Critical Thinking Skills and Student Performance in Pharmaceutics

When:  Feb 25, 2025 from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM (ET)

Hosted by the Pharmaceutics Section

The webinar will describe the application of a critical thinking framework in pharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics courses to enhance student success. Approaches to assess the framework will be discussed. Subsequently, in-class exercises regarding the roles of excipients, including student performance and perceptions, will be described. 

Objectives:

  • Describe the application of a critical thinking framework to improve student performance in pharmaceutics/pharmacokinetics courses.
  • Describe assessment approaches utilized following the use of a critical thinking framework.
  • Evaluate student performance involving in-class exercises regarding roles of excipients.
  • Assess student perceptions about exercises regarding roles of excipients.
     

Moderator:

Kevin B. Ita, PhD
Professor, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Touro University California, College of Pharmacy

Speakers:

Timothy K. Fincher, PhD, RPh
Assistant Professor, Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Pharmacy, William Carey University 

Eytan A. Klausner, BPharm, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 
South College School of Pharmacy