Category: Asheville
Pharmacists Missing Chance to Counsel Children, UNC Study Finds
May 12, 2016Children receiving a prescription medication should be counseled directly by a health care professional, recommends the Institute of Medicine and United States Pharmacopeia. But that’s not happening, according to a new study led by the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Pharmacy researchers observed 97 families pick up 116 prescriptions for children at three community pharmacies over a two-week period. Two-thirds of the time, the child was not present when a parent or caregiver picked up the prescription. Pharmacists counseled the child’s caregiver 20 percent of the time but never counseled the children separately. Children and caregivers were counseled together twice. … Read more
Mollie Scott Named ASHP Fellow
May 2, 2016Mollie Scott, Pharm.D., has been named a fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in recognition of the excellence she has achieved in pharmacy practice. Scott is the School’s regional associate dean for the Asheville satellite campus and a clinical associate professor in the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education. “Mollie is most deserving of this recognition. She has been a leader in ambulatory care practice and has played an important role in promoting provider status for pharmacists. She has also served in leadership positions both on a state and national level,” said Pam Joyner, Ed.D., M.S.Pharm, executive … Read more
School Earns Number One U.S. News Ranking among Pharmacy Schools
March 16, 2016The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is number one in the latest rankings of the nation’s Doctor of Pharmacy programs by U.S. News & World Report in the 2017 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools. The School placed second in the 2013 and 2009 U.S. News rankings, the last two times these ratings were compiled. For its rankings, U.S. News surveyed deans and faculty at more than 130 accredited pharmacy schools in the U.S. and asked them to rank the nation’s top schools and their Pharm.D. programs. “We are extremely gratified to receive this acknowledgment from our peers,” said Dean … Read more
Woodall Named NCAP’s 2015 Distinguished Young Pharmacist
November 23, 2015Tasha Woodall, Pharm.D., an assistant professor of clinical education and clinical instructor of family medicine at the School’s Asheville campus, was awarded the 2015 Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award by the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists. “I am so humbled by this award and so appreciative of NCAP for its continuing commitment to the support of new practitioners,” she said. Woodall earned her Pharm.D. from Purdue University and completed her residency in ambulatory care with Mission Hospital and MAHEC in Asheville. She is a member of the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education. Mollie Scott, Pharm.D., is the UNC Eshelman … Read more