title: Elective self-care course emphasizing critical reasoning principles.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To create, implement, and assess a self-directed online course based on 3 critical reasoning principles to develop pharmacy students' skills in literature appraisal, content, metacognition, and assessment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students completed 3 assignments for the course: compile a literature appraisal on a healthcare topic; plan learning objectives and meta-cognitive skills for a learning module; and create a case-based online lesson with multi-structured feedback.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An online exit survey evaluated students' perceptions regarding development of ACE (agency, collaboration, expertise) principles and preparation for competency. Students reported acquisition of ACE principles and noted improvements in their learning approaches, sense of responsibility for individual and community learning, skills, and confidence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An online elective course in self-care addressed practice standards for patient safety, maintenance of competency, and interprofessional education by emphasizing critical reasoning skills.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pharmacy Practice, University of Toronto, Canada. debra.sibbald@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sibbald
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012648:Self Care; D013339:Students, Pharmacy