Amy M. Franks

Professor and Chair

UAMS

Last publication 2024 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy

afranks@uams.edu

19 h-index 63 pubs 925 cited

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Amy M. Franks' research focuses on pharmacy education and academic practices within US pharmacy schools. She investigates aspects of faculty promotion and tenure processes, analyzing the criteria used and exploring qualitative insights from student evaluations of teaching. Her work also addresses broader issues in health sciences education, including workforce development and the impact of events like the COVID-19 pandemic on academic pharmacy. Franks has published on strategies for faculty evaluations, emphasizing best practices for departments with diverse faculty tracks. Her scholarship includes a systematic review on the management of self-inflicted amputations of the upper extremity. Franks holds an h-index of 19 with 62 total publications and 919 citations. She has collaborated with Kaci Boehmer, Ben Quattlebaum, David J. Caldwell, and Chris Johnson, all from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, on multiple publications.

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h-index: 19
Publications: 63
Citations: 925

Selected Publications

First-year evaluation of a campus-wide, cross-disciplinary scholarly writing development program supported by a center for biomedical research excellence (COBRE) (2024)

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Are we committed to commitment? (2024)

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Best-Practice Strategies for Faculty Evaluations: A Focus on Pharmacy Departments or Divisions with Both Tenure and Nontenure-Track Faculty Members (2024)

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Teaching Through the Student Lens: Qualitative Exploration of Student Evaluations of Teaching (2024)

4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Qualitative Analysis of Pre and Postpromotion/Tenure Review Processes Employed by US Pharmacy Schools (2023)

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Analysis of Teaching-Related Criteria Within Promotion and Tenure Documents from US Pharmacy Schools (2023)

8 citations DOI OpenAlex
Guidance for Qualitative Research Manuscripts in Pharmacy Education (2023)

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Strengthen Academic Pharmacy by Protecting Self-Expression (2023)

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Unpacking the Use of Therapy-Speak in Scholarly Writing (2022)

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Advancing Pharmacy Education and Workforce Development Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Report of the 2020-2021 AACP Academic Affairs Committee (2021)

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