Pharmacy Education: What Matters in Learning and Teaching

Twelve academics from the US and Canada contribute 14 chapters designed to help new and experienced faculty plan and execute educational activities within a learner-centered environment, particularly in schools of pharmacy. The workbook-style text contains reflective exercises and self-diagnostic questions to enable readers to customize the presented material to their current situation. Coverage includes examining one's teaching philosophy; student-centered learning; a systems approach to learning and teaching; assessment techniques and tools; key considerations in various settings--large classroom, clinical site, laboratory, small classroom--as environments of teaching and learning; the role of the educator as faculty member, advisor, and mentor in the professional maturation of the pharmacy student; and important aspects of faculty advancement, such as faculty development, service, and scholarship. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)