title: An Innovative Approach to Pharmacy Law Education Utilizing a Mock Board of Pharmacy Meeting.
abstract: A thorough understanding of pharmacy law by students is important in the molding of future pharmacy practitioners but a standardized template for the best way to educate students in this area has not been created. A mock Board of Pharmacy meeting was designed and incorporated into the Pharmacy Law course to meet the ACPE accreditation standards at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy. Students acted as Board of Pharmacy members and utilized technology to decide outcomes of cases and requests addressed in a typical 2 day Tennessee Board of Pharmacy meeting. The actual responses to those cases, as well as similar cases and requests addressed over a 5 year period, were revealed to students after they made motions on mock scenarios. Student participation in this interactive learning experience resulted in good understanding of the rules and regulations of pharmacy practice and the consequences associated with violating regulations. Such mock Board of Pharmacy meeting is recommended for future pharmacy law education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: D Todd
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Bess
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Jade
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Schwab
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Junling
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, Memphis TN; Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
authors.forename: Jason A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carter
keywords: mock Board of Pharmacy meeting; pharmacy law; simulated educational model