Kerr Drug Health Care Center/KDI Health Solutions, LLC

Durham, North Carolina (map)

1812 Holloway St.
Durham, NC 27703
919-536-0216

Preceptor: Tasha Michaels, PharmD (tmichaels@kdihealthsolutions.com)

Regional chain pharmacy with a unique, stand-alone healthcare center.

Latasha Weeks
2009-2010 resident

• Medication therapy management programs
• Practice management, marketing, reimbursement strategies, community outreach and education, and teaching experiences
• Consulting and medication management services to long-term care facilities
• Teaching experience in classroom and clinical practice settings

• Diabetes Self-Management Education Program (application for recognition by the American Diabetes Association underway)
• Extensive disease prevention, detection, and monitoring services (blood pressure, blood glucose, cholesterol, immunizations)
• Patients  encountered are predominantly geriatric and underserved populations, including African-American and Spanish-speaking patients
• Communities served have lower health literacy with greater health and socioeconomic needs
• Primary disease states encountered include diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking, chronic pain, respiratory disorders, and GI disorders
• Various opportunities to improve cultural competency and participate in community health events

About the Preceptor

Tasha Michaels, PharmD

Residency preceptor since 2009

Tasha Michaels received her bachelors of science in chemistry and biology from Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2003, and her doctor of pharmacy from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2007. Michaels completed her PGY1 community pharmacy residency at Kerr Drug in Raleigh. During her residency, Michaels presented her research on North Carolina’s Medicaid Medication Therapy Management Program at national meetings, including an abstract publication in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association in April 2008.

Michaels joined the KDI Health Solutions team, the clinical division of Kerr Drug, in 2007 and is currently the clinical coordinator at the Kerr Health Care Center in Durham, North Carolina. Since joining the team, her primary focus has been to provide clinical services to patients in the community setting. These services consist of medication therapy management services, immunizations, and disease state management, including diabetes education. Michaels is also an adjunct faculty member at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She serves as a preceptor for community experiential rotations for pharmacy students from various schools of pharmacy.

Michaels is actively involved in the American Pharmacists Association, North Carolina Association of Pharmacists, and the North Carolina Immunization Coalition. She currently serves on NCAP’s Community Care Practice Forum Executive Committee and Membership Committee.