The Rufus A. Lyman Award is presented annually to the author(s) of the best paper published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education.
2021 Recipient
A Historical Discourse Analysis of Pharmacist Identity in Pharmacy Education
Authors: Jamie Kellar, PharmD, Elise Paradis, PhD, Cees P.M. van der Vleuten, PhD, Mirjam G.A. oude Egbrink, PhD, Zubin Austin, PhD, MISc
Institutions: University of Toronto (Canada) and Maastricht University (Netherlands)
This manuscript was chosen among the 36 outstanding papers that were nominated for this year’s Lyman Award. The Selection Committee believes this manuscript is a noteworthy and novel contribution to pharmacy education because of the originality of the topic, its innovative study design employing a Foucauldian-informed critical discourse analysis, and the quality of the writing. This manuscript also significantly enhances our understanding of the professional identity in pharmacy education over the last century. The paper identified five prominent identities—apothecary, dispenser, merchandiser, expert advisor, and health care provider—in the pharmacy education literature. These identities have not changed over time causing pharmacy students to be exposed to incompatible identities. Because of this exposure, pharmacy education may be unintentionally impacting the formation of a strong, unified healthcare provider identity, which may then negatively affect widespread practice change.
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 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 are not eligible for the award. Papers in AJPE's early release section are not eligible.
Manuscripts will be judged by the following criteria:
a. Utility and significance to pharmacy education
b. Originality
c. Research methodology and analysis
d. Writing style
The 2020 Lyman Award Task Force created a guidance document that the Lyman Selection Committee may use when selecting the award-winning paper (Appendix 1).
Method of Selection
Nominations for the Lyman Award may come from three sources: the chair of each section, who may nominate no more than three manuscripts following consultation with the administrative board of that section; a member of the Journal's Editorial Advisory Board may nominate one manuscript; 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 AACP 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 has more than one author, the $5,000 shall be divided equally and each author shall receive a plaque. Recipients are honored at the AACP Annual Meeting in July.
2022 Rufus A. Lyman Award Committee
The charge of the Rufus A. Lyman Award Committee is to select and recommend one paper published in AJPE in 2020 to the Board of Directors to be recognized as the recipient of the 2022 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)
Leslie Hamilton, The University of Tennessee
Michael Hegener, University of Cincinnati
Kristin Janke, University of Minnesota
Anastasia Rivkin, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Prashant Sakharkar, Roosevelt University
Angela O. Shogbon Nwaesei, Mercer University
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
Institutions: 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
Institutions: The University of Tennessee and University of Memphis