Pharmacy Fika
The Pharmacy Fika podcast is a positive and compassionate “place” (a virtual community) where pharmacy and other health professions educators gather to discuss teaching, learning, scholarship, and academic life… plus the snacks that support their best work.
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- Sep 8, 2026
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- Jul 7, 2026
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A Wobbly Stool: Rethinking Research, Teaching, and Service (opens the original)
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Should most research conducted by faculty simply stop? That's the provocative question posed by William Deresiewicz in a Chronicle of Higher Education essay that caught the attention of our guest David Zgarrick, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University's Bouvé College of Health Sciences. Stuart, Jeff, and Kristin dig into pharmacy academia's "three-legged stool" of research, teaching, and service. Is asking every faculty member to do it all producing mediocrity instead of excellence? D
Kafferep in the Grapevine: The 2026 AACP Annual Meeting Roundup (opens the original)
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The PharmacyFika Crew hits the road with their mini-microphones and interviews some of the presenters at the 2026 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Annual Meeting in Grapevine, Texas. Jeff tracks down Krissy Thornby (Palm Beach Atlantic University) to talk about the session entitled The System Teaches What It Rewards: What If Our Assessment Culture Is the Curriculum? and the work of the Academic Affairs Committee. Stuart attended the World Café led by Meagen Rosenthal and Marie
The Workload Estimator: Striving for Equity, Wellness, and Capturing Hidden Work (opens the original)
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The Fika Crew talks with Gloria Grice, PharmD - Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, St. Louis College of Pharmacy - about her years of work developing a faculty workload "estimator", a tool designed to spark conversation rather than produce a precise number. Our discussion is far-ranging, including how to capture teaching, service, and scholarship effort; why equity, wellness, and transparency matter; how workload data can reveal hidden burdens; and cultural g
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