VALUE Research

An Environmental Scan on the Status of Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills in Colleges/ Schools of Pharmacy: Report of the 2009-2010 Academic Affairs Standing Committee

Oderda, G. M., Zavod, R. M., Carter, J. T., Early, J. L., Joyner, P. U., Kirschenbaum, H., Mack, E. J., Traynor, A. P., & Plaza, C. M. (2010). An Environmental Scan on the Status of Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills in Colleges/ Schools of Pharmacy: Report of the 2009-2010 Academic Affairs Standing Committee. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 74(10). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3058464/

Abstract: Problem Solving and Critical Thinking VALUE rubrics served as course, assignment, and learning outcome design frameworks for modified curriculum mapping across multiple disciplines and at varying times of pharmacy education: admission, credit accumulation, and graduation. Offers alternatives for assessing these outcomes such as standardized tests: WGCTA, CCTST, CCTDL, HSRT - authors more curious in these applications for incoming students.