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Aug 2022
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Less is More — Addressing Curricular and...

The Pharmacy Fika Crew
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In this episode, we talk about overload and bloat.  We've got far too much material to cover and not enough time to cover it.  We've got too many things to accomplish, and not enough resources to accomplish them!  Our natural tendency is ADD when addressing a problem rather than subtracting, simplifying, or streamlining.  Subtracting isn't always the best solution, but we should routinely consider it.

Special Guest: Jennifer Trujillo, PharmD, Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado and Chair (2021-2022), AACP Council of Faculty 

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Resources

Klotz L.  Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less.  New York: Flatiron Books, 2021.

McKeown G.  Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less.  New York: Crown Business, 2014.

Romanelli F.  Curricular hoarding.  Am J Pharm Educ 2020; 84 (1): Article 847714.

Adams GS, Converse BA, Hales AH, Klotz LE.  People systematically overlook substantive changes. Nature 2021; 592: 258-61.

Peterson CI, Baepler P, Beitz A, et al.  The tyranny of content: "Content coverage" as a barrier to evidence-based teaching approaches and ways to overcome it.  CBE-Life Sciences Education 2020; 19 (2).

AACP Council of Faculties. 2021-2022 Faculty Affairs Committee - Final Report.  See Appendix A.  [Access is restricted to AACP COF Members]

Nature Videos.  Less is more: Why our brains struggle to subtract.  YouTube, Apr 7 2021.

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