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Elaine Demps

Elaine Demps
Elaine Demps, PhD

Program Manager

Contact

Texas A&M Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy
1010 W. Ave. B
Kingsville, TX 78363
demps@tamu.edu
Phone: 361.221.0961

Biography

  • Staff of the Year Award, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2011
  • Staff of the Year Award, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2009
  • Kappa Delta Pi Member, International Honor Society in Education, 2008
  • Graduate Diversity Fellowship, Texas A&M University, 2004-2007
  • Presidential Employee Excellence in Service Award, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 2003

National Service and Recognition

  • Secretary, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), Technology in Pharmacy Education and Learning Special Interest Group, 2013-2014
  • Invited webinar presenter for the American Dental Education Association (ADEA)/Academy for Academic Leadership (AAL) 2013 Institute for Teaching and Learning Between-Phases. September 2013. Presentation title: “Enriching your courses using blended learning and flipped teaching.”
  • Invited presenter for the 66th Annual National Meeting of the National Pharmaceutical Association, Inc. (NPhA), Continuing Pharmaceutical Education Programs. New Orleans, LA. July 2013. Presentation title: “Pharmacy 2.0, social media, and you.”
  • Invited presenter for the 62nd Annual National Meeting of the National Pharmaceutical Association, Inc. (NPhA), Continuing Pharmaceutical Education Programs. Chicago, IL. July 2009. Presentation title: “Web 2.0, medicine 2.0, and health 2.0: Implications for pharmacy.”
  • Invited presenter for the 61st Annual National Meeting of the National Pharmaceutical Association, Inc. (NPhA), Continuing Pharmaceutical Education Programs. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. July 2008. Presentation title: “Blogs, podcasts, wikis, and more: Web 2.0 for the pharmacists and their patients.”
  • Invited presenter for the American Dental Education Association, Continuing Education Section.  Seattle, Washington.  March 2004. Presentation title: “Options for converting F2F continuing education courses into web-based format.”
  • Invited, as part of a team of three colleagues, to present a workshop at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Division of Information Systems e-Learning Committee.  Jackson, Mississippi.  July 2002. Workshop title: “Building dynamic courses through computer technologies.”  

Education and Training

  • Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, PhD, 2008
  • Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Master of Science, 1997
  • Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, Bachelor of Science, 1986
  • Novell, Inc, Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) (inactive), 1995

Representative Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  • Ratka, A., Demps, E., & Mack, A. (2012). The effect of prior experience with aseptic techniques on learning outcomes in a sterile compounding laboratory course. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 4(1), 19-28.
  • Demps, E. L, Lincoln, Y., S., & Cifuentes, L. (2011). Conflicts over the utilities of teaching using educational technologies: An interpretive critical inquiry. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 13(2), 135-170.
  • Demps, E. (2008). Capitalizing on the overlap between instructional technology and HRD: A potential opportunity. TechTrends, 52(3), 53-59.
  • Andrews, K. G., Smith, L. A., Henzi, D., & Demps, E. (2007). Faculty and student perceptions of academic integrity at US and Canadian dental schools. Journal of Dental Education, 71(8), 1027-1039.
  • Andrews, K., & Demps, E.  (2003). Distance education in the US and Canadian undergraduate dental curriculum. Journal of Dental Education, 67(4), 427–438.
  • Littlefield, J. H., Demps, E. L., Keiser, K., Chatterjee, L., Yuan, C. H., & Hargreaves, K. M.  (2003). A multimedia patient simulation for teaching and assessing endodontic diagnosis. Journal of Dental Education, 67(6), 661–667.
  • Liu, M., Gibby, S., Quiros, O., & Demps, E.  (2002). Challenges of being an instructional designer for new media development: A view from the practitioners. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 11(3), 195-219.

Peer-Reviewed Posters

  • Koo, C., Demps, E., Bowman, J., Farris, C., Panahi, L., & Boyle, P. (2013). Implementing and assessing a blended learning model in an integrated pharmacotherapeutic course. AACP Annual Meeting, July 13-17, 2013. Chicago, IL. Accepted for presentation/publication.
  • Ratka, A., & Demps, E. L. (2010). Introduction to academic pharmacy: Elective course to raise student awareness about a career in academia. AACP Annual Meeting, July 10-14, 2010. Seattle, WA. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 74(5), 35.
  • Nutan, M. T., & Demps, E. L., Bleidt, B. (2009). Improving student learning in pharmaceutical calculations using online activities. AACP Annual Meeting, July 18-22, 2009. Boston, MA. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 73(4), 31.
  • Ratka, A., & Demps, E. (2008). Student self-assessment of their aseptic compounding skills. AACP Annual Meeting, July 19-21, 2008, Chicago IL. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 72(3), 29.
  • Ratka, A., & Demps, E. (2008). Student peer-teaching in the sterile compounding laboratory; a pilot study. AACP Annual Meeting, July 19-21, 2008, Chicago IL. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 72(3), 29.

Book Chapter

  • Majority of dissertation chapters three and four, “Methodology” and “Findings,” respectively, published in Y. S. Lincoln & E. G. Guba (2013), The constructive credo (pp. 85 – 198).Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

Development of Multimedia Products

CD-ROM

  • SimEndo I.  A case-based instructional software for assessing endodontic diagnosis skills of dental students.  Project period: 1997-2002. Roles: project manager, instructional designer, and prototype developer.  Authoring tool used: Authorware.
  • Learn Anemia. A case-based instructional software covering microcytic and macrocytic anemias for a clinical laboratory sciences course.  Project period: 1997-1998. Roles: project manager, instructional designer, and developer.  Authoring tool used: Authorware.

Web-based Courses or Course Materials

  • Human Neuroscience, Service Delivery Systems I, and Psychosocial Components of Occupational Therapy.  Three courses in a project to convert the occupational therapy master’s curriculum to a web-based format.  Project period: 2000–2003.  Role: prototype developer.  Course management systems/tools used: WebCT and Dreamweaver.
  • The Role of OT in Low Vision Rehabilitation. A course designed for occupational therapy practitioners.  Project period: 2003.  Role: prototype developer. Course management system/tools used: WebCT and Dreamweaver.
  • Advanced Medical Microbiology.  A clinical laboratory sciences course converted to a web-based format.  Project period: 2001.  Role: developer.  Course management system/tools used: WebCT and Dreamweaver.
  • Positively Aging®: Choices and Changes.  A companion website for the Positively Aging® curriculum, an interdisciplinary series of units incorporating issues on aging designed for middle and high school students.  Project period: 2000–2001.  Poles: prototype developer and trainer (trained WebCT and Dreamweaver to the Positively Aging® staff to enable them to complete and maintain the site).  Course management systems/tools used: WebCT and Dreamweaver.
  • Applied Statistics for Health Care Practitioners.  An interdisciplinary course for allied health sciences students.  Project period: 2000.  Role: developer. Course management system/tools used: WebCT and Dreamweaver.
  • Detecting and Treating Depression in the Elderly.  A continuing education course for family medicine and internal medicine practitioners.  Project period: 1999–2000.  Roles: project manager and prototype developer.  Course management system/tools used: WebCT and Dreamweaver.
  • Family Nurse Practitioner Role and Management 1: Health Management of Adults and Older Families. A course in the master’s family nurse practitioner program converted to a web-assisted format.  Project period: 1997–1998.  Roles: project manager and prototype developer.  Course management system used: WebCT.