title: An innovative seminar course in business etiquette for pharmacy graduate students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop and implement a seminar course for graduate students in the social and administrative pharmaceutical sciences to enhance knowledge and confidence with respect their abilities to demonstrate appropriate business etiquette.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 1-credit graduate seminar course was designed based on learner-centered constructivist theory and application of Fink's Taxonomy for Significant Learning.Assessment. Eleven students participated in the spring 2011 seminar course presentations and activities. Students completed pre- and post-assessment instruments, which included knowledge and attitudinal questions. Formative and summative assessments showed gains in student knowledge, perceived skills, and confidence based on observation and student-reported outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Graduate student reaction to the course was overwhelmingly positive. The etiquette course has potential application in doctor of pharmacy education, other graduate disciplines, undergraduate education, and continuing professional development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Administration,University of Illinois at Chicago-College of Pharmacy, 833 S.Wood St., Chicago, IL 60612, USA. crawford@uic.edu
authors.forename: Stephanie Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004514:Education, Pharmacy, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011361:Professional Competence; D013339:Students, Pharmacy