Dr. Nicole L. Metzger

The role of the professor in pharmacy education is changing. With the increasing reliance on technology for medication information dissemination, I believe the role of the pharmacy professor is to educate students by leading as an example. Instead of distilling information for students and disseminating that information through the lecture format, our focus should be modeling how students need to use that information to best care for patients. These behaviors can be modeled in the classroom and experiential environments by demonstrating how pharmacists identify and resolve medication-related problems. Modeling our approach to problem-solving is key to developing students’ critical thinking skills. Pharmacists use these skills on a daily basis to care for patients and run profitable businesses, and therefore, we owe it to our students to effectively develop these skills for them prior to graduation.

We also can model other professional behaviors, such as efficient time management, synergistic teamwork, and effective communication skills. Students expect that we will meet the same expectations that we set forth for them and they should. We should develop activities reinforcing key concepts, meeting deadlines, organizing courses and course material logically, and putting patient care above all else. How else can we train students to be the kind of practitioners we expect them to be?

• Rizzo A, Suchindran S, Albrecht B, Metzger NL. Impact of internal medicine pharmacists on antimicrobial stewardship. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 2024; 7(5): 426-433. https://doi.org/10.1002/jac5.1926
• Tilton CS, Sexton M, Johnson SW, Gu C, Chen Z, Robichaux C, Metzger NL. Evaluation of a risk assessment model to predict infection with healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2021 September pages 1681-1690.https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxab201
• Wallace MW, Metzger NL. Optimizing the treatment of steroid-induced hyperglycemia. Ann Pharmacother. 2018;52(1):86-90.
• Murray TS, Metzger NL, Chesson MM, Walker SD. Refusal of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis and incidence of thrombosis in patients with cystic fibrosis. Pulmonary Research and Respiratory Medicine 2017;4(2):42-47.
• Staubes BK, Metzger NL, Walker SD, Peasah SK. Evaluation of a once/day tobramycin regimen to achieve target concentration in adult patients with cystic fibrosis. Pharmacotherapy2016;36(6):623-30.
• Metzger NL, Chesson MM, Momary KM. Simulated order verification and medication reconciliation during an Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience. Am J Pharm Educ2015;79: Article 96.
• Metzger NL, Shogbon AO. Effectiveness of institutional Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences at achieving instructional objectives. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2014; 6(5):667-74.
• Metzger N, Paciullo C, Chesson MM, Jann MW, Glascock J, Emamifar A, Matthews HW. Unique collaboration between a private college of pharmacy and a private academic health system. Hosp Pharm. 2014;49 (7):634-638 DOI: 10.1310/hpj4907-634.
• Metzger NL, Momary KM.  A patient with HIV and tuberculosis with diminished clopidogrel response.  Int J STD AIDS. 2014; 25(7):532-534.
• Moye PM, Metzger NL, Matesic D. Modified team-based learning and long-term retention in a large classroom setting. J Pharm Educ Res. 2012;3(2):1-6.
• Metzger NL, Lundquist LM. A review in the advances of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease treatment. Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2012; 25(6):579-82. Originally published online on 16 October 2012. DOI: 10.1177/089719001260828
• Smith JG, Metzger NL. Evaluation of pneumococcal vaccination rates after vaccine protocol changes and nurse education in a tertiary care teaching hospital. J Manag Care Pharm. 2011; 17(9):701-8.
• Metzger NL, Chesson MM. Subcutaneous unfractionated heparin for treatment of venous thromboembolism in End-stage Renal Disease. Ann Pharmacother 2010;44:2023-7.