Teaching What Tomorrow Demands: Preparing Student Pharmacists for the New Healthcare Era

Hosted by the Technology in Pharmacy Education and Learning SIG

This session equips pharmacy educators with practical strategies to integrate artificial intelligence, digital health, and informatics competencies into the PharmD curriculum using scalable, learner-centered curricular models from Belmont University and UCSF. The session emphasizes preparing student pharmacists for data-informed, AI-enabled healthcare practice through longitudinal curriculum design, interactive activities, and alignment with ACPE 2025 and COEPA 2023 outcomes.

Objectives:

• Describe evidence-based strategies for integrating digital health, informatics, and artificial intelligence competencies into PharmD curricula aligned with ACPE Standards 2025 and COEPA 2023 outcomes.
• Apply Belmont University’s “Spiral Curriculum” framework and UCSF’s modular-based instructional model to support longitudinal and modular integration of AI-enabled learning within pharmacy education.
• Design learner-centered educational activities and assessments that foster digital fluency, ethical AI use, and data-informed decision-making skills among student pharmacists.

Speakers:

Anthony Blash, Pharm.D., BCompSc, CPHiMS
Associate Professor, Healthcare Informatics
Belmont University

Joanne Chun, PharmD, PhD
Director, Postgraduate Education Programs
UCSF