Laboratory Instructors' SIG 2026 LITE Award Winners Showcase

August 13, 2026
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. ET

Hosted by the Laboratory Instructors SIG

Join the Laboratory Instructors SIG for an exciting webinar featuring the 2026 LITE Award Winner and Honorable Mentions!
 

Winner – "Using Artificial Intelligence Activities to Enhance Student Self-Care Counseling Skills" – a multi-institution collaboration between Rutgers University, University of Arkansas, Belmont University, Auburn University, and the University of Iowa


Honorable Mentions –
• “Inclusive, Culturally Responsive Communication and Advocacy Skills” – University of Minnesota
• “Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic (LAI-AP) Laboratory” – Virginia Commonwealth University

Objectives:

  • Describe innovative approaches used by pharmacy educators to enhance laboratory instruction through simulation-based learning.
  • Explain the design, implementation, and lessons learned from utilizing artificial intelligence as simulated patients for students to practice self-care counseling skills.
  • Describe key elements and the collaboration process with an academic Simulated Patient Program and their integration into case making with pharmacy faculty.
  • Describe the implementation and design of an active-learning laboratory focused on long-acting injectable antipsychotics.

Moderator:

Apryl N. Peddi, PharmD, BCACP
Assistant Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University

Speakers:

Alexis Crawford, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS
Associate Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University

Morgan Hoeft, PharmD
Lecturer and Lab Director - Twin Cities
University of Minnesota

Jarod Parrish, PharmD
Assistant Professor
Belmont University

Jared Van Hooser, PharmD
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota

Joseph Walter, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Rutgers University,

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