust Data and Analysis
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
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Describe basic quantitative analysis methods.
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Describe basic qualitative analysis methods.
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Identify the strengths and limitations of each approach (quantitative and qualitative).
Presenter: Jacqui McLaughlin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Educational Innovation and Research, Director, Office of Strategic Planning and Assessment, Director of Education Research, Center for Innovative Pharmacy Education and Research and Adjunct Professor, School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(UAN: 0581-0000-17-140-L04-P, 1.50 Contact Hours, Application-based)
Avenues for Strategic Dissemination
Learning Objectives
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to:
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Describe common venues and levels of dissemination of educational scholarship.
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Match article types to scholarly projects at various phases of development or experience.
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Identify variables indicative of scholarly impact and scholarly influence.
Presenters: Paul O. Gubbins, Pharm.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration and Associate Dean, School of Pharmacy (Missouri State University site), University of Missouri—Kansas City; Kristin Kari Janke, Ph.D., Director of the Wulling Center for Innovation and Scholarship in Pharmacy Education, University of Minnesota
(UAN: 0581-0000-17-141-L04-P, 1.75 Contact Hours, Application-based)
“What is Success? Scholarship as a Change Effort”
Learning Objectives
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to:
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Describe the interface between educational scholarship and organizational change.
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Explain the value of organizational change management techniques in advancing curricula.
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Apply a model for organizational change to a recent scholarly initiative.
Presenters: Simon Albon, Ph.D., Professor, Teaching & Director, Office Educational Support and Development, The University of British Columbia; Kristin Kari Janke, Ph.D., Director of the Wulling Center for Innovation and Scholarship in Pharmacy Education, University of Minnesota
(UAN: 0581-0000-17-142-L04-P, 1.75 Contact Hours, Application-based)
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Building your Organizations Capacity for Educational Research
Learning Objectives
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to:
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Describe a model for examining and enhancing institutional support of educational scholarship.
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Explain successful methods for building capacity for educational scholarship within pharmacy.
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Describe considerations in evolving policies and practices to support educational scholarship.
Presenters: Simon Albon, Ph.D., Professor, Teaching & Director, Office Educational Support and Development, The University of British Columbia; Paul O. Gubbins, Pharm.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration and Associate Dean, School of Pharmacy (Missouri State University site), University of Missouri—Kansas City
(UAN: 0581-0000-17-143-L04-P, 1.25 Contact Hours, Application-based)
Disclosure Statement:
No conflicts of interest have been identified for any component of this continuing education activity. Program planners have reported no actual or potential conflicts of interest.
Continuing Education Credit:
AACP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Pharmacists may earn up to 11.25 contact hours or 1.125 CEUs following the successful completion of the CE activity requirements.
Continuing Education Credit Requirements:
Attendees must register, complete and submit CE session evaluations by accessing the online AACP Continuing Education Administration software program, Learning Express CE (LECE). Login or create your account with your AACP e-mail and password if you don’t already have an account with LECE. (Please verify that your NABP e-Profile ID and birthdate are correctly entered in your LECE profile and correspond with your NABP record. Failure to ensure this information is identical in both programs will jeopardize your earning CE credits.) Click on the 2017 AACP Institute link under the “CPD Activity” column and select each session you attended from the list of sessions offering CE credit. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on the “Register” button. Enter or confirm your profile information and confirm your session selections. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the “Register” button to continue. With the Access Code provided at the Institute, complete the evaluation for each session you are requesting continuing education credits. Completion of the evaluation is required to earn continuing education credits. Attendees will have four weeks following the Institute to complete the evaluations. Access to session activity evaluations in LECE will be denied after December 15, at 11:59 p.m. ET. You may print “proof of participation” from the system for your records. Pharmacists should login to their NABP e-profile to access information about their completed CPE and to print a valid statement of credit if needed.
Fees:
Registration for the 2017 Fall Institute will cost $1,195 per person for AACP institutional members and $1,395 per person for non-institutional members. There is no additional fee for continuing education credit.
Sponsored by:
No financial support was identified for any component of this educational activity.