Upping Your SoTL Game & Tapping into Intrinsic Motivation

On the heels of March Madness (the NCAA College Basketball Tournament) and the Spring Rx Writing Challenge, the Fika Crew talks with Zachary Noel, PharmD, PhD, BCCP—Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy—about his recently published paper on ungrading individual readiness assessment tests (iRAT) and its impact on student performance and motivation in a team-based learning course. We then go on tangents to discuss how to become a better education researcher, the keys to enhancing the rigor of SoTL efforts, and our personal motivations to persist. _______________________ Resources Noel Z, Kulo V, Cestone C, et al. Ready or Not: A Crossover Study of (Un)graded Individual Readiness Assurance Tests in Team-Based Learning. Am J Pharm Educ 2024; 88 (3): Article 100670.   Cox W, Wettergreen S, Savage A, Brock T. Research and Scholarly Methods: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.  J Am Coll Clin Pharm 2023; 6 (9): 1071-1077.   Haines ST and Seybert A.  Getting Beyond Learner Reactions: Elevating Our Scholarship About Teaching and Learning.  J Am Coll Clin Pharm 2021; 4 (2): 130-132.   Lyons KM, Cain JJ, Haines ST, Gasevic D, Brock TP.  The clinical educator's guide to fostering learner motivation: AAME Guide No. 137.  Med Teacher 2021; 43 (5): 492-500.   Dy-Boarman EA, Wippermann B, Janke K. Scholarly maturation and other factors supporting publishing productivity in educational scholarship for clinical faculty. Curr Pharm Teach Learn 2021; 13 (11): 1398-1407.   Video. The puzzle of motivation | Dan Pink | TED. August 25, 2009. Website. Center for Self-Determination Theory.   Video.  Happiness & Its Causes. MOTIVATION & LIFESTYLE with Richard Ryan | August 27, 2018.  _______________________ The Pharmacy Fika podcast is a positive and compassionate “place” (a virtual community) where pharmacy and other health professions educators gather to discuss teaching, learning, scholarship, and academic life… plus the snacks that support their best work. So grab your favorite beverage and listen to the Pharmacy Fika podcast with your colleagues. The Co-Hosts are: Stuart T. Haines (Executive Producer), University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy – [email protected]                Tina Brock, University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences - [email protected] Jeff Cain, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy - [email protected]  Kristin Janke, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy - [email protected] Disclaimer (inspired by Whad’Ya Know?): All opinions expressed on the Pharmacy Fika podcast are well-reasoned and insightful. Needless to say, they are ours and our guests alone, and not those of our employing institutions. Even though we don’t accept advertising and don’t have any sponsors, we seem to mention Trader Joe’s snacks and various water-based drinks a LOT. Not sure what fika is all about?  Watch this brief video:  How a Swedish coffee break can boost your wellbeing and performance. Got a great idea for a discussion topic?  Drop us a line ([email protected]) or leave us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/PharmacyFika