Resident and Fellow Teaching Certificate Program
2007-2008

Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy Administration
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

The goal of the program is to provide formalized training in teaching and opportunities to discuss contemporary issues in pharmacy education for trainees (residents and fellows) in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy Administration (DOPPA).

Requirements:
All participants are required to complete the following tasks:

1. Attend selected (list to be provided) University-wide new faculty orientation meetings or activities (August)
2. Develop and maintain a teaching portfolio - Final review of teaching portfolio with preceptor and Director of Teaching and Learning Center at conclusion of program
3. Attend 4 Table Talks offered by Teaching and Learning Center
4. Prior to giving a didactic lecture, attend and evaluate at least one lecture presented by a faculty member
5. Prepare and deliver at least one hour of lecture to Doctor of Pharmacy students (preferably large group teaching) – Review handout with Director of Teaching and Learning Center at least 1 week prior to due date for handout
6. Develop learning objectives and exam/self-assessment questions for lecture material
7. Complete self-evaluation of large class teaching and discuss performance of lecture with Director of Teaching and Learning Center and preceptor
8. Facilitate small group teaching activities for PharmD students (for example teach one section of case studies, pharmacotherapeutics laboratory or clinical skills per semester for residents; one per year for fellows) (exact types of teaching activities to be approved by the program preceptor, Residency and Fellowship Program Coordinator and Vice Chair for Didactic Teaching)
9. Precept Introductory and/or Advanced Clinical Practice Experience students (for example, 2-4 rotations of advanced clerkship or a combination of rotations of advanced clerkship plus at least two groups of introductory experiential experience). The exact types of teaching activities will be approved by the program preceptor and Residency and Fellowship Program Coordinator.
10. Prepare and deliver a pharmacy accredited continuation education program for faculty, adjunct faculty and students (third quarter for residents)
11. Prepare and deliver at least one in-service to practicing healthcare professionals (i.e. nursing in-service, etc).
12. Active participation in all of the Topic Discussions (listed below)

Topic Discussions:

Each trainee will be responsible for coordinating one or more group of topic discussions, i.e., #1, 2, etc. He/she will be responsible for scheduling a date, time and location with the corresponding facilitator(s), designated in parenthesis, for each topic set. More than one topic can be discussed at each meeting.

To be completed by end of mid-September:

1. Teaching pedagogy theories of learning (Director of Teaching and Learning Center)
2. What is learning-centered teaching? (Director of Teaching and Learning Center – Faculty Enhancement Workshop)
3. What is the purpose of a teaching portfolio and how do I prepare one? (Director of Teaching and Learning Center – Faculty Enhancement Workshop)
4. Course design: teaching by objectives, how to prepare handouts and develop a course syllabus (Director of Teaching and Learning Center – Faculty Enhancement Workshop)
5. How to be an effective small group facilitator (Preceptors and Advisory Committee)
6. Academic integrity and student professionalization (Poon)
7. How to motivate your students (Spinler)

To be completed by mid-October:

1. Presentation design, audience considerations, group dynamics and media selection (Spinler)
2. Effective methods for teaching in a large group (Director of Teaching and Learning Center – Faculty Enhancement Workshop)
3. Active learning in lectures (Director of Teaching and Learning Center)
4. How to write test questions and interpret test question statistics (Spinler)
5. Assembling a curriculum vitae (Poon)

To be completed by end of December:

1. Intellectual property and copyright issues (Spinler)
2. Collaboration and co-authorship (Spinler)
3. Discussion of faculty role, including tenure versus non-tenure track positions (Preceptors and Chair of Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy Administration)
4. Review of continuing education program topic and submission of objectives (individual with preceptors)

To be completed by the end of June:

1. Why do I need a mentor? How to find a mentor in your new job (Spinler)
2. Contemporary issues in pharmacy education (Spinler/Poon)
3. Review of student evaluations of clerkship precepting (Preceptor and Advisory Committee)
4. Review of student evaluations of didactic teaching (Poon, Preceptors and Advisory Committee)
5. Student professionalization and civility issues (Preceptors and Advisory Committee)

There is some flexibility in the trainee participating in the group discussions due to scheduling conflicts. However, in the event that the trainee misses the group discussion, individual discussion should be arranged with either the facilitator or the Residency and Fellowship Program Coordinator.