2022 Preceptors of the Year

The Palmetto Experiential Education Partnership (PEEP) is recognizing its 2022 recipients of the PEEP Awards for their dedication and excellence as outstanding preceptors.

PEEP is a collaborative experiential education program between the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy and the Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, a partnership that capitalizes on each college’s strong network of alumni preceptor who provide experiential opportunities for students.

The program aims to provide students with the structured environment needed to develop professional judgment, technical skills, and practice skills. Preceptors encourage critical thinking to solve problems, facilitating a student’s knowledge base, as well as the ability to provide excellence in patient care.

In announcing this year’s recipients, Julie Sease, interim dean of the UofSC College of Pharmacy noted that one-third of the pharmacy curriculum is experiential based.

“Without you, we literally could not graduate our students,” she says. “You are living the oath of a pharmacist by advocating and providing education and sharing best practices for those who are joining our profession.”

Jennifer Baker, Pharm.D., director of experiential programs for the UofSC College of Pharmacy added that ‘our preceptors provide the opportunity for our students to identify a passion they may not have known existed.”

Phillip Hall, dean for the MUSC College of Pharmacy noted that the preceptors “are giving back and paying it forward.”

Elizabeth Weed, Pharm.D., director of experiential education at MUSC, noted that preceptors have faced many unexpected challenges over the past two years.

“Through it all they have remained steadfast in their commitment to our pharmacy students, teaching them to provide the highest level of care to patients now and in the future,” she says.

Those selected for PEEP Awards are chosen based on student nominations and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) 2016 Standards for preceptors and journal articles that identify role-modeling behaviors, attitude, facilitating behaviors, and teaching/coaching behaviors in both IPPE and APPE rotations in a variety of settings.

This year’s award winners are:

Low Country/Pee Dee  

• APPE Acute/General MedicineDr. Clinton RossMUSC Institute of Psychiatry
• APPE Ambulatory CareDr. Jason HaneyMUSC ART
• APPE CommunityDr. Frances BelserCareSC Pharmacy
• APPE ElectiveDr. Jessica MichalMcLeod Regional Medical Center
• APPE Hospital/Health SystemDr. Nathan O'DellMUSC Children's Hospital
• IPPE CommunityDr. Whitney SimerleinMUSC
• IPPE Hospital/Health SystemMs. Sherry GallowayLake City Community Hospital

Midlands            

• APPE Acute/General MedicineDr. Erin CreechPrisma Health Richland Hospital
• APPE Ambulatory CareDr. Reagan BarfieldPrisma Health Family Medicine
• APPE CommunityDr. Anyanime HaleWelvista
• APPE ElectiveDr. Valerie Kennedy-RobinsonPrisma Health Richland Hospital
• APPE Hospital/Health SystemDr. Amy KeittThe Regional Medical Center
• IPPE CommunityDr. John HolladaySumter Cut Rate Drugs
• IPPE Hospital/Health SystemDr. Steven FrazierPrisma Health Children's Hospital-Midlands

Upstate

• APPE Acute/General MedicineDr. Sarah DesaiPrisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital
• APPE Ambulatory CareDr. Suha UminaNew Horizon Family Health Services
• APPE ElectiveDr. James Pitts Jr.Patrick B. Harris Psychiatric Hospital
• IPPE CommunityDr. Hailey BranyonLandrum Drug Company
• IPPE Hospital/Health SystemDr. Elizabeth Rodriguez Greenwood Regional Rehabilitation Hospital