Course:PHAR451/GTA Manual

Manual for Graduate Teaching Assistants

Pharmacy 451 (P451) is the third in a series of four therapeutics courses taken by students in the B.Sc.(Pharm) program. It is taken by 3rd year pharmacy students (i.e., 1 year before their last year of their program), is worth 2 credits, runs from September to December each year, and is delivered to a class of ~224 students.

The content is ENDOCRINE, CARDIOVASCULAR and to a lesser degree, renal and hematologic pharmacotherapeutics.

Each topic area is “streamed” in sequence from pathophysology (P471), to pharmacology (P441), to therapeutics (P451) and patient self-care/non-prescription therapeutics (P461).

Course Coordinator: Ms. Janice L. Moshenko, (604) 822-8091, janicem@mail.ubc.ca, Senior Instructor, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

The teaching format is case-oriented didactic lecturing by practicing clinical pharmacists with specific expertise in the topic area(s) taught.

All course management is done in Connect. The course GTA has “Designer” level privileges for the course. Login is via your usual UBC Campus-Wide Login (CWL).

Responsibilities of the P451 GTA

Communicate with instructors to (a) remind them of their upcoming session(s); (b) solicit their slides/handouts for posting/printing; (c ) solicit exam questions from them after their session has been taught.
Proctor the midterm/module exam and final exam.
Attend the beginning of all P451 classes.
Support instructors in using, upon request, tools like Wikis
Mark P451 midterm/module exam and final exam (with or without a “marking team” as required)
Provide parking passes to off-campus instructors.
Other duties as required by the Course Coordinator
Be familiar with the P451 Instructor resources & guidelines the Syllabus.

Required Skills/Resources/Behaviours

Regular (i.e., at least daily) monitoring of email.
Ability and resources to convert a PPT file to a PDF document in handout (i.e., 6-up) format.
Ability to use Connect course management functions (e.g., editing “Schedule & Learning Materials” page, posting files, adding/editing quiz questions, others as required)
Ensure that all email communication about this course contains the word “P451” in the SUBJECT LINE.
Please ACKNOWLEDGE all emails sent by the Course Coordinator to confirm receipt/actions taken.
Please CC the Course Coordinator on all messages sent to instructors.
Please ACKNOWLEDGE all responses from instructors and remember to thank them for sending their materials.
Notify the Course Coordinator ASAP if any of the steps listed below result in non-response from instructors or any other unusual issues arise in the course of these activities.

COURSE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES BY GTA

1. 7 DAYS before their scheduled session, email instructor to solicit their teaching materials and specify prereading assignment.

Cut and paste the following text to facilitate this communication, substituting appropriate dates, times, topics, places, persons as required:

SUBJECT: Your P451 Diabetes session on 23SEPXX

Dear Dr X:

I am the Graduate Teaching Assistant for Pharmacy 451 (Therapeutics III).

In preparation for your session on XXSEPXX at 1400h in PHRM 1101, this is a friendly reminder to email me the preparatory assignment (eg, pre-reading) and handout for the session on or before 1100h on [3 working days before the session].

Please refer to the PHAR 451 Instructor resources & guidelines for guidance on session materials.

Note that we will NOT be printing any materials for the students. They are required to access your session materials online and use/print them per their preferences.

Let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to receiving your materials on or before [3 working days before the session].

[Your name here]

PHAR 451 GTA

2. Immediately upon receipt of the session materials (and at least 2 business days before the session), post them to Connect under the appropriate session. Also DELETE residual session materials from the previous year unless otherwise requested by the instructor.

NOTE: If the instructor sends a PPT file, you must convert this to a PDF file. This requires Adobe Acrobat software.

Instructors for Fall 2016

Dr. Anar Dossa - VGH; Anar.Dossa@vch.ca (604) 875-4111 , 62184 | Requires Parking Pass | Requires Orientation to Podium Tech
Dr. James McCormack - UBC FoPS; james.mccormack@ubc.ca (604) 822-1710
Dr. Doson Chua - St. Paul’s Hospital; DChua@providencehealth.bc.ca 604-682-2344,68153 | Requires Parking Pass | Requires Orientation to Podium Tech
Dr. Judith Soon - UBC FoPS; jasoon@interchange.ubc.ca (604) 859-3984
Dr. Elaine Lum - VGH; Elaine.Lum@vch.ca | Requires Parking Pass | Requires Orientation to Podium Tech
Dr. Richard Slavik - Interior Health, Kelowna General Hospital; Richard.Slavik@interiorhealth.ca (250) 980-5045 | Requires Parking Pass | Requires Orientation to Podium Tech
Dr. Peter Loewen - UBC FoPS; Peter.Loewen@ubc.ca
Dr. Peter Zed - UBC FoPS; Peter.Zed@ubc.ca
Dr. Nicole Bruchet - Interior Health, Kelowna General Hospital; Nicole.Bruchet@interiorhealth.ca | Requires Orientation to Podium Tech