Preceptor Newsletter January 14, 2022 "Undoubtedly the student tries to learn too much, and we teachers try to teach too much. We can only instill principles, put the student in the right path, give him methods, teach him how to study, and early to discern between essentials and non-essentials." -- Sir William Osler
Oral Case Presentations Case Presentations can be an effective way to for students to showcase their clinical and communication skills. The student provides a concise and clear narrative about a patient to other healthcare providers to create a shared understanding of the plan. It is helpful for advanced students to choose a patient that is medically complex or one that does not clearly fall within therapeutic guidelines. Student's role: Collect, organize, and prepare relevant information to verbally share in a concise and informal presentation. Preceptor's role: Identify errors in both omission (leaving out key findings or diagnoses) and commission (including irrelevant or outdated information) and evaluate oral communication skills. Prompt for more information or ask how the student arrived at the answer (what benefits and risks were considered, what
patient preferences were incorporated, how the plan was created). Provide feedback. Benefits of this assignment/activity: Familiar structure for both the preceptor and learner. Incorporates several skillsets: clinical knowledge, data gathering and interpretation, verbal communication. Limitations of the assignment/activity: Student may be preoccupied with their own performance and try to tailor to a specific grader. Helpful resources: Green EH, Hershman W, DeCherrie L, Greenwald J, Torres-Finnerty N, WahiGururaj S. Developing and Implementing Universal Guidelines for Oral Patient Presentation Skills. Teach Learn Med. 2005 Jul 1;17(3):263–7. Melvin L, Rassos J, Panisko D, Driessen E, Kulasegaram KM, Kuper A. Overshadowed by Assessment: Understanding Trainee and Supervisor Perspectives on the Oral Case Presentation in Internal Medicine Workplace-Based Assessment. Acad Med. 2019 Feb;94(2):244–50.
Journal Monitor There’s a lot in the literature about trends and improvements in experiential education. So we’ve created an easy way for you to keep up: The Journal Monitor. In each preceptor newsletter, we’ll provide you a brief look at some current articles. And we’ll provide the source information as well so you can take a look at the entire article yourself.
One of the lessons learned from the cancelation of IPPEs throughout the pandemic is that there can be a transition of observational activities (dispensing, distribution) to more hands-on active learning. One suggested IPPE option is Population Health Management.
Out of the Shadow of the Pandemic: Enhancing Introductory Experiential Student Learning Emily Tolliver, Mikayla Bell, Nicole Hahn, Michael Nagy. Pulses Blog. https://cptlpulses.com/2021/0 6/24/enhancing-introductoryexperiential-learning/
In a recent Pulses blog post, pharmacy students described working on a population health management project for patients with COPD and deescalating inhaled corticosteroid use. Working with pharmacy residents, the student followed up with patients to evaluate patient outcomes. (A similar activity was completed with diabetic patients, explained here.) Further reading on the pharmacists' role in population health:
Swarthout M, Bishop MA. Population health management: review of concepts and definitions. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2017;74(18):140511. doi:10.2146/ajhp170025 Shermock KM. Population health management: Challenges and opportunities for pharmacy. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2017;74(18):1398-1399. doi:10.2146/ajhp170530 Sanborn MD. Population health management and the pharmacist’s role. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2017;74(18):1400-1401.
doi:10.2146/ajhp170157
Preceptor Workshop March 31, 2022 10am-2pm Clinton, SC More details to come!
Vaccination Updates If your rotation site has issued or altered a vaccination mandate , please share the communication with OEE Coordinator, Lynn Thompson (lthompson@presby.edu). We are closely monitoring each site's requirements to make sure our students are in compliance, even as they change on a day-to-day basis! Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy has had a COVID vaccination requirement in place since August 2021. Some medical and religious exemptions have been reviewed and approved. All records are being kept on file with OEE.
Preceptor Development Opportunities Dare to Disagree TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_heffernan_dare_to_disagree 1/18/22, 2pm-3pm - Exploring Anti-Racism in Health Professions Education Register here. 1/18/22, 3pm-3:30pm - About AACP: An Informational Webinar: Join Dr. Lucinda Maine, EVP and CEO, Dr. Lynette Bradley-Baker, Senior VP of Public Affairs and Engagement, and Dr. Kelly Ragucci, VP for Professional Development, to learn more about AACP and its membership benefits. This, free webinar, for members and non-members, will discuss AACP’s impact on the pharmacy education profession and more. 2/1/22, 1pm-2pm - ASHP Incorporating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into Pharmacy Student, Resident, and Preceptor Training (Part II) Register here.
Upcoming Important Dates January 12-February 18 - Spring-1 IPPE (P1-P3 students) January 18-31 - Class of 2023 student APPE meetings February - 2022-23 APPE schedules released to preceptors February 21-25 - IPPE make-up week, if needed March 2-April 22 - Spring-2 IPPE (P1-P3 students) March 14-18 - Spring Break (P1-P3 students)
COVID Testing on PC Campus COVID testing will be available through DHEC (and Luxor labs) beginning on Tuesday, January 18. They will be available at the PC football stadium Mondays-Fridays, 9 am-4 pm, until March 31st (unless they do not have enough traffic for it to be useful). This offering is available to PC students and employees and the general public. The test will be a PCR test with results in 24-48 hours. Please share with anyone else who may need to know.
PC Football Stadium (Bailey Memorial
March 31 - Preceptor Workshop Clinton, SC
Stadium) is located at State Rd S-3071, Clinton, SC 29325
April 15-18 - Easter Break (P1-P3 students) April 30 - All APPE evaluations due May 1 - Class of 2023 starts APPEs May 6 - Class of 2022 Graduation
P1 IPPE Evaluations P1 IPPE evaluations will be completed in CORE/ELMS. You may already be familiar with this program through precepting students from other schools. (Right now, only P1 IPPEs are in ELMS with the rest to transition after the spring semester ends. The P1 schedule is viewable by a preceptor in eValue but there are no evaluations attached to those courses.) For a full how-to guide on accessing and complete P1 evaluations in CORE/ELMS, go to the OEE preceptor page here.
Office of Experiential Education
(left to right) Mrs. Lynn Thompson (Coordinator), Dr. Mary Douglass Smith (Director of Experiential Education), Mrs. Susi Carbonneau (Assistant Director of Experiential Education), Dr. Talisha Ratliff (Assistant Dean of Experiential Education)
Library Resources Log-in Update This week, the library is migrating to a new authentication system which will require each user to have his/her own account. You received an email with instructions on how to create your own password. The email will come from PresbyterianCollegenoreply@OpenAthens.net with the subject of “OpenAthens account – activate your account.” The link to the library resources page is https://lib.presby.edu/preceptorlibraryresources.
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