Wondering what’s new at the ACCP bookstore this month?

Heroes of Pharmacy: Professional Leadership in Times of Change by Dennis B. Worthen is our newest offering. Anyone currently in the pharmacy profession has been influenced by the leaders who have gone before. This book comprises 30 essays profiling the professional lives of American pharmacists who changed the way we use medicines worldwide and, in so doing, changed the profession of pharmacy. You will want to read these insights into two centuries of professional progress in education, practice (both institutional and community), manufacturing, government, publishing, and association leadership.

We continue to focus on expanding our Teaching and Learning educational resources. This month, we have six new titles that will assist new and seasoned clinical pharmacy faculty in inspiring their students:

• A New Agenda for Higher Education: Shaping a Life of the Mind for Practice by William M. Sullivan. For more than a decade within pharmacy, periodic calls have been made for an integration of professional and general or liberal education. This new book extends the argument. In collaboration with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the authors propose that “practical reasoning” be the common goal of liberal and professional education, using theory and critical thinking to solve problems that graduates encounter in their professional, civic, and personal lives.
• What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain. Winner of the Virginia and Warren Stone Prize awarded annually for an Outstanding Book on Education and Society, this book offers valuable answers to the question, “What makes a great teacher great?”
• Developing Outcomes-Based Assessment for Learner-Centered Education by Amy Driscoll and Swarup Wood strives to empower faculty to develop and maintain ownership of assessment by articulating the learning outcomes and evidence of learning that are appropriate for their courses and programs.
• Leaving the Lectern by Dean A. McManus records the story of how one professor at a research university used a form of active learning to change the way he taught—from traditional lecture and examinations to cooperative learning and student projects.
• The Skillful Teacher by Stephen D. Brookfield. This second edition offers inspiration and down-to-earth advice to new and experienced teachers, showing them how to thrive on the unpredictability and diversity of classroom life.
• Student-Assisted Teaching: A Guide to Faculty-Student Teamwork, edited by Judith E. Miller, James E. Groccia, and Marilyn S. Miller, is a handbook providing a range of models for student-assisted teaching partnerships. This innovative book will assist faculty in making learning more student-centered, more effective, and more productive.

These new titles are available at the ACCP online bookstore at http://www.accp.com/bookstore.php or by calling (913) 492-3311.