Pharmacy Education Symposium
The Second Pharmacy Education Symposium was held in the Faculty of Pharmacy (Map) on Wednesday 3 December 2008.
It was coordinated by the Pharmacy Education Unit.
The aims of the Symposium were to:
- provide a forum for discussion of current educational development and research within and beyond the Faculty
- promote scholarship of learning and teaching across the Faculty
- enhance the Faculty’s reputation as a centre for excellence in Pharmacy education
- exchange ideas on being a resourceful teacher
The Symposium sessions covered a wide range of pharmacy-related educational issues, and the direct outcomes from the day include:
- Publication of the peer-reviewed Symposium abstracts in the Australian Pharmacist, December 2008 issue.
- Small TIES grant awarded to investigate the feasibility of using Drupal software to create a transferable version of an automated, personalised, electronic student feedback system.
Participant feedback was highly positive, with all respondents agreeing that the day was relevant to their work. In particular, the feedback was strongly approving of the range and quality of the presentations. In addition to the Faculty of Pharmacy participants, the Symposium also benefited from the attendance and contributions of colleagues from the School of Chemistry, the Institute for Teaching and Learning, the Faculty of Health Sciences and the University Library.
For those who were unable to attend, the Symposium abstracts and presentation files are available below.
Some photos of the event are available here.
Program
| Session Title | Presenter |
|---|---|
Sustainable small group teaching and personalising online student feedback
|
Dr Adam Bridgeman Director of First Year Studies School of Chemistry |
Pharmacy eLearning initiatives in the wider University context and staff workload related to eLearning activity
|
Assoc Prof Rob Ellis Director of eLearning Sydney eLearning |
The Development Program for Research Supervision
|
Dr Cynthia Nelson Academic Developer Institute for Teaching and Learning |
Clinical Placements in Pharmacy: Development of an on-line learning module to orientate students to clinical practice
|
Beata Bajorek, Marianna Koulias, Marina Lobastov, Jim Woulfe, Greg Ryan |
Blogging and the development of critical reflection in Pharmacy
|
Beata Bajorek, Kylie Williams, Jim Woulfe, Greg Ryan |
Towards student-centred learning and teaching - reflections on the new Unit of Study "Fundamentals of Complementary Medicines" for physiotherapy students
|
Karen Bridgman, Indu Narayan, Susan Coulsan, George Li |
Pharmacy teaching resources - Library online resources: New products for new pharmacists
|
Lorraine Evison |
Taking Action Together for Asthma (TATA) - an interprofessional learning module focusing on asthma within the Faculties of Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy
|
Phoebe Kearey, Bandana Saini, Smita Shah, John Grootjans, Maria Carlisle, Sinthia Bosnic Anticevich, Murray Fisher, Carol Armour |
Academic staff peer learning about assessments used in Pharmacy teaching
|
Rebekah Moles, Kathryn Bartimote-Aufflick, Lorraine Smith, Bandana Saini,Beata Bajorek, Ines Krass |
Mental health pharmacy education - a qualitative evaluation
|
Clare L O'Reilly, Veerle Foulon, John S Bell, Rebekah Moles, Vicky Kritikos, Timothy F. Chen |
Development of a Pharmacy Experiential Learning Database
|
Greg Ryan, Jim Woulfe, Ieva Stupans, Susanne Owen, Leigh McKauge |
Evaluation of the Bridging the Rural Gap On-line Program
|
Sue Taylor, Greg Ryan |
Developing criteria for assessing Pharmacy students' reflective diaries
|
Jim Woulfe, Greg Ryan |
Investigation of pharmacists' and pharmacy students' perceptions of management studies in the University of Sydney Bachelor of Pharmacy program
|
Lesley White |
Contacts
Assoc Prof Greg Ryan, Pharmacy Education Unit (Chair)
Dr Parisa Aslani, Pharmacy Practice
Previous Events
The Faculty's first Pharmacy Education Symposium was held on 29 November 2007.
Presentation abstracts from the 2007 Symposium are available here.