Category: Preceptors
Preceptor and Residency Alumna Branham Named NCAP Community Pharmacist of the Year
August 15, 2013Ashley Branham, PharmD, an alumna of the community pharmacy residency program at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has been named the 2013 Community Care Pharmacist of the Year by the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists. Branham is the director of clinical services at Moose Pharmacy in Concord, North Carolina. She is also a clinical pharmacist at Cabarrus Family Medicine. She serves as the chair of NCAP’s Community Care Practice Forum, as well as the organization’s Immunization Task Force. She also serves as a preceptor for the School and an adjunct instructor in the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical … Read more
School, UNC Hospitals Receive Grant to Study New Practice Model
June 26, 2013Researchers and practitioners at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Hospitals have received a Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative Demonstration Grant from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Foundation to investigate the what, why, and how of a new model of pharmacy practice. The one-year, $25,000 grant will support a qualitative study to examine variations of the layered learning practice model, or LLPM, at UNC Hospitals to help develop a consistent approach that will lay the groundwork for broad-scale implementation of the model, says Nicole Pinelli, PharmD, the principal investigator on the grant. “When the LLPM was rolled out … Read more
NCPA Honors School Preceptors Moose, Branham
October 19, 2012Joe Moose, PharmD, and Ashley Branham, PharmD, preceptors for the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, received three awards at the National Community Pharmacists Association Annual Convention and Trade Exposition in San Diego, California, on October 13-17. Moose was named the Next Generation Pharmacist Entrepreneur of the Year and the Overall Next Generation Pharmacist of the Year. Branham received the NCPA Outstanding Adherence Educator Award, which recognizes a pharmacy educator who has made significant contributions to the education of pharmacy students in the area of medication adherence. “These are outstanding accomplishments and a true reflection of not only Joe and Ashley, … Read more
School Receives NACDS Grant for New Residency Site in Raleigh
October 15, 2012The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy has received a $50,000 grant from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation to establish a new PGY1 community pharmacy residency site in Raleigh, North Carolina. The School will use its grant to fund a new residency site at Kroger in Raleigh. The site’s preceptors are Jane DeVries, PharmD; Ouita Davis, RPh; Laura Cates, RPh; and Matt Smith, PharmD. The grant comes via the NACDS’s Community Pharmacy Residency Expansion Project, a $1.5 million program established in 2010 that seeks to create thirty new, fully accredited PGY1 community pharmacy residencies through grants to nonprofit schools … Read more
School Names 2012 Instructors and Preceptors of the Year
May 1, 2012PharmD students at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy have selected associate professor Dennis Williams, PharmD, as the 2012 PY2 Instructor of the Year and the PY4 Overall Instructor of the Year. Williams and other honorees were recognized during the School’s Awards Day Ceremony on April 29. The honorees were: PY1 Instructor of the Year: Russell Mumper, PhD, John McNeill Distinguished Professor and vice dean, Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics PY2 Instructor of the Year: Dennis Williams, PharmD, associate professor, Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics PY3 Instructor of the Year: Jay Campbell, JD, adjunct assistant professor PY4 Overall Instructor of … Read more
Phil Rodgers Named Assistant Dean for Pharmacy Practice Partnerships
January 5, 2012Phil Rodgers, PharmD, has been named as the assistant dean for pharmacy practice partnerships at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. As assistant dean, he will provide overall leadership and financial oversight for the Professional Experience Program and be heavily engaged in the scholarship of pharmacy practice as well as in developing innovative methods to train students and residents to advance pharmacy practice. “I am extremely pleased that Phil Rodgers has joined us,” says Bob Blouin, PharmD, dean of the School. “Our relationships with and the quality of our preceptors and community-based faculty are of critical importance to the School. … Read more
School Announces 2011 Instructors, Preceptors of the Year
April 25, 2011For the second year in a row, the PharmD students of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy named Ralph Raasch, PharmD, as their choice for the 2011 Overall Instructor of the Year Award for 2011. The honor was announced during the School’s Award Day ceremony on April 17. Additional honors went to instructors of the year selected by the first-, second-, and third-year classes. Clinical assistant professor Christine Walko, PharmD, was chosen by the PY3s; associate professor Scott Singleton, PhD, by the PY2s, and clinical associate professor Adam Persky, PhD, by the PY1s. Clinical associate professor Pete Koval, PharmD, was … Read more
Ferreri Receives APhA Community Pharmacy Residency Precepting Award
March 16, 2011The American Pharmacists Association has named Stefanie Ferreri, PharmD, as the 2011 recipient of the Community Pharmacy Residency Excellence in Precepting Award. Ferreri was selected in recognition of her leadership as a preceptor and mentor and her dedication to the advancement of community pharmacy practice. Established in 2003, APhA Community Pharmacy Residency Excellence in Precepting Award recognizes a community pharmacy residency director or preceptor who has demonstrated excellence in precepting, mentoring, leadership, and community pharmacy residency program administration. Ferreri will be officially recognized at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Seattle March 25-28. A previous resident of Ferreri’s praised … Read more
School, UNC Hospitals Join Forces to Better Serve Patients, Students
October 17, 2010The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is teaming up with UNC Hospitals to expand the patient-care, education, and research efforts of both institutions. The Partnership in Patient Care will combine the resources of the School and the hospital to increase the pharmacy services available to patients at UNC Hospitals, the amount of experiential education that pharmacy students receive at UNC, and the amount of point-of-care research being conducted. “This partnership builds on the relationship the School already has with the hospital to better serve both our patients and our students,” says Bob Blouin, dean of the School. “Patients will benefit … Read more
2009 UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Awards
May 4, 2009The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held its 2009 awards banquet on May 1 at the Carolina Club. Student Academic Awards TEVA Outstanding Student Award Caroline Anne Howard The faculty recognize a graduating student who has excelled in the study of pharmacy. GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Care Award Lisa Deeren The faculty recognize an outstanding student for excellent performance during his or her pharmacy clerkships with special emphasis on patient relations in both health-system and community practice. Roche Pharmacy Communications Award Ginny Diana Schaffer The faculty recognize a graduating student who has excelled in the area of communications, both in the classroom … Read more