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Educational Innovations: Categories Of Bulletin Board Postings Designed To Increase Awareness Of Contemporary Pharmaceutical Policy Issues, Jacob T. Painter, Joseph L. Fink Iii

Pharmacy Practice and Science Faculty Publications

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this project was to categorize and classify bulletin board postings pertaining to pharmaceutical policy from both the professional and lay press.

METHODS: Bulletin board postings were used to supplement in-class discussion to keep students, faculty and staff up-to-date on emerging trends. A bulletin board located in the main classroom area of the College of Pharmacy Building where students would pass by on the way to class and congregate during break periods was used to display articles from various sources concerning topics related to pharmaceutical policy. Information is presented about the primary subject matters addressed …