Hosted by the Laboratory Instructors SIG
Join the Laboratory Instructors SIG for an exciting webinar featuring the 2026 LITE Award Winner and Honorable Mentions!
Winner – "Using Artificial Intelligence Activities to Enhance Student Self-Care Counseling Skills" – a multi-institution collaboration between Rutgers University, University of Arkansas, Belmont University, Auburn University, and the University of Iowa
Honorable Mentions –
• “Inclusive, Culturally Responsive Communication and Advocacy Skills” – University of Minnesota
• “Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic (LAI-AP) Laboratory” – Virginia Commonwealth University
Objectives:
- Describe innovative approaches used by pharmacy educators to enhance laboratory instruction through simulation-based learning.
- Explain the design, implementation, and lessons learned from utilizing artificial intelligence as simulated patients for students to practice self-care counseling skills.
- Describe key elements and the collaboration process with an academic Simulated Patient Program and their integration into case making with pharmacy faculty.
- Describe the implementation and design of an active-learning laboratory focused on long-acting injectable antipsychotics.
Moderator:
Apryl N. Peddi, PharmD, BCACP
Assistant Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Speakers:
Alexis Crawford, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS
Associate Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Morgan Hoeft, PharmD
Lecturer and Lab Director - Twin Cities
University of Minnesota
Jarod Parrish, PharmD
Assistant Professor
Belmont University
Jared Van Hooser, PharmD
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
Joseph Walter, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Rutgers University,