When a pharmacy student struggles, it’s tempting to reach for one explanation: unprepared. The more useful question is how — a content gap or a learning-skill gap — since the fix for one won’t touch the other.
Studying hard and studying well aren’t the same thing. This piece breaks down the metacognitive gap, the disconnect between how prepared students feel and how prepared they actually are, and what programs can do to catch it before boards do.
Rather than waiting until students are already struggling academically, structured student success systems help institutions build proactive support into the student experience from the very beginning.