Pharmacists Warned Not to Use Facebook

In Britain, pharmacists are being told not to "friend" their patients on Facebook and other social media sites.

I've seen surveys on opinions regarding faculty/student relations on Facebook. But what are you telling your students about interacting with patients on social media?

Pharmacy debuts new robotic system

The Fort Leavenworth Lamp  has a news story about a new pharmacy robot at Munson Army Health Center Pharmacy.    


Do any schools have required instruction on the use of pharmacy robots in their curriculum?   Or is the student getting information on robots just luck of the draw with respect to where they end up doing their experiential work?

FDA proposes regulation of mobile healthcare apps

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the FDA has introduced a proposal that would "allow it to regulate smartphone and tablet apps that relate to health and medical needs".

This might include apps for smartphones that measure blood pressure, ultrasound apps and handheld cancer detectors.

Is anyone working with students to help educate patients about the use of mobile electronic devices to monitor their health?

Via Gizmodo

Amazon allowing students to "rent" textbooks on Kindle

Amazon has announced that they will start allowing students to rent textbooks on their Kindle for 30 - 360 days for "up to 80% off the list price of the print textbook".


Annotations that the student makes to the textbook will be preserved even after the rental period ends.


I didn't see much in the way of pharmacy-specific titles for rent, but Amazon plans to make more and more titles available over time.


Are we seeing the beginning of the end for paper and ink textbooks?

Educational Research and Facebook Privacy

The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article detailing some of the ethical concerns of using data collected from Facebook as part of educational research.


What has been your experience with respect to asking students to provide consent to participate in research related to teaching?

2011 TiPEL SIG Business Meeting

I hope to see a large turnout at the annual business meeting this year. We are specifically looking to increase participation in TiPEL activities. Opportunities for this will be discussed at the meeting. The agenda for the meeting is below.

Call to Order
Approval of Minutes
Report of the Chair
Report of the Secretary
Report of Programming Committee
Report of Nominating Committee
Report of Ad Hoc Committees

Webinar Committee

Unfinished Business

Instructional Technology survey/database

New Business

Webinar Committee for 2011-2012

Topic-specific bloggers for 2011-2012

Closing Remarks
Installation of Officers
New Chair Remarks

Recognition

Committee volunteers

Adjournment

Technology-related Posters and Presentations in San Antonio

Do you have a technology-related poster, presentation, roundtable, etc. at the AACP meeting in San Antonio?


Add the information about it to the comments following this post so that members of the SIG will have a handy list they can refer to when deciding what to do each day.