Preceptor • Crafting Connections – A Guide for Preceptors on Cultivating Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Pharmacy Students - University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

Speakers

Rucha Bond, Pharm.D., Ed.D.

Clinical Professor, Pharmacy Practice Division

Assistant Dean for Experiential Education

The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

Kristin Janzen, Pharm.D., BCPS

Clinical Associate Professor and Division Head of Pharmacy Practice

The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

Internal Medicine Clinical Specialist, Dell Seton Medical Center

Panel

Heather Payton Blacksmith, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCGP

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner, Geriatrics/CLC

Residency Program Director, PGY2 Geriatrics

South Texas Veterans Health Care System

Ryan Bloesser, Pharm.D.

PGY1 Pharmacist Resident

Department of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmacy Services

University Health, San Antonio, TX

David Gutierrez, Pharm.D.

PGY1 Resident

University Health

Darlene P. Nguyen, Pharm.D., CSP

Registered Manager Local Specialty

Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy

Learning Objectives

Define patient communication and interpersonal skills in pharmacy practice
Discuss the role of the preceptor in helping develop soft skills such as communication, collaboration, empathetic support, etc.
Demonstrate successful instructional interactions between preceptors and students in modeling and building communication and interpersonal skills

Content Disclaimer

The following preceptor training CPE activity was recorded at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy annual Preceptor Conference held each summer in Austin Texas. The content was initially created for UT Austin preceptors and may include content that is directed specifically at UT Austin. However, most of the concepts and content are usable for anyone engaged in precepting pharmacy students. The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy is offering this low-cost preceptor content to help preceptors nationwide who may find this content useful in their preceptor development.

Instructions

This program consists of one video and downloadable resources in PDF format.

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Fee

$9.50

CE Hours

1.00

CE Units

0.100

Activity Type

Knowledge

Support/Credits

Continuing Education Credit

The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This online activity is approved for 0.10 CEUs (1.00 contact hour) of continuing education credit. To receive 1.00 contact hour of CE credit, the participant must watch the included video in its entirety, pass the online post-test ( >70% within 5 attempts), and complete the online evaluation. Upon successfully completing the course evaluation, the continuing pharmacy education credits will automatically be uploaded to CPE Monitor (allow 3-7 days).

Preceptor • Crafting Connections – A Guide for Preceptors on Cultivating Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Pharmacy Students

Crafting Connections – A Guide for Preceptors on Cultivating Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Pharmacy Students

Crafting Connections – A Guide for Preceptors on Cultivating Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Pharmacy Students

About the Speakers

Rucha Bond, Pharm.D., Ed.D.

Clinical Professor, Pharmacy Practice Division

Assistant Dean for Experiential Education

The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

Rucha Bond earned her Pharm.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Doctor of Education degree from Virginia Commonwealth University after earning a B.S. from Mississippi State University. She completed a PGY1 residency at Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and worked as a clinical pharmacist in anticoagulation and managed care. In 2007, she joined the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy as an Assistant Professor where in addition to her ambulatory care practice and teaching in both the didactic and experiential curriculum, she served as Interim Director of Experiential Education. She joined the faculty and administrative team at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2018 as the Associate Dean of Experiential Education and Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science. Dr. Bond is a graduate of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Academic Leadership Fellows Program. As Assistant Dean for Experiential Education, Dr. Bond provides leadership, coordination, and oversight of all the college’s IPPE and APPEs, works with regional personnel in five Texas internship regions and supervises staff team members in the Office of Experiential Education.

Disclosure: Dr. Bond does not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

Kristin Janzen, Pharm.D., BCPS

Clinical Associate Professor and Division Head of Pharmacy Practice

The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

Internal Medicine Clinical Specialist, Dell Seton Medical Center

Kristin Janzen is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. After graduating from UT College of Pharmacy, she completed a combined PGY1 & 2 Pharmacotherapy residency at Butler University and Indiana University Health in Indianapolis, IN. She currently practices at Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas in Internal Medicine, where she precepts fourth-year PharmD students and pharmacy residents on academic internal medicine rotations. She teaches throughout the didactic curriculum at the UT College of Pharmacy, focusing on pharmacotherapeutics, clinical pharmacokinetics, and application-based pharmacy practice labs. She has been recognized for both didactic and experiential teaching and has been awarded the UT Austin College of Pharmacy Educator of the Year, the Austin-Temple-Waco Region Preceptor of the Year, and Wm. Arlyn Koesel Preceptor of the Year Awards. She has also been recognized by the UT Center of Health Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) as a Health IPE Fellow. Her research and teaching interests focus on student preparedness for residency, interprofessional education, and core medicine disease states, such as pulmonology, cardiology, and diabetes.

Disclosure: Dr. Janzen does not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

Joined by Panel of Preceptors and Students/Alumni

Heather Payton Blacksmith, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCGP

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner, Geriatrics/CLC

Residency Program Director, PGY2 Geriatrics

South Texas Veterans Health Care System

Ryan Bloesser, Pharm.D.

PGY1 Pharmacist Resident

Department of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmacy Services

University Health, San Antonio, TX

David Gutierrez, Pharm.D.

PGY1 Resident

University Health

Darlene P. Nguyen, Pharm.D., CSP

Registered Manager Local Specialty

Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy

Activity Number

0067-0000-24-083-H04-P

Release Date: Aug 3, 2023

Credit Expiration Date: Aug 2, 2027

CE Hours

1.00