From streamlining medication management to enhancing patient care, artificial intelligence has the potential to transform the way pharmacists practice. In the first of a three-part series, this podcast will lay the foundation of knowledge for what artificial intelligence is and how it is being utilized within the profession of pharmacy and pharmacy education.
Jeff Cain, EdD, MS, (he/him) is an associate professor and vice-chair in the Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy and director of the Office of Teaching Innovation & Scholarship. His primary classroom teaching is as course director for Pharmacy Operations and Financial Management. He also directs the University of Kentucky Teaching Certificate Program, runs an academic fellowship program, and mentors pharmacy students and residents through an academia rotation.
Daniel Malcom, PharmD, BCPS,(he/him) obtained his PharmD from the University of Georgia in 2008, then completed a post-graduate year 1 residency and a post-graduate year 2 critical care residency at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, joining the faculty of Sullivan University immediately following residency in 2010. He has since worked his way up to professor and department chair of pharmacy practice. He also serves as an associate editor for the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and is active in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and other professional organizations.
Megan Giruzzi, PharmD, BCPS, (she/her) is an assistant clinical professor at Washington State University. Her practice site is at MultiCare Yakima Memorial where she serves as a clinical pharmacist on a family medicine team. On a daily basis, she precepts advanced pharmacy practices experience acute care students, postgraduate year1 pharmacy residents, and medical residents.
Jared Sheley, PharmD, BCPS, (he/him) is a clinical associate professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy and holds a joint appointment as a clinical pharmacy specialist at HSHS St. Elizabeth’s hospital, where he participates in multi-disciplinary teaching rounds with a family medicine inpatient service. Sheley frequently serves a preceptor for advanced pharmacy practice experiences students and pharmacy and physician residents. He also co-coordinates an acute care specialization and a pharmacy resident teaching certificate program.
