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  4. Catherine O’Brien, PharmD, MA

Catherine O’Brien, PharmD, MA

Catherine O'Brien, PharmD, MA Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy
Associate Professor
Director, Teaching Certificate Program
Location: Ed2, 6/132C
Phone: 501-686-6390
Email: ObrienCatherineE@uams.edu
 

Department

Pharmacy Practice

Education & Training

  • B.S. in Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1994
  • Pharm.D., UAMS College of Pharmacy, 2005
  • Pharmacy Practice Residency, UAMS Hospital, 2006
  • Multidisciplinary Pharmacology Fellowship, UAMS COP, 2008
  • MA in Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University Chicago, 2022

Teaching Responsibilities

Course Coordinator, lecturer, small group facilitator
PHPR 73002 – Pharmacy Law & Ethics
PHPR 71232 – Principles of Pharmacy Practice II

Additional content (ethics, law, communication) in:
PHPR 71101 – Longitudinal Lab I
PHPR 71131 – Longitudinal Lab II
PHPR 71133 – Principles of Pharmacy Practice I
PHPR 71143 – Social and Administrative Sciences Ice

Clinical Practice

  • 2007 – 2021: Clinical Pharmacist for the Arkansas Cystic Fibrosis Center ambulatory care clinics (pediatric 2008 – 2021, adult 2007 – 2019)

Research & Scholarly Interests

  • Patient-centered communication and motivational interviewing skill development in pharmacy students
  • Ethical decision-making skill development in pharmacy students
  • Cystic fibrosis

Publications

  • Google Scholar

Curriculum Vitae

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