RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Moving Towards FAIR Data Practices in Pharmacy Education
JF American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
JO Am J Pharm Educ
FD American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
SP 8670
DO 10.5688/ajpe8670
VO 86
IS 3
A1 McLaughlin, Jacqueline E.
A1 Tropsha, Alexander
A1 Nicolazzo, Joseph A.
A1 Crescenzi, Anita
A1 Brouwer, Kim LR
YR 2022
UL http://www.ajpe.org/content/86/3/8670.abstract
AB Pharmacy schools are generating significant amounts of data across the training continuum, including data about student selection, performance, and job placement. However, current data practices limit the Academy’s ability to effectively leverage the vast amounts of data available within and across pharmacy institutions. To improve data practices and promote the quality and reusability of data, a set of guiding principles for data management and stewardship were developed and published in 2016. The FAIR principles state that digital objects should be findable (ie, data have a unique identifier and are registered in a searchable resource), accessible (ie, data are retrievable by their identifier using an open, free, standardized protocol), interoperable (ie, data use a formal, accessible, shared, and broadly applicable language, and include qualified references to other data), and reusable (ie, data are described with accurate and relevant attributes, released with a data usage license, and meet domain-relevant community standards). This commentary advocates for improved data practices and provides recommendations for advancing FAIR data principles in pharmacy education.