Susan Meyer
Degree & Credential:
PhD
Title:
Director, Interprofessional Center for Health Careers; Co-Director, Pitt Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education; Associate Dean for Education, School of Pharmacy; Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh
Profession:
Pharmacist
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Susan M. Meyer, PhD, holds three positions at the University of Pittsburgh -- director of the Interprofessional Center for Health Careers, co-director of the Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education; and associate dean for education and professor in the School of Pharmacy. Dr. Meyer received a BS in Pharmacy from Ohio Northern University, and received her MS and PhD degrees in pharmacy practice education from Purdue University. In 2001, Dr. Meyer was recognized as a Purdue University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Distinguished Alumna for significant contributions to the profession of pharmacy. Dr. Meyer received a similar recognition from Ohio Northern University in 2011.
From 1990 to 2006, Dr. Meyer served as a staff member for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), the national organization representing the interests of pharmacy education and educators.
From 2002 through 2014, Dr. Meyer represented pharmacy education on the Healthy People Curriculum Task Force, an interprofessional group convened by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research to advance the education of future health care professionals in the areas of clinical prevention and population health. Convened in response to Healthy People 2010, the Task Force produced a Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework to provide a common core of knowledge for clinical health professions about individual and population‐oriented prevention and health promotion efforts.
In 2010-11, Dr. Meyer participated as a member of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Expert Panel that authored Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice. She served as lead author for the resource Advancing Interprofessional Clinical Prevention and Population Health Education: Curriculum Development Guide for Health Professions Faculty. The curriculum guide, a crosswalk between the Core Competencies and APTR’s Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework, is a resource for faculty members in health professions education programs seeking to design and implement interprofessional learning activities in the area of clinical prevention and population health.
Dr. Meyer serves as a member of the the National Center’s Nexus Learning System Advisory Committee and served as AIHC chair in 2013-14.
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My Contributions
A listing of all contributions made to the National Center community.Contents
A global panel of representatives from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australasia, Japan, Eastern and African countries, and the World Health Organization will engage in a moderated dialogue covering top issues related to interprofessional education and practice from their...
Sir David Nicholson, KCB, CBE was the Keynote Speaker at All Together Better Health VII, which was held June 6-8, 2014 at the University of Pittsburgh.
Sir David Nicholson was Chief Executive of the National Health Service (NHS) in England from September 2006 to March 2013. From October 2011 to...
This video gives a brief overview of the 7th International Conference on Interprofessional Practice and Education, which was held June 6-8, 2014 at the University of Pittsburgh Campus and was co-Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and...