Looking past the pandemic, educators and leadership at pharmacy schools and colleges may reassuringly continue to sustain online instruction, where deemed necessary, in their didactic curricula.Objective. To identify the content, style, timing, tone, and initiation of communication that best connotes “reassurance of worth” from peers and supervisors in pharmacy academia. Methods. This study employed semi-structured interviews to acquire rich information from pharmacy faculty through a purposive sampling process. Academicians who had published in the area of worklife and/or were deemed likely to make substantial contributions to the interview were asked to participate. Participants represented a cross-section by discipline, institution, and demographic characteristics. An interview guide was constructed on the basis of motivating language theory (MLT) and provisions of social relationships theory. Interviews were conducted via zoom and transcribed verbatim. Themes were gleaned using open coding, then audited and member-checked. Results. Data saturation occurred after eight interviews. Two primary themes emerged, including 1) guidance – particularly related to professional development and tenure, and 2) reassurance of worth through invited participation, praise, and/or rewards. Interviewees highlighted the importance of empathetic, yet practical language among peers, and supervisor-initiated, meaning-making language opposed to generic platitudes. Conclusion. Empathetic, personal language that provides guidance and reassurance of worth can enhance faculty contributions and mitigate burnout. Invitations to collaborate are seen as collegial and engaging. This study demonstrated the usefulness of motivating language theory and social provisions in guiding communications among pharmacy academicians.Objective To develop a framework of the effects of select noncognitive factors (grit, perceived stress, internal locus of control, and select Big Five Personality Traits) on pharmacy students’ academic performance. Methods. A survey measuring select noncognitive factors was administered to two cohorts of first-year pharmacy (P1) students (entering classes of 2019 and 2020, n=374) during fall orientation. Demographics, pre-pharmacy GPA, and P1 fall semester GPA were collected from student records. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was conducted to assess the proposed framework. Results Academic performance was directly influenced by students’ (n=367; 98.1%) perceived stress and neuroticism and indirectly influenced by internal locus of control and neuroticism (via perceived stress as mediator). Neuroticism has a complex relationship in the models as it was directly and positively associated with academic performance, and also indirectly contributed to decreased academic performance via a positive association with perceived stress. Squared multiple correlations indicated 13% and 9% of the variance in academic performance in the first final model (academic performance measured by pre-pharmacy GPA and P1 fall GPA) and second final model (academic performance measured by P1 fall GPA), respectively, were explained by the predictor variables. Conclusion Evidence provided by SEM supports select noncognitive factors, namely perceived stress, neuroticism, and internal locus of control, have direct and indirect effects on the academic success of P1 students. The model variances of 9% and 13% represent 36% to 52% of the predictive value of the most commonly accepted cognitive measures used to determine students’ potential for academic success.Objective. To determine the long-term change in the Altmetric Attention Score (AAS), and its components, as well as the impact of higher AAS on citation count for articles published in major pharmacy journals. Methods. This study evaluated articles from pharmacy journals ranked in the top 10% according to their AAS in the year 2017. Correlation between the AAS and number of citations (through November 2020) was assessed using the Spearman’s correlation test. A Kruskal-Wallis 1-way analysis of variance was used to compare the AAS across journals. Results. The median 3-year AAS and citation count per article was 20 (25th, 75th percentile = 15, 28) and 11 (6, 18), respectively. Between November 2018 and November 2020, there was no significant change in the median AAS for the 137 included articles. The only change in the AAS components was an increase in the number of Mendeley readers (22 [13, 34]). The median number of citations per article also increased (8 [4, 14]). We found a significant association between the 3-year AAS and the 3-year number of citations (adjR2=0.06). The 3-year number of Mendeley readers was associated with an increase in the 3-year number of citations (adjR2=0.36). The mean 3-year AAS was highest with articles published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, while the mean 3-year number of citations was highest for articles published in Pharmacotherapy Conclusion. Higher AAS scores appear to be associated with the number of citations for articles published in major pharmacy journals within three years of publication.Objective. To determine the levels of communication apprehension (CA) experienced by health students and compare them according to sex, age range, course, and academic year. NVP-TNKS656 purchase Method. A cross-sectional study was conducted at a Brazilian university from December 2019 to May 2020 with dentistry, pharmacy, medicine, and nursing students, recruited by convenience sampling. The students were invited to answer a survey consisting of two sections general characteristic and the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24). Univariate and bivariate analyses were conducted. Results. A total of 644 health students answered the survey, of whom 25.5% were classified as having high communication apprehension. Male participants had significantly lower PRCA-24 scores than females. No significant differences were found between PRCA-24 scores by age category or academic year. Medical students had significantly lower mean PRCA-24 scores than pharmacy students. Conclusion. The prevalence of high CA was high and apparently remained stable over time.