The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy Experiential Education
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The Preceptor Continuing Education Conference’s goal is to introduce, update, reinforce and enhance the precepting skills of UT preceptor faculty so they may serve as effective teachers, mentors and supervisors of UT Pharmacy students and residents. This content was originally recorded at the 2023 and 2022 live Preceptor Conference. The 2023 conference was held on August 5, 2023. Content from the 2022 event has been added for your convenience.
Target Audience - UT Austin Pharmacy Preceptors
This program was developed ONLY to pharmacists who currently serve as or are currently applying to become preceptor faculty at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy and UT PGY1 & PGY2 residents.
Some of the content of this program focuses on UT preceptors and may not be useful for non-UT Austin preceptors. For additional information regarding eligibility, please email contact Experiential Education via email at pharmexperiential@austin.utexas.edu.
Not a UT Austin Pharmacy Preceptor?
If you are not a UT preceptor or applying to become one, you are not eligible to attend this event. We apologize for the inconvenience. Non-UT preceptors may take preceptor courses listed on our LMS site.
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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 activity is approved for 6.0 CEUs LIVE (.65 contact hours live) of continuing education credit for the live program and an additional 5.75 CEUs On-Demand (.575 contact hours on-demand) of continuing education credit for the on-demand sessions. In order to receive 11.75 contact hours of CE credit, the participant must attend/view all sessions of the program full-time, complete the online tests (on-demand sessions) and complete the online evaluations at the conclusion of the program.
Describe the experiential education process and expectations for each type of rotation
Discuss how to structure a rotation to best help student success
Design an orientation and syllabus that will foster a meaningful preceptor-student relationship.
Describe guidelines for providing feedback and evaluation to students
About the Speakers
Kristin Janzen, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor, 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.
Kathryn Litten, Pharm.D., BCACP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice Division
Clinical Pharmacist at CommUnityCare Health Center
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
Dr. Kathryn Litten is a board-certified ambulatory care pharmacist with a practice site at CommUnityCare Health Center’s Southeast Health and Wellness Center in Austin, TX. Her clinical interests include diabetes and cardiology. As a Clinical Assistant Professor, she teaches Pharmacotherapy and Clinical Skills courses as well as electives, such as Ambulatory Care and Herbal & Botanical Supplements. Dr. Litten received her B.A. in Exercise and Sport Science from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and her Doctor of Pharmacy at Belmont University College of Pharmacy. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC and a PGY-2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency at CommUnityCare Health Centers.
Discuss the site orientation process and best practices in welcoming students
Review student perspectives of first-day experiences
Discuss the use of various tools and processes to enhance first-day and first-week experiences
Discuss the importance of a syllabus in setting expectations and providing students with an understanding of the rotation
About the Speaker
Kristin Janzen, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor, 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.
Precepting Generation Z: Understanding Cultural and Generational Differences in the Workplace
Learning Objectives
Describe different generational groups and characteristics that influence the behaviors of Gen Z
Identify effective teaching, engagement, and communication strategies for Gen Z
Integrate strategies to best facilitate learning for Gen Z
About the Speakers
Justina S. Amie-Lipscomb, Pharm.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacotherapy
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
Internal Medicine Clinical Specialist Pharmacist
University Health, San Antonio, TX
Dr. Amie-Lipscomb is a Clinical Assistant Professor at The University of Texas (UT) at Austin - College of Pharmacy, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at The UT Health San Antonio School of Medicine, and an Internal Medicine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. She graduated from Roseman University – College of Pharmacy located in Henderson, NV in 2012. She then went on to complete a PGY-1 pharmacy residency at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, NC and PGY-2 internal medicine pharmacy residency at the South Texas Veteran Health Care System in San Antonio, TX. She practices primarily in adult acute medicine and is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist. Her research focuses primarily on diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI), interprofessional education, and cardiology.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacotherapy
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
General Pediatric Clinical Specialist Pharmacist
University Health, San Antonio, TX
Dr. Kubes was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She graduated from Texas A&M University in 2006 with a B.S. in Biomedical Sciences, then attended the University of Houston College of Pharmacy and graduated in 2011. Dr. Kubes continued her post-graduate education as a PGY1 resident at Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Houston Medical Center and then a PGY2 pediatrics residency at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. Following residency, she accepted a position as a Pediatric Critical Care Clinical Specialist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. In 2014, she relocated to San Antonio and took on the role of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist at The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio. Dr. Kubes joined the UT group in 2018 as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Pharmacotherapy Division of the College of Pharmacy at The University of Texas at Austin, as well as an Adjoint Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine and The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. In addition to her teaching and research responsibilities within the college, Dr. Kubes is also responsible for clinical pharmacy services and caring for pediatric patients within the University Health System in San Antonio. Dr. Kubes also sits on the CTSHP board as a senior board member, has been appointed by the Texas Attorney General’s office and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission as a Texas Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Board Member, serves as the Chair for the UT-affiliated Residency Programs and vice chair for the general pediatrics special interest group for the Pediatric Pharmacy Association national organization. Her primary areas of research include quality improvement in pediatrics, cystic fibrosis and infectious diseases. Her clinical interests include pediatrics, infectious diseases and maternal health. In her spare time, she is a mom to 3 children, an avid gardener, baker, reader and chicken/turkey/pheasant/duck/quail/bunny/piggy tender.
Recognizing Mental Health Challenges and Burnout with Students
Learning Objectives
Discuss statistics and known drivers of burnout that impact pharmacy learners and the pharmacy field
Discuss well-being practices preceptors might suggest or take part in to help students experiencing burnout and stress
Identify College, University, and other resources to support preceptors in their coaching of students experiencing burnout and stress
About the Speaker
Samantha Catanzano, Pharm.D., BCPP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
After graduating with her Pharm.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Catanzano completed a pharmacy practice residency (2016-2017) and a psychiatric pharmacy practice residency (2017-2018) at Seton Healthcare Family and The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. Following her residency training, she gained experience as a clinical and staff pharmacist at the Austin State Hospital. Currently, she serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor for The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy where she provides didactic lectures and lab facilitation to Pharm.D. students. In addition to her academic appointment, she is a Behavioral Health Pharmacist at UT Health Austin within the Integrated Behavioral Health Department where she practices in the Primary Care Integrated Practice Units (IPUs) as well as serving the entire UTHA enterprise. In this role, she functions as part of a multidisciplinary team to address complex pharmacology and mental health needs in the community setting. Additionally, Dr. Catanzano provides academic lectures to first- and second-year psychiatry residents through Dell Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry. She is a certified Mental Health First Aid instructor and serves on the Resident and New Practitioner committee within the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) organization.
Minimizing Preceptor and Student Pharmacist Burnout
This session was offered as part of the 2022 Preceptor Conference. If already completed in 2022, you will not be able to claim credit a second time. The 2022 content is offered here for your convenience and review.
Learning Objectives
Describe challenges impacting preceptor & student wellbeing since the start of the pandemic
Discuss factors leading to clinician burnout
Outline system approaches to decreasing burnout
Describe personal methods to improve well-being and decrease burnout
About the Speaker
M. Lynn Crismon, Pharm.D., FCCP, DABCP, BCPP
Behrens Inc. Centennial Professor of Pharmacy
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
M. Lynn Crismon is the Behrens Centennial Professor of Pharmacy in the College of Pharmacy and Professor of Psychiatry in the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. From 2007 until 2020 he served as Dean and James T. Doluisio Regents Chair of the College of Pharmacy. He received his BS in Pharmacy from The University of Oklahoma and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from a joint degree program of UT Austin and UT Health San Antonio. He completed residencies in pharmacy practice at the USPHS Gallup Indian Medical Center and in psychiatric pharmacy at The University of Texas and San Antonio State Hospital. He is board-certified in psychiatric pharmacy, and he is a Diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology. His research has focused on strategies to improve the pharmacotherapy and health outcomes of adults and children with severe mental disorders. He was one of the lead investigators in the Texas Medication Algorithm Project and the Children’s Medication Algorithm Project. Since 2004, he has helped lead the development and revision of psychotropic medication prescribing parameters for use in children and youth residing in Texas foster care with the 6th edition released in 2019 as the Psychotropic medication utilization parameters for children and youth in Texas Public Behavioral Health. He has published over 260 articles, chapters, or handbooks. He is the past chair of the AACP Council of Deans and a past AACP board member. He served as a member of the ACCP Board of Regents, the ACCP Research Institute Board of Trustees, and the NIPTE Board of Directors. He was the first chair of the BPS Specialty Council on Psychiatric Pharmacy, and he is currently chair of the ASHP Foundation Research Advisory Council. He served as a member of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Committee that developed the 2019 consensus report Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being which received the 2021 James A. Hamilton Book Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Discuss the updated ASHP Residency Accreditation Standards as it relates to preceptor requirements.
Summarize the process for developing a resident rotation.
Discover evaluation strategies applicable to pharmacy residents.
Describe strategies to incorporate layered learning into your resident rotation.
About the Speaker
Tamara Knight, Pharm.D. BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Manager - Ascension Texas
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas
Tamara Knight is a Clinical Pharmacy Manager for Ascension Seton and Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas. After graduating from UT College of Pharmacy, she completed her PGY1 residency with Ascension Seton and PGY2 Internal Medicine pharmacy residency at Indiana University Health and Butler University in Indianapolis, IN. She served as an Internal Medicine Clinical Specialist for Ascension Seton for many years prior to moving into her current position. During her time as an Internal Medicine Pharmacy Specialist she served as Residency Program Director for the PGY2 Internal Medicine Residency and served as a primary preceptor for students, PGY1 pharmacy residents, and PGY2 pharmacy residents. In her current role she serves as the Residency Program Director for the PGY1 Residency Programs at Ascension Seton. In addition to pharmacy resident precepting and mentoring, her other research and practice interests include anticoagulation, medication safety and quality improvement, as well as clinical decision support.
Be Prepared: Navigating the Process of Failing a Student
This session was offered as part of the 2022 Preceptor Conference. If already completed in 2022, you will not be able to claim credit a second time. The 2022 content is offered here for your convenience and review.
Learning Objectives
Identify reasons that warrant a learner to fail a learning experience or rotation.
Construct detailed and clear learner expectations at the start of a learning experience or rotation.
Discuss the steps necessary to document student failure throughout the rotation experience.
Effectively conduct difficult conversations about student failure.
About the Speaker
Kelsey Bailey, Pharm.D.
Pharmacist
HEB
This person's bio is still under construction and will be available closer to the conference date.
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
Justin Pedigo is a clinical assistant professor and Regional Internship Program Director for the San Antonio region at the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, and he completed his Doctor of Pharmacy training at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy in Abilene, Texas. Dr. Pedigo completed a two-year Pharmacotherapy Residency in Lubbock, Texas with TTUHSC, and afterward he served as a drug information clinical practice specialist with the University of Texas Medical Branch Correctional Managed Care in Huntsville, Texas. Dr. Pedigo provides drug information consultant services to the Texas Department of Health and Human Services Vendor Drug Program and University Health Systems. As a drug information pharmacist, Dr. Pedigo has provided evidence-based population health services to the state offender population including writing evidence-based treatment guidelines and algorithms, and he has provided education to a wide array of healthcare professionals.
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
Nathan Pope is Clinical Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Experiential Education at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. He received his B.S.Pharm. and Pharm.D. degrees from the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey. Afterwards, he completed a Post-graduate (PGY1) Community-based Pharmacy Residency with Walgreens at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. After residency, he worked in various community pharmacy settings ranging from a large national chain, a small regional chain, and owned an independent pharmacy. Nathan was the Residency Program Director for the H-E-B/UT PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency Program for 14 years from 2008 - 2022. He is a recipient of the Bowl of Hygiea Award, the APhA Community Pharmacy Residency Excellence in Precepting Award, and is a Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA).
This session was offered as part of the 2022 Preceptor Conference. If already completed in 2022, you will not be able to claim credit a second time. The 2022 content is offered here for your convenience and review.
Learning Objectives
Review current practices for delivering experiential education rotations
Describe common teaching strategies that impact the quality of preceptor-delivered rotations
Discuss how the relationship between preceptor and learner is critical to a rotation’s success
Describe a vision for the future of experiential education delivery.
About the Speaker
Craig Cox, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS
Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Vice Chair of Experiential Programs
Texas Tech University J.H. Hodge School of Pharmacy
Dr. Craig Cox serves as the Vice Chair for Experiential Programs, based on our Lubbock campus. As Vice Chair, he supervises all of the roles within the Experiential Programs Office, including the Senior Director, Assistant Directors, Lead Specialists, Unit Coordinator, and Coordinator. Dr. Cox also serves as an Ex Officio member of the Curricular Affairs Committee and the Continuing Education, as well as Chair of the Preceptor Advisory Council. Through all of these roles, he oversees the experiential curricular development strategies, the preceptor development strategies, the quality assurance strategies, and coordinates accreditation and assessment efforts as it relates to Experiential Programs and Continuing Education. Dr. Cox serves as the Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy experiential representative at the local, state, regional, and national levels.
The following Dean's remarks video is from the August 5 Preceptor Conference. This program is not accredited for CPE credit, but included here for your information.
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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 activity is approved for 6.0 CEUs LIVE (.65 contact hours live) of continuing education credit for the live program and an additional 5.75 CEUs On-Demand (.575 contact hours on-demand) of continuing education credit for the on-demand sessions. In order to receive 11.75 contact hours of CE credit, the participant must attend/view all sessions of the program full-time, complete the online tests (on-demand sessions) and complete the online evaluations at the conclusion of the program.