Resources: https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/innovations/article/view/537 Read More: https://www.ajpe.org/doi/10.5688/aj7307132 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4584382/ Are you looking for a new form of active learning? Or do you want support for a form that you are already doing? Do you want your students to be more engaged, acco ...…

VOLUME UP FOR SOME AWESOME CONTENT ON THIS EPISODE!!! Jeanne Frenzel, PharmD, PhD is an Associate Professor in the College of Health Professions at North Dakota State University. In her on words, Dr. Frenzel is a wife, mom, pharmacist, educator, scholar. Loves exploration and adventure. Serious about researching innovative pedagogies for teachi ...…

Check out our crossover podcast episode with Queer Meducation! Queer Meducation is a platform to educate medical professionals and the public on LGTBQI and nonbinary healthcare. On our episode, KB and I discuss HIV meds then and now! Thanks to the host KB for such a fun episode! How do I motivate students to come to class prepared?? Resources: ...…

Interview with Dr. Seena L. Haines, PharmD, BCACP, FAPhA, FASHP, FCCP, FNAP, BC-ADM, CDE. Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice. The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. In her own words: In addition to being an aspiring yoga instructor, Dr. Seena Haines is a bit of a foodie who likes to travel. Her most recent travel ad ...…

Tips for the busy preceptor- teaching while balancing patient care! Resources: Embracing challenges of precepting: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4062747/ Managing your time as a preceptor: http://ushp.org/resources/Documents/Sebranek%20Evans_USHPMidwinter2018_2ppHandout_FINAL.PDF -Planning -My schedule is that I have three studen ...…

Dr. Heidi Eukel takes us through a number of fresh ideas on interactive learning and shares how to avoid pitfalls she encountered while experimenting with learning games the first time around. In her own words: "I’ve been a professor (ugh, that word makes me feel old and boring) at my alma mater since 2009. I have the COOLEST teaching job ever ...…

If you have worksheets, you can create an escape room! Resources: https://teacheveryday.com/escape-room-in-the-classroom/ https://www.edtechteam.com/blog/2017/08/break-out-of-classroom/ https://sites.google.com/site/digitalbreakouttemplate/home Escape rooms are SO hot right now. I have seen diabetes escape rooms, gram positive infections escape ...…

Dr. Angela Gomez has over twenty years of experience in the fields of continuing education, instructional design, performance improvement, coaching, mentoring, and project management. Angela's background includes a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas, a Master of Science degree and a Ph.D. ...…

Resources: http://www.pnas.org/content/111/23/8410 https://community.acue.org/blog/three-misconceptions-using-active-learning-stem/ https://news.aamc.org/medical-education/article/flipped-classrooms-scrapping-traditional-lectures-/ Episode Notes: “Universities were founded in Western Europe in 1050 and lecturing has been the predominant form of ...…

In his own words, "I laugh when I think back on my view of the world as a young man. I would describe my “purposeful academic journey” like this: Take a stick. Throw it into a stream. Watch where it ends up. I was a kid who thought that those who became valedictorians were just lucky. I barely got into pharmacy school and struggled once I got t ...…

Resources: https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/2013/04/ask-professor-pedagogy-holding-class-outside/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29425171 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29354083 Who: Small groups, such as experiential students on rotations What: We’ll do case discussions, SOAP notes, topic discussions, and evaluations outside. We have also ...…

Dr. Elizabeth Skoy is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the North Dakota State University School of Pharmacy. She has a strong passion for innovation in education and within community pharmacy and uses this passion to drive her service, teaching and research. Book Recommendations: -- Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for ...…

Exam Wrappers aka Error Analysis Exercises Resources: https://www.duq.edu/about/centers-and-institutes/center-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-and-learning/exam-wrappers https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/teach/examwrappers/ https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/strategy-work-look-exam-wrappers/ https://teachingcom ...…

Rachele Pojednic, PhD, EdM is an Assistant Professor of Nutrition at Simmons College and a former research fellow at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Pojednic’s work has a specific focus on physical activity and nutrition interventions for the prevention and treatment of non-communicable chronic disease. She is a ...…

Two Pills Tips: Pecha Kucha Your Way Out of Boring Lectures! Resources: https://remixhumanities.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/pecha-kucha-in-the-classroom-tips-and-strategies-for-better-presentations/ http://www.pecha-kucha.org/what http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/challenging-the-presentation-paradigm-in-6-minutes-40-seconds-pecha-kucha/22807 ...…

Questions? Comments? Recommend someone for an interview? Contact us twopillspodcast@gmail.com or find us on twitter @twopillspodcast! Highlights (full transcript at www.twopillspodcast.com): Meghan Jeffres graduated pharmacy school from University of Wyoming, PGY1 at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City Utah, PGY2 at Barnes-Jewish Hospita ...…

Resources: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/12/07/peds.2015-3679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=24004439 This topic is a little different from our didactic-focused interventions. However, for those of us who participate in rounds or any experiential education in patient care, I think it is an important questio ...…

Interview with Dr. Diana Rangaves! Dr. Diana Rangaves is a pharmacist, philanthropist, and ethics professor turned writer. An accomplished educator, award-winning teacher, and business professional, she uses her powers for good. Diana is a foster mom for PapHavenRescue.org and lives in California with her dogs and pasture pets, in their forever ...…

Cards Against Humanity/Apples to Apples Resources: http://www.techsavvyed.net/archives/3811 https://insidetheclassroomoutsidethebox.wordpress.com/2016/06/19/apples-to-apples-edu-style/ What: • Word association games • Shared goal by all players to complete a phrase by matching the dealer’s card to a card in their hand to earn points • Everyone ...…

Hi! I’m Lauren and I wanted to thank you for checking out “Take Two Pills and listen to this podcast!” Each episode, we interview innovative educators in health, medicine, and more! You know that feeling when you go to a conference, take lots of notes, and come home inspired and ready to implement new ideas? Then, you get back to hundreds of em ...…

Interview with Dr. Eleanor Vogt, PhD, RPh Eleanor Vogt, PhD, RPh, is a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy. She has been named the president of the board of directors for the American Pharmacists Association Foundation (APhAF). Vogt has had a distinguished career working in clinical pharmacy practice, the pharmaceutical industry, heal ...…

Resources: http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/facilitating-learning-with-technology/choosing-your-technology/lightboard http://citl.illinois.edu/citl-101/online-strategy-development/develop-or-revise-an-online-course/online-course-in-a-box/building-your-course/recording-lectures/lightboard-your-whiteboard-for-video https://flippedlearning.org ...…

Interview with Dr. Tim Ulbrich, PharmD, RPh Tim Ulbrich is a professor of pharmacy practice and associate dean of student success at Northeast Ohio Medial University (NEOMED) College of Pharmacy. He graduated from Ohio Northern University with his Doctor of Pharmacy and completed residency training in community/ambulatory care at The Ohio State ...…

Gallery Walk! Resources: http://www.theteachertoolkit.com/index.php/tool/gallery-walk https://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/gallerywalk/what.html https://www.cte.cornell.edu/teaching-ideas/Two-Minute-Teaching-Tips/Gallery-Walk.html What: Use of white boards or large sticky notes posted around a room. Each sticky note/white board has a topic listed ...…

Interview with Dr. Vanessa Holtgrave, PsyD, MS Dr. Holtgrave is a professor of clinical and forensic psychology and a licensed clinical psychologist in the State of California. She has extensive experience in psychological assessment and diagnosis. She works closely with psychiatric medical professionals as part of a forensic team, provides con ...…