Education and Training PRN Focus Session — AI as Your Co-Pilot: Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to Reshape Pharmacy Education, Precepting, and Mentorship​

The Education and Training PRN Educational Programming Committee presents an informative evidence-based session focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and its role in pharmacy education. AI is a branch of computer science that enables machines to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence like problem-solving, pattern recognition, and decision-making. AI technologies have the potential to improve efficiency, accuracy, and personalization in every sector. Focusing on education and healthcare, AI is swiftly transforming practice as we work to understand how to effectively and responsibly use and leverage its capabilities. In turn, it is essential that we provide the necessary framework to prepare future pharmacists for contemporary real-world practice. In this session, speakers from both academia and clinical practice will lead the audience in a review of AI in the context of pharmacy education. This session will highlight examples of AI integration into pharmacy education, explore challenges and benefits, and describe actionable strategies to integrate AI into experiential pharmacy education.

Moderator: Abigail Elmes-Patel, Pharm.D., MHPE, BCPS Education Director, Special Programs American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Bethesda, MD   View Biography

Overview of Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacy Didactic and Experiential Education 4:00 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. Speaker: Zachary R. Noel, Pharm.D., Ph.D., FCCP Associate Professor University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy Chapel Hill, NC   View Biography

AI in the Field Part 1: Practical Examples and Lessons from Pharmacy Experiential Education 4:20 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Speaker: Scott D. Nei, BCCCP, BCPS Program Manager of Experiential Education Associate Professor of Pharmacy, College of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine Mayo Clinic Hospital - Rochester, Minnesota   View Biography Speaker: Abby K. Krauter, Pharm.D., BCPS Clinical Pharmacist, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN   View Biography

AI in the Field Part 2: Practical Examples and Lessons from Pharmacy Experiential Education 4:45 p.m. to 5:10 p.m. Speaker: Kaitlin M. Alexander, Pharm.D., BCCCP University of Florida College of Pharmacy   View Biography

Future Directions for Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacy Experiential Education (Panel Discussion) 5:10 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.