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Register now for the summer Preceptor Live CE webinars, open to all
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If you haven't completed these courses yet, save your spot now in the upcoming Preceptor Development Live CE webinars, open to all pharmacists at no charge:
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"Delivering Effective Feedback"
on Wednesday, June 27th, at 12PM Eastern/11AM Central/10AM Mountain/9AM Pacific
REGISTER NOW: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/932531096
CE CREDIT: 1 hour Preceptor Live CE credit (Please note this is an encore presentation of a course with an initial release date in November 2010. You can only receive CE credit for this program once.)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: It is important for students and residents to develop essential patient care skills and knowledge during their clinical training. Preceptors must provide constructive evaluation and feedback to help learners increase knowledge and improve communication, patient counseling, and other skills. Providing feedback may be challenging due to a busy schedule and practice environment, different personal communication needs and styles, a conflict with a problem learner, or many other reasons. There are strategies that preceptors can use to provide effective and useful feedback.
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"Preventing and Managing Difficult Learning Situations"
on Tuesday, July 31st, at 12PM Eastern/11AM Central/10AM Mountain/9AM Pacific
REGISTER NOW: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/252260576
CE CREDIT: 1 hour Preceptor Live CE credit (Please note this is an encore presentation of a course with an initial release date in January 2011. You can only receive CE credit for this program once.)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Difficult learning situations in clinical teaching may arise from academic dishonesty, attitude issues, communication mishaps with patients, conflict over grades or final evaluation, and many other causes. Although these types of situations occur infrequently, it is important for preceptors to be prepared in the event they do occur. Preceptors can benefit from a clearly outlined strategy for detecting problems, managing issues early, and preventing a negative outcome from an existing conflict. This course reviews steps for preventing and managing difficult learning situations and provides practical tips for providing feedback and managing conflict in a difficult situation.
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"Developing Clinical Skills of Students and Residents"
on Thursday, August 16th, at 12PM Eastern/11AM Central/10AM Mountain/9AM Pacific
REGISTER NOW: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/641865568
CE CREDIT: 1 hour Preceptor Live CE credit (Please note this is an encore presentation of a course with an initial release date in April 2012. You can only receive CE credit for this program once.)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Student pharmacists and pharmacy residents gain a vast amount of didactic knowledge during their formal pharmacy education, but may not appreciate how to apply this information in practice. Preceptors play a crucial role in teaching students and residents how to utilize this knowledge appropriately when faced with clinical problems. This activity will review the preceptor's role in cultivating the clinical problem solving skills of student pharmacists and pharmacy residents based on the needs of the learner, and will describe methods for preceptors to effectively integrate the development of these skills into daily practice.
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Log in to the PL Preceptor Training & Resource Network to see all the Preceptor Development CE available and to confirm which courses you can take, or call us at (209) 472-2240.
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Get expert interpretation of recent studies from Pharmacist's Letter Journal Club
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PL Journal Club is a library of case-based, interdisciplinary reviews of current pharmacy and medical literature for dynamic journal club discussions in the classroom or on rotations. The presentations cover therapeutic teaching points and basic statistical concepts for the practicing pharmacist. Faculty can download the Instructor Key with questions and answers to help you easily guide the discussion, and students can get the Student Handout (questions only) to complete prior to the discussion.
Log in now to get the Instructor Key (Leader Notes) for this month's PL Journal Club topics. You can also download the Student Handout (Participant Notes) to give to your students.
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Topic #1: Whether cholinesterase inhibitors (donepezil, etc) or memantine (Namenda) are beneficial for Alzheimer's...Covers treatment of community-dwelling patients diagnosed with moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease, impact of underpowered studies and study drug discontinuation, and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
Topic #2: More questions about meds for autism-related problems...Covers the role of drug therapy in treating autism spectrum disorder, purpose and role of different types of "review" articles, and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.
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Access practical, case-based tools for teaching first- or second-year students from Pharmacy 101
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Pharmacy 101 is a library of case-based teaching tools, presenting practical, real-world situations with helpful teaching points. Geared towards early experience students, topics cover common pharmacy practice issues and basic therapeutic concepts.
Log in now to get the Preceptor Key for the latest Pharmacy 101 topic. You can also download the Student Case to give to your students.
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Dosing Schedules 101...Covers common errors involving dosing schedules, their consequences, and how to prevent them. Explains factors that affect dosing schedules, including kidney and liver function, indication, half-life, and dosage form. Uses a prescription for a twice-weekly transdermal estrogen patch to illustrate how to label medications with unusual dosing, and how an unusual dosing schedule can cause errors. Provides tips for preventing problems with billing and refills. A chart of common medications with unusual dosing schedules is provided.
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Create or update your profile in the National Preceptor Database
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Please take a moment now to update or create your Preceptor Profile in the National Preceptor Database. You'll help your college/school to better serve your needs and place students with you.
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The National Preceptor Database is the only resource of its kind, providing preceptors:
----- A home to document your CE training and specialties, and to build your teaching portfolio
----- Assurance that your completed training will be reported to the colleges/schools of your choice
----- A way for colleges/schools to contact you with preceptor opportunities
----- Contact information, materials, and specific requirements for individual colleges/schools of pharmacy
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Help your students stay up to date with their Pharmacist's Letter gift subscription
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The students you're precepting have access to Pharmacist's Letter through a special gift subscription that has been provided for them. Help them take advantage of all the Pharmacist's Letter resources online -- and help yourself, by having students who are more up to date and aware of current practice issues.
Tell your students they can get their student gift subscription at www.StudentPharmacists.com.
If you'd like an email you can forward to, or print out for, your students on how to get their Pharmacist's Letter gift subscription, please email us at preceptor@pletter.com (mailto:preceptor@pletter.com), or you can pass along these directions:
----- Students who have not yet activated their Pharmacist's Letter gift subscription can do so at:
www.StudentPharmacists.com
----- Students who have already activated their gift subscription can log in here:
www.PharmacistsLetter.com/logon.aspx?lm=studentgift
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Call for Preceptor Toolbox submissions: Share your teaching resources
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Share your best practices and the tools that help you precept students. Submit them to be included in the PL Preceptor Training & Resource Network's Preceptor Toolbox.
The Preceptor Toolbox is a collection of resources to help preceptors prepare for students and rotations. It includes activity ideas...syllabus examples...evaluation tools...sample assignments...student schedules...orientation resources...patient safety teaching resources...and more.
You can browse the Preceptor Toolbox here:
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If you'd like to submit a document, tool, summary of a best practice, etc., for inclusion in the Preceptor Toolbox, please email Darcy Meade at dmeade@pletter.com (mailto:dmeade@pletter.com). Thanks for sharing with your fellow preceptors.
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Bruce Edgren, Pharm.D., R.Ph., chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration at the Saint Joseph College School of Pharmacy, has been named a 2012 - 2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellow. As one of eight health professionals selected for this prestigious and competitive fellowship, Dr. Edgren will spend a year in Washington, D.C. working in congressional offices with key responsibilities for health legislation and programs.