Previous Symposia
PPS Education Research Symposium 2025
PPS Education Research Symposium 2024
PPS Education Research Symposium 2023
PPS Education Research Symposium 2025
INnovation Shaping Practice, Impact, Research, and Education in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science (INSPIRE-PPS)
Thursday 20 November, 2025.
| Time | Session | Presenting Authors | Title | Education Research Priority Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Opening remarks | Paul White | Opening remarks | |
| 9:10 - 10:00 | Plenary | Speaker: Christopher Thompson Elizabeth Yuriev (chair) | Is it time to accept that assessment security in STEM education is obsolete in the age of generative AI? | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Morning tea - Cossar Hall Mural Section | |||
| 10:30 - 11:55 | Session 1 (Student Showcase) - Lecture Theatre 2 - Kimberly Vo (Chair) | |||
| 10:30 - 10:50 | S1.1* | Adeladlew K. Netere | Inside the Minds of Test-Takers: Gathering Response-Process Validity Evidence for the Pharmacology Concept Inventory | Core Concepts |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | S1.2* | Ziheng Wu, Elizabeth Yuriev, Nilushi Karunaratne, Jae Pyun | Generative AI as a team member in pharmaceutical science education | Generative AI |
| 11:10 - 11:25 | S1.3* | Alison Etukakpan, Megan Waldhuber, Kristin Janke, Paul White | Closing the loop: Mapping the alignment of core concepts in pharmacotherapy education to the Australian Pharmacy Council Performance Outcomes | Core Concepts |
| 11:25 - 11:40 | S1.4* | Lailaturrahmi Lailaturrahmi, Laila Isrona, Suzanne Caliph, Thao Vu, Ian Larson | Evaluating the design and implementation of a MyDispense-based online module in an Indonesian university | Skills and skills assessment |
| 11:40 - 11:55 | S1.5* | Thai Duong Pham, Danny Liu, Margaret Wu, Betty Exintaris, Nilushi Karunaratne, Elizabeth Yuriev, Angelina Lim | Bridging the AI Literacy Gap: Developing and Validating an Assessment of Generative AI Competencies for Pharmacy Education | Generative AI |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Session 2 (Lunch & Poster Session) - Cossar Hall Mural Section - Yassmin Samak (Chair) | |||
| P1. Caliph S, Apostolos M, Han T, Jayadi K, Nguyen C, Vo W, Huth S | Pharmacists and Environmental Responsibility – Embracing Opportunities, Overcoming Challenges and Making It Sustainable Through Education | Graduate outcomes and workforce development | ||
| P2*. Reyes Loh, Nithya Rajandran, Hazel Yim, Siyuan Zhang (Irving), Cheolho Lee, Elizabeth Yuriev | Collaborative Autoethnography of Generative AI Use Behaviours in Pharmacy Education | Generative AI | ||
| P3*. Nat Sist, Jack Cullen, Jesse Dodgshun-Lindsay, Prianka Maharaj, Felicity Xu, Kathryn Fuller, Kathryn Morbitzer | Leveraging AI as a Tool in Assessment and Evaluation for PharmD Student Objective Structured Clinical Simulations | Generative AI | ||
| P4*. Yuqing Jiang, Desmond Wei Jun Lim, Jenny Park, Lydia Eshkour, Foong Yee Ng, Edris Chan, Betty Exintaris, Nilushi Karunaratne | What supports academic attainment for international students? A scoping review of effective strategies in health and science programs | Skills and skills assessment | ||
| P5*. Iqra Mohsin, Melissa Cheong, Peiying Lai, Wai Him Ling, Vy Nguyen, Stefan Huth and Suzanne Caliph | Environmentally sustainable pharmacy toolkit for Australian community pharmacists: The design thinking approach | Graduate outcomes and workforce development | ||
| P6*. Meaza Ayanaw, Harjit Khera, Angelina Lim, Thao Vu, Daniel Malone | The Impact of Distractions and Interruptions on Pharmacists’ Clinical Decision-Making and Task Prioritisation: A Mixed-Methods Study Using MyDispense | Authentic simulation and assessment of practice | ||
| P7*. Joyce Chen, Wayne Ooi, Emelda Sibi, Amna Mazeh, Joel Moore, David Dai, Victor Goh, Gyuhee Kim, Emily Stokes, Angelina Lim | Analysing Communication Patterns in GenAI Avatar Interactions: A Comparative Study of Domestic and International Pharmacy Students | Skills and skills assessment | ||
| P8*. Courtney May Dobell, Kristy Ha, Zara Milankov, Jessica Nguyen, Bassam Sahib, Kimberly Vo, Kirstie Galbraith | Current approaches to coaching professional skills in health education: A scoping review | Skills and skills assessment | ||
| 14:00 - 16:30 | Session 3 - Lecture Theatre 2 - Stefan Huth (Chair) | |||
| 14:00 - 14:40 | Keynote | Pierre Naeyaert | Should AI be the Centerpiece of our Classrooms? | |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | S3.1 | Harjit K Khera, Rita Wardan, Brendan Lee, Minkyeong Jang, Vivian Tran, Chevan Seevanayagam, An Dang, Amy Ong, Jasvin Malhotra, John Lobaton, Marvin Shengola, Thuan Vu, Suzanne Caliph | Enhancing Cultural Responsiveness in Pharmacy Education to deliver personalised care and Addressing Domestic Violence in Diverse Communities | Skills and skills assessment |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | S3.2 | Matt Burton, Elizabeth Yuriev, Ben Boyd, Charlie Dong, Tamir Dingjan | Bridging physio-chemical concepts with the real world – Using contextualised Learning Activities to drive student engagement in Higher Education | Authentic simulation and assessment of practice |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | S3.3 | Jae Pyun, Samuel Lo, Talyssa Lea, Dani Pearson , Tom Ritchie, Elizabeth Yuriev | Integrating Generative AI into Science Education through Custom GPTs: Design, Implementation, and Student Engagement | Generative AI |
| 15:40 - 16:05 | S3.4 | Natalie Protuder, Steven Walker, Kirstie Galbraith, Averil Grieve | I trust you…validating an entrustment-supervision scale integrating the concepts and language of trust | Graduate outcomes and workforce development |
| 16:05 - 16:20 | S3.5* | Steven Walker, Kirstie Galbraith, Kayley Lyons, Tina Brock, Zachari Swiecki | Exploring Healthcare Professionals’ Experiences, Perspectives, and Preferences Regarding Therapeutic Reasoning Coaching and the Potential Role of Generative Artificial Intelligence | Generative AI |
| 16:20 - 16:30 | Final remarks | Paul White | ||
| 16:30 | PPS-ED End of Year Celebration | |||
| * Student presentation. Presenting authors shown in BOLD | ||||
PPS Education Research Symposium 2024
INnovative Study and Practice in Research and Education for Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science (INSPIRE-PPS) Friday 29 November, 2024.
| Time | Session | Presenting Authors | Title | Education Research Priority Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Opening remarks | Paul White | Opening remarks | |
| 9:10 - 10:00 | Plenary | Elizabeth Yuriev (Chair) Speaker: Joanna Tai |
How can student feedback literacy be studied empirically? Operationalising a complex construct. | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Morning tea - Cossar Hall Mural Section | |||
| 10:30 - 12:25 | Session 1 (Quant & Qual) - Lecture Theatre 2 - Betty Exintaris (Chair) | |||
| 10:30 - 11:10 | Keynote 1 | Margaret Wu | Using item analysis to improve the quality of examination tasks and fairness to students | |
| 11:10 - 11:25 | S1.1 | Natalie Protuder, Steven Walker, Simmie Chung, Ben Emery, Josephine Crockett, Nanette Cawcutt | When is entrustment achieved in a pre-registrant pharmacist training program? | Graduate outcomes and workforce development |
| 11:25 - 11:40 | S1.2* | Jae Young Han, Zach Swiecki, Megan Waldhuber, Jennifer Short | A Latent Profile Analysis of Doctoral Demands and Resources towards Dropout Intention | Graduate outcomes and workforce development |
| 11:40 - 11:55 | S1.3* | Alison Etukakpan, Adeladlew Kassie Netere, Kristin Janke, Megan Waldhuber, Thomas Angelo, Paul White | Enhancing STEM and health-related field education through core concepts identification: A scoping review of rationale and methods | Authentic simulation and assessment of practice |
| 11:55 - 12:10 | S1.4 | Thao Vu, Obada Alzahabi, Sophia Bui, Suin Choi, Safiyyah Feroze Khalifullah, Rabeil Ishak, Sang-Ah Lee, Stephanie Manton, Hiral Patel, Faisal Rahman, Hongfeng Ye | Enhancing the Authenticity in Assessments: Perspectives of Undergraduate Pharmacy Students | Authentic simulation and assessment of practice |
| 12:10 - 12:25 | S1.5 | Steven Walker, Angelina Lim, Ben Emery, Eugene Ong, Carmen Abeyaratne, Kirsten Galbraith | Comparing the experiences of community and hospital pharmacy learners completing a pre-registrant research training program | Graduate outcomes and workforce development |
| 12:25 - 14:30 | Session 2 (Lunch & Poster Session) - Cossar Hall Mural Section - Nilushi Karunaratne (Chair) | |||
| P1. Stefan G. Huth, Susan J. van de Meene, Aisling M. McEvoy, Richard A. Hughes, Lauren T. May | Connecting Student Attitudes and Sustainability Competencies in Pharmaceutical Science Education | Skills and skills assessment | ||
| P2.* Arani S Dasanayake, Angelina Lim, Betty Exintaris, Nilushi Karunarathne, Simon James | Assessing growth mindset and metacognitive awareness of teamwork among undergraduate pharmacy students | Skills and skills assessment | ||
| P3.* Perri Teoh, Zachary Cobucci, Mia Curgliano, Talia Raman, Aisling M McEvoy, Catherine Forrester, Liza R. Barbour, Suzanne Caliph, Angelina Lim | Embedding co-designed planetary health curricula in Pharmacy: An investigation of impact on student understanding and engagement | Skills and skills assessment | ||
| P4.* Jack Cullen, Thai Pham, Danny Liu, Elizabeth Yuriev, Nilushi Karunaratne, Betty Exintaris, Angelina Lim | Bringing together the HOW and WHY for GenAI use in preparation for OSCEs through UTAT | Skills and skills assessment | ||
| P5.* Joi Hei Chan, Sakina Ali, Muhammad Mubarak Bin Syahjidan, Liwen Zhou, Steven Walker, Emily Stokes | Evaluating Pharmacy Students' Perceived Confidence Levels After Performing a Simulated Electronic Medical Record Exercise | Authentic simulation and assessment of practice | ||
| P6. Kimberly Vo, Mahbub Sarkar, Paul White, Elizabeth Yuriev | Analyzing solution pathways: where do students lose their metacognitive grip? | Skills and skills assessment | ||
| P7.* Pranav Runwal, Eileen Zhou, Jae Pyun | Integrating CustomGPTs for Unit Specific Learning Outcomes | Skills and skills assessment | ||
| P8. Joaquin Sanchis, Daniel Priebbenow | Innovative Strategies to Boost Engagement and Creativity in Advanced Organic Chemistry Courses | Skills and skills assessment | ||
| 14:30 - 16:15 | Session 3 (Mixed-methods) - Lecture Theatre 2 - Megan Waldhuber (Chair) | |||
| 14:30 - 15:10 | Keynote 2 | Alex Burke | How to Indigenise a Pharmacy Curriculum: An Australian example | |
| 15:10 - 15:35 | S3.1* | Lailaturrahmi, Suzanne Caliph, Thao Vu, Ian Larson | Teaching clinical skills online in pharmacy education: a scoping review | Skills and skills assessment |
| 15:35 - 15:50 | S3.2* | Thai Pham, Travis Lay, Angelina Lim, Danny Liu, Elizabeth Yuriev, Nilushi Karunaratne, Betty Exintaris | The Role of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Health Profession Education: A Systematic Review Using Laurillard’s Conversational Framework | Skills and skills assessment |
| 15:50 - 16:05 | S3.3 | Catherine Forrester, Hayley Blackburn, Lindsey Benes, Dan Malone, Tina Brock | An international, interprofessional planetary health virtual exchange for health professions students | Graduate outcomes and workforce development |
| 16:05 - 16:15 | Final remarks | Paul White | ||
| 16:30 | PPS-ED End of Year Celebration | |||
| * Student presentation | ||||
PPS Education Research Symposium 2023
The Symposium theme is "Strengthening our methodology through sharing" Monday 27 November
| Time | Sessions | Location | Presenting Authors | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9am | Opening remarks (Chair Paul White) | Lecture theatre 2 | |||
| 9.10am | Plenary (Chair Elizabeth Yuriev) | Lecture theatre 2 | Mahbub Sarkar | Education Research in Health Professions and Sciences: Methodological Approaches and Practices | |
| 10am | Session 1: Authentic simulation and assessment of practice (Chair Tony Hughes) | Lecture theatre 2 | 10:00-10.25am | Paul White, Clare Guilding and Roisin Kelly-Laubscher | Student understanding and misconceptions of the core concepts of pharmacology |
| 10.25-10.50am | Dan Malone, Thao Vu, Harjit Khera, Vivian Nguyen, Kiirtikka Kumar, Sangeun Lee, Ryan Guo, Anoushka Sharma | Assessing the impact of interruptions on pharmacy student performance in simulated clinical scenarios | |||
| 10.50-11.05am | Angelina Lim, Sunanthiny Krishnan, Harjit Singh, Simon Furletti, Mahbub Sarkar, Derek Steward, Daniel Malone | Linking assessment to real life practice - comparing work based assessments and objective structured clinical examinations using mystery shopping | |||
| 11.05-11.20am | Daniel Malone & Tony Hughes | ER Priority Area Panel Discussion | |||
| 11.20am | Morning tea - Cossar hall mural section | ||||
| 11.40am | Session 2: Skills and skills assessment (Chair Suzanne Caliph) | Lecture theatre 2 | 11.40am-12.05pm | Thao Vu, Andrei Cruz, Julie-Maria Noto, Huyen Nguyen-Doan, Thulsi Ranaweera, Amirreza Zobdeh, Suzanne Caliph, Daniel Malone | What influences undergraduate pharmacy students in practising and developing empathy? A cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) perspective |
| 12.05-12.30pm | Kimberly Vo, Mahbub Sarkar, Paul White, Elizabeth Yuriev | Analysing solution pathways: where do student lose their metacognitive grip? | |||
| 12.30-12.45pm | Emilee Molcik, Nilushi Karunaratne, Kayley Lyons, Lynette Fernandez, Betty Exintaris | Exploring Teamwork Awareness, Beliefs and Strategies of Undergraduate and Masters of Pharmaceutical Science Students | |||
| 12.45-1.00pm | Suzanne Caliph & Elizabeth Yuriev | ER Priority Area Panel Discussion | |||
| 1pm | Lunch - Cossar hall mural section | ||||
| 2pm | Session 3: Graduate outcomes and workforce development (Chair Kirsten Galbraith) | Lecture theatre 2 | 2.00-2.25pm | Steven Walker, Kirsten Galbraith, Brandon Lay | Where are they now? Developing a validated survey to measure pharmacy graduate outcomes |
| 2.25-2.40pm | Carmen Abeyaratne, Kirsten Galbraith | Development and validation of Entrustable Professional Activities for intern pharmacists in Australia | |||
| 2.40-2.55pm | Louise Lord, John Coutsouvelis, Kirstie Galbraith | Important skills and attributes of research supervisors in clinical practice: student and supervisor priorities | |||
| 2.55-3.10pm | Catherine Forrester, Hayley Blackburn, Lindsey Benes, Dan Malone, Tina Brock | Learning outcomes associated with an international, interprofessional planetary health virtual exchange for health professions students | |||
| 3.10-3.25pm | Steven Walker & Kirsten Galbraith | ER Priority Area Panel Discussion | |||
| 3.25pm | Final Panel | Lecture theatre 2 | Paul White | ER PPSED Panel Discussion | |
| 3.40pm | Afternoon tea - Cossar hall mural section | ||||
| 4pm | Poster session - Cossar hall mural section | ||||
| P1 - Tony Hughes, Stefan G. Huth, Jim Fang, Catherine A. Forrester, Lauren T. May, Susan J. van de Meene | Integrating sustainability into the pharmaceutical science curriculum | ||||
| P2 - Carmen Abeyaratne, Ben Emery | A focus group to explore the perceptions of community pharmacist employers on the desired skills and knowledge of an extension intern graduate program: A qualitative study | ||||
| P3 - Catherine Forrester, Esa Chen, Emelyne Goh , Azmina Nayani, Tina Brock | Planetary health and sustainable healthcare content and delivery in health professions education: a scoping review | ||||
| P4 - Lailaturrahmi, Suzanne Caliph, Thao Vu, Ian Larson | Exploring the nature of evidence on online teaching and learning in health professional education: a scoping review | ||||
| P5 - Elizabeth Yuriev | Beyond experts and novices: mixed-methods research into problem solving in chemistry education | ||||
| P6 - Sarah Yang, Elizabeth Yuriev, Jeniffer Short | Teaching Associates’ perspectives of online teaching and learning in a pharmaceutical science degree | ||||
| P7 - Megan Waldhuber, Nilushi Karunaratne, Betty Exintaris | The importance of undergraduate skill development in honours research: a student perspective. | ||||
| P8 - Jihan (Joanna) Zhang, Laurence Orlando, Stefan Huth | Teaching career skills - applying literature perspectives to Employability Week | ||||
| P9 - Sherry Ibrahim, Jiahui Bao, Jiayu Chen, Sen Ali-nolan, and Seo Hyeon Jeong | Inhaler Recycling: How does Australia Compare? | ||||
| P10 - Mohammed Almosawy & Yuko Ito | Core components of graduate health-system pharmacy administration and leadership programs in the United States | ||||
| P11 - Jiawen (Yannee) Liu, Alexandra Steel, & Rimsha Kalia | Research Training Within Pharmacy Education in the United States: Scoping review | ||||
| P12 - Jiawen (Yannee) Liu, Veronica Le, & Mahek Shah | Planetary Health Report Card - The First Australian University Participating in the Planetary Health Alliance | ||||