
Current Academic Appointment
- Professor and Associate Dean for Development/Director of Office of Continuing Pharmacy Education
- Dept. of Pharmacy Practice
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy
Education
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy BS Pharmacy
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy Doctor of Pharmacy
Instructional Area:
- Nonprescription Products – (required course)
- Advanced Nonprescription Products (elective course)
- Advanced Community Pharmacy Practice Experience- Nonprescription Products
Teaching Innovations
- PhPr 4692 Nonprescription Products
- Assist with lectures
- Incorporated contraceptive Jeopardy
- Assisted with expanding course into WebCT format
- PhPr 5622 Elective course
- Incorporated documentation of self-care via SOAP notes
- Introduced recitation periods for case review
- PhPr 6664 APPE course
- Expanded course so that it is one option for the required APPE in a community Pharmacy
Research (focused / integrated with OTC-Self Care):
Long-Term Research and Scholarly Interests
- Promoting optimal use of nonprescription medicines in a community pharmacy
- Establishing good communication between patients and pharmacists especially as it relates to self-care.
Publications
- Book Chapter: Communicating Effectively with Others. In: Chisholm-Burns, M. Wallaincourt, A. Shepherd, M. Asadoorian, M. Essentials of Pharmacy Mangaement, Leadership, Marketing and Finance, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC, In publication
- AJPE: Integrating an Elective Self-Care Experience With a Required Advanced Pharmacy Practice Community Experience. August 2010
- AJPE: Integrating an Elective Self-Care Experience with a Required Advanced Pharmacy Practice Community Experience. 2006
Professional Organization Involvement:
- American Pharmacists Association- Fellow (2005) Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management; National Patient Counseling Judge; Poster Judge; House of Delegate for over 10 years
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy-Self-Care/NPM SIG Programming Committee, Advocacy and Outreach Taskforce, Preceptor Development Taskforce; Resolutions and Standing Rules committee
- Arkansas Pharmacists Association- President-2009-2010 Previous positions: Area 3 Representative x 6 years; Vice- President; President-Elect;
- National Community Pharmacists Association
- Rho Chi
- Phi Lambda Sigma
Areas of Expertise
- Community Pharmacy Practice; Communication; Self-care; Veterinary Pharmacy
Honors and Awards
- Arkansas Pharmacists Association President’s Award May 2010
- Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, February 2006
- Teaching Incentive Award- UAMS College of Pharmacy, May 2005
- Charles K. Born Professionalism Award- UAMS College of Pharmacy, March 2005
- Innovation in Teaching Award (3rd place)- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Teaching with Technology Fair, April 2004
- American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Pharmacy Practice Presentation Merit Award, March 2004
- Clinical Faculty of the Year-1999
Practice Site
- Academia/Community Pharmacy
Years Attending NMA