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. 2020 Jun;84(6):ajpe8088.
doi: 10.5688/ajpe8088.

Sustainable Pharmacy Education in the Time of COVID-19

Kayley M Lyons  1 , Arthur Christopoulos  1 , Tina P Brock  1
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Sustainable Pharmacy Education in the Time of COVID-19

Kayley M Lyons et al. Am J Pharm Educ. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

Pharmacy schools and colleges worldwide are facing unprecedented challenges to ensuring sustainable education during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The experiences of pharmacy educators in the Asia-Pacific region in delivering emergency remote teaching, ensuring purposeful experiential placements, supporting displaced or isolated students, and communicating with faculty members, staff members, and students are discussed. The role of this pandemic in accelerating opportunities for new models of pharmacy education across the world is also discussed.

Keywords: adaptability; emergency response; sustainability; teaching delivery; teamwork.

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