The Fika Crew welcomes Carrie Vogler, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Southern Illinois Edwardsville, and Heather Folz, PharmD, BCACP, Associate Professor of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy at Notre Dame of Maryland University, to talk about the online faculty journal club called "Not Your Mama's Journal Club." At the AACP Annual Meeting, they described how they engage faculty in interactive discussions about papers related to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). We wanted to learn more!

Intro and Fika Snack Sharing: 0:00 to 3:48

Resources

Charrios TL, Janke KK, Covvey JR, Aronson BD. Making space for reading as a faculty member. Am J Pharm Educ 2023; 87 (10): Article 100115.

Rubin G. The four tendencies: The indispensable personality profiles that reveal how to make your life better (and other people's lives better, too). New York: Harmony Books, 2017.

McGuire SY, McGuire S. Teach students how to learn: Strategies you can incorporate into any course to improve student metacognition, study skills, and motivation. New York: Routledge, 2015.

Ambrose SA, Bridges MW, Lovett MC, DiPietro M, Norman MK. How learning works: Seven research-based principles for smart teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010.

Lang JM. Small teaching: Everyday lessons from the science of learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2021.

Leslie I. Curious: The desire to know and why your future depends on it. New York: Basic Books, 2015.

Palmer P. The courage to teach: Exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life. 20th Anniversary Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2017.

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The Pharmacy Fika podcast is a positive and compassionate “place” (a virtual community) where pharmacy and other health professions educators gather to discuss teaching, learning, scholarship, and academic life… plus the snacks that support their best work. So grab your favorite beverage and listen to the Pharmacy Fika podcast with your colleagues.

The Co-Hosts are:

• Stuart T. Haines (Executive Producer), University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy – sthaines@olemiss.edu
• Tina Brock, University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences - tina.brock@unimelb.edu.au
• Jeff Cain, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy - jeff.cain@uky.edu
• Kristin Janke, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy - janke006@umn.edu

Disclaimer (inspired by Whad’Ya Know?): All opinions expressed on the Pharmacy Fika podcast are well-reasoned and insightful. Needless to say, they are ours and our guests alone, and not those of our employing institutions.

Even though we don’t accept advertising and don’t have any sponsors, we seem to mention Trader Joe’s snacks and various water-based drinks a LOT.

Not sure what fika is all about? Watch this brief video: How a Swedish coffee break can boost your wellbeing and performance.

Got a great idea for a discussion topic? Drop us a line (pharmacyfika@gmail.com) or leave us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/PharmacyFika

The Pharmacy Fika Crew brought their posh new microphones and their smartphones to the AACP Annual Meeting in Chicago. We talk with a select few speakers about their presentations and the lessons learned experimenting with new frameworks, techniques, and technologies. Kristin talks with Alex Isaacs (Purdue) about expectancy value theory and its application to assessments. Stuart interviews Jennifer Clements (South Carolina) and Kashelle Lockman (Iowa) about implementing greater transparency in their teaching using the TILT framework. Tina bumps into Professor Louise "Lou" Brown (University College London) and marvels at the curricular changes needed to prepare graduates for a new identity - prescriber! Jeff was attracted to the session on Smart Leave Practices and tracked down Katelyn Alexander (East Tennessee) to find out how we can be more thoughtful and intentional about time off from work. Stuart pigeonholes Todd Sorensen (Minnesota), who chaired the 2025 Argus Commission, to discuss the Forecast Report and the trends that may materialize over the next five years. And Kristin wanted to learn more about how to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) as a partner to be a more effective educator, and interviewed Jacqui MacLaughlin (North Carolina) about the use of AI to assess learners.

Intro and Fika Snack Sharing: 0:00 to 3:30

• Expectancy Value Theory (Isaacs) [3:31]
• Transparency in Teaching and Learning (Lockman & Clements) [10:27]
• Curricular Change and Professional Identity (Brown) [18:26]
• Smart Leave Practices (Alexander) [25:05]
• Argus Commission Forecast (Sorensen) [29:20]
• Generative AI for Assessments (MacLaughlin) [33:53]

Resources

Holdford D, Lovelace-Elmore B. Applying principles of human motivation to Pharmaceutical Education. J Pharm Teaching 2001; 8(4): 1-18.

Website: TILT Higher Ed: Transparency in Teaching and Learning

Ambrose SA, Bridges MW, DiPietro M, Lovett MC, Norman MK. What Factors Motivate Students to Learn? In: How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching. Jossey-Bass, 2010: 66-90.

Sorensen T, Cox C, Haines ST, Lin A, Melchert R, et al. AACP Argus Commission Forecast 2025. 2025;89(8):101441.

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The Pharmacy Fika podcast is a positive and compassionate “place” (a virtual community) where pharmacy and other health professions educators gather to discuss teaching, learning, scholarship, and academic life… plus the snacks that support their best work. So grab your favorite beverage and listen to the Pharmacy Fika podcast with your colleagues.

The Co-Hosts are:

• Stuart T. Haines (Executive Producer), University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy – sthaines@olemiss.edu
• Tina Brock, University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences - tina.brock@unimelb.edu.au
• Jeff Cain, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy - jeff.cain@uky.edu
• Kristin Janke, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy - janke006@umn.edu

Disclaimer (inspired by Whad’Ya Know?): All opinions expressed on the Pharmacy Fika podcast are well-reasoned and insightful. Needless to say, they are ours and our guests alone, and not those of our employing institutions.

Even though we don’t accept advertising and don’t have any sponsors, we seem to mention Trader Joe’s snacks and various water-based drinks a LOT.

Not sure what fika is all about? Watch this brief video: How a Swedish coffee break can boost your wellbeing and performance.

Got a great idea for a discussion topic? Drop us a line (pharmacyfika@gmail.com) or leave us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/PharmacyFika

The Fika Crew welcomes Vibhuti Arya, PharmD, MPH — Clinical Professor, St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — who shares her concerns about leadership, systemic tension, and cultivating new voices. Are we so bogged down in administrative tasks that the system is taking away the time and space needed to think, invent, and be creative? How might an appreciative inquiry approach enable us to honor the progress we've made while fostering change for the future?

Fika Beverage Snack Sharing: 0:00 to 4:47

Discussion about Leadership: 4:48

Resources

Ashton M. Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff. N Engl J Med 2018: 379 (19): 1789-91.

The Center for Appreciative Inquiry. What is Appreciative Inquiry?.

Merriel A, Wilson A, Decker E, et al. Systematic review and narrative synthesis of the impact of Appreciative Inquiry in healthcare. BMJ Open Qual 2022; 11(2): e001911.

Cockell J, McArthur-Blair J. Appreciative inquiry in higher education: A transformative force. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

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The Pharmacy Fika podcast is a positive and compassionate “place” (a virtual community) where pharmacy and other health professions educators gather to discuss teaching, learning, scholarship, and academic life… plus the snacks that support their best work. So grab your favorite beverage and listen to the Pharmacy Fika podcast with your colleagues.

The Co-Hosts are:

• Stuart T. Haines (Executive Producer), University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy – sthaines@olemiss.edu
• Tina Brock, University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences - tina.brock@unimelb.edu.au
• Jeff Cain, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy - jeff.cain@uky.edu
• Kristin Janke, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy - janke006@umn.edu

Disclaimer (inspired by Whad’Ya Know?): All opinions expressed on the Pharmacy Fika podcast are well-reasoned and insightful. Needless to say, they are ours and our guests alone, and not those of our employing institutions.

Even though we don’t accept advertising and don’t have any sponsors, we seem to mention Trader Joe’s snacks and various water-based drinks a LOT.

Not sure what fika is all about? Watch this brief video: How a Swedish coffee break can boost your wellbeing and performance.

Got a great idea for a discussion topic? Drop us a line (pharmacyfika@gmail.com) or leave us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/PharmacyFika