Promoting Scholarly Lines of Inquiry in Pharmacy Education Through Idea Papers and Case Study Reports

As we have sought to recognize and celebrate innovation, we have also been reading the pharmacy education literature and investigating methods for enhancing scholarly work in education. As a result of this work, a number of growth opportunities emerged. In particular, we were inspired by four issues related to publication. First, while the evaluation of educational initiatives/interventions is celebrated, the work leading up to the intervention and evaluation often does not have a venue. In discussing this problem with our colleagues, we often heard that, in order to be publicationworthy, initial, promising work needed to wait for more data. A mechanism to disseminate preliminary work would be useful.