SERVICE-LEARNING AND PHARMACY EDUCATION

CCPH congratulates pharmacy faculty members recognized for service-learning courses!

In 2002, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Council of Faculties recognized faculty who implemented service-learning in pharmacy education. Patricia R. Lind, and her colleagues Michael C. Brown, and Todd D. Sorensen, of the University of Minnesota, were among the winners of AACP’s 2002 Innovations in Teaching Competition for their project entitled, "EPhECT - A Longitudinal Service Learning Experience." Lind is a member of the Service-Learning & Pharmacy Education Workgroup coordinated by CCPH and was instrumental in the planning and presentation of the AACP/CCPH Service-Learning Preconference Seminar that took place in Toronto during the 2001 AACP meeting. In addition, the 2002 honorable mentions list included a service-learning project from Jean T. Carter and Gayle A. Cochran, University of Montana, entitled "Service Learning Projects in a Public Health in Pharmacy Course".

In 2001, CCPH member Catherine Jarvis and her colleagues Joel Giles and Christopher Turner, University of Colorado, received honorable mention in the 2001 Innovations in Teaching Competition for their "Service-Learning Nutrition Program". Jarvis is also an active member of the Service-Learning and Pharmacy Education Workgroup, a presenter and mentor for CCPH’s 2002 Introductory Service-Learning Institute, and a was part of the planning for the service-learning seminar that took place in Toronto.

For sample course materials and seminar handouts on service-learning and pharmacy education, click here to visit the CCPH resources page or contact Stacy Holmes, Program Coordinator at slholmes@u.washington.edu or 206.543.7954.

For more information about the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Innovations in Teaching awards, click here to visit the AACP website.