The Rufus A. Lyman Award is presented annually to the author(s) of the best paper published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education.
Selection Criteria
Papers considered for the Lyman Award include manuscripts representing original research and/or other scholarly work that have been published in regular issues 1 to 10 of the preceding year/volume of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Addresses of Association officers, editorials, reports or papers commissioned by AACP are not considered. Papers that have been previously published or published in substantially the same form before are not eligible for the award. Papers in AJPE's publication ahead-of-print (PAP) section are not eligible.
Manuscripts will be judged by the following criteria:
a. Utility and significance to pharmacy education
b. Originality
c. Research methodology
d. Writing style
Method of Selection
Nominations for the Lyman Award may come from two sources: the chair of each section, who may nominate no more than five manuscripts following consultation with the administrative board of that section; and members of the Lyman Award Committee.
The Lyman Award Committee is composed of the editor of AJPE, the recipient of the award from the previous year, and five members appointed by the president. The editor will serve as chair of the committee. An alternate will also be appointed each year in the event a member’s paper is under consideration.
At the conclusion of the evaluation process, the Lyman Award Committee will recommend the paper that has garnered the most number of votes to the AACP Board of Directors for the award. The committee may recommend that the award not be presented in any given year.
Award
The award shall consist of a monetary prize of $5,000 and an appropriately inscribed plaque. If the paper selected is authored by more than one person, the $5,000 shall be divided equally and each author shall receive a plaque. Recipients are honored during the AACP Annual Meeting.
2020 Rufus A. Lyman Award Committee
The charge of the Rufus A. Lyman Award Committee is to select and recommend one paper submitted to AJPE the previous year to the Board of Directors to be recognized as the recipient of the 2020 Rufus A. Lyman Award, and review the current selection criteria and suggest necessary changes for consideration by the Board of Directors.
Gayle A. Brazeau, Marshall University (Chair)
Frank Romanelli, University of Kentucky (Co-chair)
Daniel R. Kennedy, Western New England University
Pramit A. Nadpara, Virginia Commonwealth University
Anastasia M. Rivkin, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Prashant Sakharkar, Roosevelt University
Ashley Woodruff, University at Buffalo
Kristine Krebs, AACP Staff Liason
Past Award Recipients
2020
Authors: Claire Kolar, PharmD, PhD and Kristin K. Janke, PhD
Institution: University of Minnesota
2019
"Assessing Students Impressions of the Cultural Awareness of Pharmacy Faculty and Students"
Authors: Nicholas G. Popovich, PhD; Clara Okorie-Awé, PhD, EdD; Stephanie Y. Crawford, PhD; Fabricio E. Balcazar, PhD; Rosalyn P. Vellurattil, PharmD; Terry W. Moore, PhD; Allison E. Schriever, PharmD
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
2018
"Blended Simulation Progress Testing for Assessment of Practice Readiness"
Authors: Neal Benedict, PharmD; Pamela Smithburger, PharmD, MS; Amy Calabrese Donihi, PharmD; Philip Empey, PharmD, PhD; Lawrence Kobulinsky; Amy Seybert, PharmD; Thomas Waters; Scott Drab, PharmD; John Lutz, BS; Deborah Farkas, PhD; Susan Meyer, PhD
Institutions: University of Pittsburgh and WISER Education and Simulation Facility, Pittsburgh
2017
Authors: Casey E. Gallimore, PharmD; Andrea L. Porter, PharmD; Susanne G. Barnett, PharmD
Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
2016
“Towards an Operational Definition of Clinical Competency in Pharmacy”
Authors: L. Douglas Ried, PhD, Charles A. Douglas, PhD, MBA
Institutions: University of Texas at Tyler and Texas A&M University
2015
“Is a Pharmacy Student the Customer or the Product?”
Author: David A. Holdford, PhD
Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University
2014
Authors: David S. Fike, PhD; Joseph A. Zorek, PharmD; Anitra A. MacLaughlin, PharmD; Mohammed Samiuddin, MD; Rodney B. Young, MD; Eric J. MacLaughlin, PharmD
Institutions: University of the Incarnate Word, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
2013
"An Introductory Interprofessional Exercise for Healthcare Students”
Authors: Celia P. MacDonnell, PharmD; Saumitra V. Rege, MS; Kara Misto, PhD; Richard Dollase, EdD; Paul George, MD
Institution: University of Rhode Island and Brown University
2012
"Cross-Validation of an Instrument for Measuring Professionalism Behaviors"
Authors: Katherine A. Kelley, PhD; Luke D. Stanke, BS; Suzanne M. Rabi, PharmD; Sarah E. Kuba, PhD; Kristin K. Janke, PhD
Institution: The Ohio State University
2011
"Nine Constructs of Cultural Competence for Curriculum Development"
Authors: Margarita Echeverri, PhD; B. Cecile Brookover, PhD; Kathleen B. Kennedy, PharmD
Institution: Xavier University of Louisiana
2010
“An Enhanced Community Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Model to Improve Patient Care”
Authors: Rosemin Kassam, PharmD, BSc Pharm; Mona Kwong, MSc, BSc Pharm
Institution: The University of British Columbia
2009
“The Economic Impact of a College of Pharmacy”
Authors: Dick R. Gourley, Shelley I. White-Means, Jeff Wallace
Institution: The University of Tennessee and University of Memphis