BU Well poster for AACP 2015 Butler University COPHS
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Background Pre-Curricular Design – Fall 2014 Building Policy & Procedures – Spring 2015 Conclusions References Creation of a Student Driven, Co-Curricular, Open Access Multimedia Healthcare Review at Butler University: BU Well Presented by: Erin Albert, MBA, PharmD, JD; Mary Graham, PharmD, FASHP – Butler COPHS Faculty Advisors: Annette McFarland, PharmD, Cathy Ramey, PharmD, GCP, David Reeves, PharmD, BCOP, Jessica Wilhoite, PharmD, BCACP – Butler COPHS, Carol Reeves, PhD - Butler LAS, Franny Gaede, MSIS - Butler University Libraries Fall 2015 & Beyond •Currently, there are 205 law schools in the U.S. 1 Most, if not all accredited law schools have one or more law reviews. 2 We are not aware of any health professions programs with a multimedia healthcare review like law review. Yet, writers are leaders in any profession. •Law review (LR) is the equivalent of peer-reviewed journals for the legal profession. LR is written by law professors, practicing attorneys, and students, and edited by law students, and is the most prestigious activity a law student can join. 3 •After faculty (Dr. Erin Albert) participated on the Indiana Health Law Review at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law and loved the experience, she wanted to help students at Butler have a similar experience, that would provide a distinctive, one-of-a-kind opportunity for students to write, edit, and potentially publish in various formats prior to graduation. •ACPE 2016 also requires curricular focus and advancement under Standards: -4: Personal and professional development -9.1: Leadership and Professionalism -11: Interprofessional Education -12.3: Evidence-Based Clinical Reasoning -Appendix 1: Professional Communication -Appendix 2: Interprofessional Interaction 4 , all of which fit into this learning opportunity. •Dean Graham and Dr. Albert submitted a proposal to the Butler University Innovation Fund to start a multimedia healthcare review journal, which was approved in July, 2014. •Once the innovation grant was received, COPHS began to work with the library and the vendor for the open access journals at Butler, (bepress) in fall 2014 on creation and specifications for a web portal for the open-access multimedia journal. •COPHS then identified high-potential writers through assessment of PCAT writing test scores for current P1-P3 students. Over 100 students were invited by the dean to a call out meeting. •At the call out meeting, we reviewed Ovid Butler, the founder of Butler University, and why writing and publishing are important to leadership, and fit the university mission. •Academic and Professional Affairs Committee within COPHS (APAC) approved a 1 credit hour independent study for the spring 2015 semester for development of all policy and procedures for the open access multimedia journal. •Students requested the independent study course, and we targeted a total of 20 students. Over 30 students requested the independent •Thirty students enrolled attended a live session from a former head of the Indiana Health Law Review, and several other professionals in media and open access journals. •Students were surveyed to find out which of 6 subteams they wanted to participate on within the 1 credit hour, independent study - RX601-07 (see Figure 1 below): •Plagiarism, guest speakers in media, full team and subteam meetings, midpoint and final evaluations were all part of the learning and assessment in this independent study course. Each subteam has 5 members. Each member of the Glue team also sat on one of the other 5 teams to ensure cross-communication. •Final reflections included questions on individual leadership style, what each student learned about themselves (self-awareness), and what they could have done better—most of the questions alluded to Standard 4 of ACPE 2016. Comments included the following: •Fall 2015 will be the first student-editorial team that implements all the policies and procedures created in the spring 2015 independent study course. •Each of the 30 students participating in fall 2015/spring 2016 will have to write his or her own article to possibly be published, like law review. Each article will have an infographic & video. •Course is a 1 cr. hour special topics elective fall 2015 and spring 2016, graded, and includes peer review in functional and editorial subteams as a large component of overall course grade. •Target date for first volume of BU Well is 5/13/16. •Anyone may submit articles, including healthcare professionals, students and patients. •Theme of the first volume is “wellness,” and articles are between 1,000-2,000 words. •Other outcome: Two P3 students in spring 2015 are now assessing writing across pharmacy school curricula in all U.S. pharmacy schools as a senior research project. •Other outcome: One additional P3 student in spring 2015 is now working in an interprofessional children’s book writing project on antibiotic stewardship. •Writers are leaders. In order to teach how to lead through writing, pharmacy schools must offer opportunities for students to develop their leadership skills through writing. •With ~278,000 pharmacists in the U.S., Butler University COPHS strives to provide unique opportunities for students to distinguish themselves based upon their strengths, including writing and editing. •Butler University’s mission is, “…to provide the highest quality of liberal and professional education and to integrate the liberal arts with professional education, by creating and fostering a stimulating intellectual community built upon interactive dialogue and inquiry among students, faculty and staff.” Through BU Well, we meet and exceed the university mission, by fostering strong writing and editing skills from LAS core, along with professional education in the health sciences. •Also never offered before, but important to solid communication skills in healthcare are creation of interprofessional skills, and communication through several multimedia channels. 1.“ABA Approved Law Schools,” American Bar Association. Available online at: http://tinyurl.com/ABALawSchools. Last accessed 6/11/15. 2.“Law Journals: Submission and Ranking, 2006-2013,” Washington and ournal Website Facebook Youtube Channel Live 7/15/15 Assessment w/ ACPE 2016 Standards Other Social Media for BU Well Pinterest: BU Well Journal LinkedIn Group: BU Well Twitter: @BUWellJournal BU Well Student Founders – Spring, 2015 “BU Well allows us to practice skill sets that cannot be taught in a classroom setting. Working with faculty, 29 peers and other professionals inside and outside healthcare to create a concrete product from Dr. Albert's and other's innovative ideas is really special.” Anne Thorndyke, Promotional Director, COPHS P2 “…I found that I had the natural ability and desire to step up and help the team get the work that needs to be done completed and in a timely fashion. I never really saw myself as a person to take charge and step up to finish a project, let alone begin a project.” Catherine Skoog, Editor-in-Chief, COPHS P3
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Transcript of BU Well poster for AACP 2015 Butler University COPHS
Background
Pre-Curricular Design – Fall 2014
Building Policy & Procedures – Spring 2015
Conclusions
References
Creation of a Student Driven, Co-Curricular, Open Access Multimedia Healthcare Review at Butler University: BU Well
Presented by: Erin Albert, MBA, PharmD, JD; Mary Graham, PharmD, FASHP – Butler COPHSFaculty Advisors: Annette McFarland, PharmD, Cathy Ramey, PharmD, GCP, David Reeves, PharmD, BCOP, Jessica Wilhoite, PharmD, BCACP
– Butler COPHS, Carol Reeves, PhD - Butler LAS, Franny Gaede, MSIS - Butler University Libraries
Fall 2015 & Beyond•Currently, there are 205 law schools in the U.S.1 Most, if not all accredited law schools have one or more law reviews.2 We are not aware of any health professions programs with a multimedia healthcare review like law review. Yet, writers are leaders in any profession.•Law review (LR) is the equivalent of peer-reviewed journals for the legal profession. LR is written by law professors, practicing attorneys, and students, and edited by law students, and is the most prestigious activity a law student can join.3
•After faculty (Dr. Erin Albert) participated on the Indiana Health Law Review at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law and loved the experience, she wanted to help students at Butler have a similar experience, that would provide a distinctive, one-of-a-kind opportunity for students to write, edit, and potentially publish in various formats prior to graduation.•ACPE 2016 also requires curricular focus and advancement under Standards: -4: Personal and professional development -9.1: Leadership and Professionalism -11: Interprofessional Education -12.3: Evidence-Based Clinical Reasoning -Appendix 1: Professional Communication -Appendix 2: Interprofessional Interaction4, all of which fit into this learning opportunity.•Dean Graham and Dr. Albert submitted a proposal to the Butler University Innovation Fund to start a multimedia healthcare review journal, which was approved in July, 2014.
•Once the innovation grant was received, COPHS began to work with the library and the vendor for the open access journals at Butler, (bepress) in fall 2014 on creation and specifications for a web portal for the open-access multimedia journal.•COPHS then identified high-potential writers through assessment of PCAT writing test scores for current P1-P3 students. Over 100 students were invited by the dean to a call out meeting.•At the call out meeting, we reviewed Ovid Butler, the founder of Butler University, and why writing and publishing are important to leadership, and fit the university mission.•Academic and Professional Affairs Committee within COPHS (APAC) approved a 1 credit hour independent study for the spring 2015 semester for development of all policy and procedures for the open access multimedia journal.•Students requested the independent study course, and we targeted a total of 20 students. Over 30 students requested the independent study course. We increased to 30 students in the independent study, and had a waiting list.
•Thirty students enrolled attended a live session from a former head of the Indiana Health Law Review, and several other professionals in media and open access journals.•Students were surveyed to find out which of 6 subteams they wanted to participate on within the 1 credit hour, independent study - RX601-07 (see Figure 1 below):•Plagiarism, guest speakers in media, full team and subteam meetings, midpoint and final evaluations were all part of the learning and assessment in this independent study course.
Each subteam has 5 members. Each member of the Glue team also sat on one of the other 5 teams to ensure cross-communication.
•Final reflections included questions on individual leadership style, what each student learned about themselves (self-awareness), and what they could have done better—most of the questions alluded to Standard 4 of ACPE 2016. Comments included the following:
•Fall 2015 will be the first student-editorial team that implements all the policies and procedures created in the spring 2015 independent study course. •Each of the 30 students participating in fall 2015/spring 2016 will have to write his or her own article to possibly be published, like law review. Each article will have an infographic & video.•Course is a 1 cr. hour special topics elective fall 2015 and spring 2016, graded, and includes peer review in functional and editorial subteams as a large component of overall course grade.•Target date for first volume of BU Well is 5/13/16. •Anyone may submit articles, including healthcare professionals, students and patients.•Theme of the first volume is “wellness,” and articles are between 1,000-2,000 words.•Other outcome: Two P3 students in spring 2015 are now assessing writing across pharmacy school curricula in all U.S. pharmacy schools as a senior research project.•Other outcome: One additional P3 student in spring 2015 is now working in an interprofessional children’s book writing project on antibiotic stewardship.
•Writers are leaders. In order to teach how to lead through writing, pharmacy schools must offer opportunities for students to develop their leadership skills through writing.•With ~278,000 pharmacists in the U.S., Butler University COPHS strives to provide unique opportunities for students to distinguish themselves based upon their strengths, including writing and editing.•Butler University’s mission is, “…to provide the highest quality of liberal and professional education and to integrate the liberal arts with professional education, by creating and fostering a stimulating intellectual community built upon interactive dialogue and inquiry among students, faculty and staff.” Through BU Well, we meet and exceed the university mission, by fostering strong writing and editing skills from LAS core, along with professional education in the health sciences.•Also never offered before, but important to solid communication skills in healthcare are creation of interprofessional skills, and communication through several multimedia channels.
1.“ABA Approved Law Schools,” American Bar Association. Available online at: http://tinyurl.com/ABALawSchools. Last accessed 6/11/15. 2.“Law Journals: Submission and Ranking, 2006-2013,” Washington and Lee University School of Law, Law Library. Available online at: http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/. Last accessed 6/11/15.3.“Standard 305. Field Placements and Other Study Outside the Classroom,” ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools, American Bar Association. Available online at: http://tinyurl.com/ABA305. Last accessed 2/25/15.4.“Accreditation Standards and Key Elements for the Professional Program in Pharmacy Leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy Degree,” ACPE, 2016 Standards. Available online at: https://www.acpe-accredit.org/pdf/Standards2016FINAL.pdf. Last accessed 6/11/15.
-Our sincere thanks to the Butler University Innovation Fund for supporting this project.
Journal Website Facebook Youtube Channel Live 7/15/15
Assessment w/ ACPE 2016 Standards
Other Social Media for BU Well Pinterest: BU Well Journal LinkedIn Group: BU Well Twitter: @BUWellJournal BU Well Student Founders – Spring, 2015
“BU Well allows us to practice skill sets that cannot be taught in a classroom setting. Working with faculty, 29 peers and other professionals inside and outside healthcare to create a concrete product from Dr. Albert's and other's innovative ideas is really special.”
Anne Thorndyke, Promotional Director, COPHS P2
“…I found that I had the natural ability and desire to step up and help the team get the work that needs to be done completed and in a timely fashion. I never really saw myself as a person to take charge and step up to finish a project, let alone begin a project.”
Catherine Skoog, Editor-in-Chief, COPHS P3
