Introduction
Team-Based Learning (TBL) is an evidence-based pedagogy that promotes active engagement and skill development as students learn new course content, and its use continues to expand in health professions education. High-fidelity TBL improves student experience and academic achievement. A recent scoping review (Cleland et al., 2025) identified persistent gaps in the TBL literature, including the need for clarification research examining the effect of TBL on social and professional skills in clinical environments. Concurrently, North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) pass rates have declined nationally and within our institution, and evidence-based strategies to support first-attempt success remain limited.
Methods
TBL will be integrated into longitudinal Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs) across 3–4 faculty sites. Learners from different clinical settings will be assigned to cross-site teams. Students will complete independent preparation followed by asynchronous iRATs and tRATs with immediate feedback (LMS or scratch cards). Teams will then complete application exercises and participate in faculty-led debrief sessions via Microsoft Teams, using simultaneous reporting through the chat function to preserve TBL structure. Following completion of sessions with all faculty, students will complete NAPLEX review questions (St. John’s library exam) covering all TBL topics. An anonymous Qualtrics survey will then assess perceived NAPLEX readiness and perceived intervention effectiveness using open- and closed-ended items.
Results
This poster will provide a “how-to” framework for implementing TBL in experiential education and will present preliminary findings. Data collection will occur monthly from February–April, with qualitative and quantitative analyses of three months of outcomes. Practice NAPLEX exam performance for covered topics will be evaluated relative to the national exam pass threshold.
Conclusions
Conclusions will be based on analyzed results and presented in the final poster.