Post-Graduate Teaching Certificate Program

Established in 2019, this 12-month certificate aims to foster and develop teaching skills in various settings, creating a foundation for the successful delivery of educational content. With customized tracks to meet the needs of all participants, this program is a balanced, hybrid learning experience.

Teaching Certificate Program Tracks

  • Resident: open to current PGY1 or PGY2 participants
  • Fellow: open to post-graduate pharmacy fellowship participants
  • Pharmacist: open to licensed pharmacist preceptors not currently in a residency or fellowship

The program consists of 6 asynchronous seminars in conjunction with 6 live educational experiences.

Seminars will provide participants with foundational knowledge in the following areas:

  • Teaching philosophy & teaching portfolio
  • Student-centered teaching
  • Student learning styles
  • Course design (didactic and experiential)
  • Writing exam questions
  • Creating patient cases
  • Small and large group instruction
  • Preceptorship
  • Conflict resolution
  • Career opportunities in academia

Educational experiences may include

  • Developing and delivering lecture content to current student pharmacists
  • Simulation-based activities illustrating the pharmacist’s patient care process
  • Precepting IPPE/APPE students

Tuition

  • The enrollment is free of charge to participating institutional partners.

Contact and Application Information

Coordinator for teaching certificate program, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Amanda Zelinski, PharmD, BCACP, Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice