Exploring the Pass-Fail Grading Model in Pharmacy Education
Planned in cooperation with the ASHP Section of Pharmacy Educators
ACPE Activity Number: 0204-0000-22-585-H99-P
Release Date: Sept 7, 2022
Expiration Date: Sept 7, 2025
Activity Type: Knowledge-based
CE Credits: 1.5 contact hours, (0.15 CEU)
Activity Fee: Member – Free / Non-Member – Not Available
This activity is a recording from a live webinar and those that claim credit for the live webinar should not claim credit for this activity.
Activity Overview
A number of schools and colleges of pharmacy nationwide are adopting the pass-fail grading model for student pharmacists. This webinar will review the historical trends of this model, benefits and challenges for students and faculty, as well as insights into understanding how to evaluate a pass-fail transcript. Attendees will hear from early and recent adopters of the pass-fail grading system while learning the application and assessment for graduates of pass-fail model schools.
Accreditation
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
After participating in this CPE activity, participants should be able to:
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Describe the historical utilization of the pass-fail grading system in healthcare professions.
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Identify the correlation between pass-fail grading systems and student well-being.
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Define the parameters and key processes of student evaluation through the pass-fail grading system.
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Discuss the benefits and challenges of the pass-fail grading system to discretionary grading.
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Summarize case studies of programs that have adopted the pass-fail grading system.
Schedule of Activities
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Introduction and Announcements
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Presentation
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Questions, Answers, and Discussion
Faculty
Director of Outreach
Assistant Professor
Medical College of Wisconsin
School of Pharmacy
George E. MacKinnon III, PhD, MS, RPh, FASHP, FNAP
Founding Dean School of Pharmacy
Professor Pharmacy, Family Medicine, and Institute for Health & Equity
Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Lana M. Minshew, PhD, MEd
Assistant Professor School of Pharmacy
Kern Institute
Medical College of Wisconsin
Igor Mitrovic, MD
Professor
Departments of Physiology and Clinical Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco
Associate Dean of Integrated Core Curriculum, School of Pharmacy
Jennifer A. Koch, PharmD, BCGP, BCPS
Associate Chief of Pharmacy - Clinical Programs
Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI
Moderator
Georgia Galanou Luchen, Pharm.D.
Director, Member Relations
Section of Pharmacy Educators & Community Pharmacy Practitioners
ASHP
Bethesda, Maryland
Relevant Financial Relationship Disclosure
In accordance with our accreditor’s Standards of Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ASHP requires that all individuals in control of content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if they have had a financial relationship with an ineligible company in any dollar amount in the past 24 months and the educational content that the individual controls is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
An ineligible company is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The presence or absence of relevant financial relationships will be disclosed to the activity audience.
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No one in control of the content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship (RFR) with an ineligible company.
Methods and CE Requirements
This activity consists of recordings of faculty slides presentations, active learning activities, discussion, and handouts. Participants must participate in the activity in its entirety to claim continuing pharmacy education credit online at ASHP Learning Center. Follow the prompts online to complete the evaluation, claim credit and view the statement of credit immediately after completing the activity.
Per ACPE requirements, CPE credit must be claimed within 60 days of being earned. Once you have processed and claimed your CE credit, we encourage you to check your NABP eProfile account to verify your credits were transferred successfully before the ACPE 60-day deadline. It is an electronic direct-report process so your credits should appear in your account within a few minutes. After the 60 day deadline, ASHP will no longer be able to report your credit(s) for this activity.