Nurturing Minds and Skills: AI and Well-being in Pharmacy Education

Hosted by the Laboratory Instructors' SIG

This webinar will explore innovative strategies for advancing pharmacy education in skills labs through insights from two distinct programs. Topics include integrating a mindfulness curriculum to foster resilience and well-being in pharmacy labs and leveraging AI tools to address opportunities and challenges in enhancing pharmacy skills education.
 

Objectives:

• Explain how integrating social emotional skill development via mindfulness training techniques can enhance students’ ability to communicate effectively with patients. 
• Evaluate the impact of these techniques on personal well-being and professional practice. 
• Describe how students may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) platforms for pharmacy skills laboratory activities. 
• Discover how each of these unique activities can enrich pharmacy skills lab curricula to prepare students for pharmacy practice. 

Moderator:

Stephanie Hunziker, PharmD, BCMTMS
Clinical Associate Professor/Director of Skills and Simulation
SIUE School of Pharmacy 

Speakers:

Beth Buckley, PharmD, CDCES
Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Concordia University Wisconsin School of Pharmacy

Apryl N. Peddi, PharmD, BCACP
Assistant Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University