Dr. Susan W. Miller

Teaching, the verb, is a form of communication with several components.  These components are to provide information to students, to pique interest in a topic, to instill a sense of self-motivated discovery, to assess learning at an appropriate level, and to provide feedback on the assessment.  My philosophy of teaching is to communicate with students using all of these components: first to impart knowledge or skill (through lecture, demonstration, or background reading) and then to create memory or learning by providing examples, exercises, and opportunities for experience (through actively engaging the student in an application or skill).  Active learning requires that students have an interest in a topic and adopt the practice of self-motivated discovery.  Assessment of learning is the component of teaching that holds the learner accountable for what has been communicated by teaching, study, practice, and experience.  The oft-overlooked component of teaching is that of communicating feedback to learners so that an awareness of gaps in their knowledge or skill becomes apparent.  Requiring students to reflect on provided feedback gives learners the opportunity to make changes and apply the feedback to subsequent practice and assessment opportunities. Recognizing that knowledge is gained and skills are perfected via different learning styles, it is important for a teacher to provide alternative teaching and practice methods to address multiple learning styles.

In the current practice environment of health care, it is important for practitioners to understand the knowledge base and experiences that other members of the health care team can bring to a situation.  This is crucial so that any philosophy of teaching should rightly include the value of both teaching and learning in an interprofessional setting.  I have the responsibility as a teacher in the health care field to both demonstrate and promote interprofessional teaching and learning, whether in the classroom setting or in the practice setting. Instilling in student pharmacists, their important role as a member of a health care team as well as their role in ensuring patient safety is of upmost importance.

As a teacher and a life-long learner, I have a responsibility to share what I have learned, not only with students under my guidance, but with colleagues in both the practice setting and in the academic community.  Teaching, the verb, is a form of communication – communication with both students and colleagues in the expectation that we all are learners in a community of scholars with the aim of keeping optimal patient care as our focus.

Selected Publications

• Taylor, L. F., Taylor, D. W. M., Miller, S. W., & de la Cruz, J. S. (2025). Using Kern’s 6-step Approach to Create a Web-based Interprofessional Curriculum on Age-friendly Care for Health Professions Students. In Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Vol. 106 (April 2025 (3), p. e171). https://www.archives-pmr.org/article/S0003-9993(25)00473-3/pdf
• Collier, N. B., Taylor, L. F., Taylor, D. W. M., Fyle-Thorpe, O. M., Davis, K. E., El-Shami, E., & Miller, S. W. (2025). Seeing is Perceiving: Using Visual Art to Explore Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Older Adults. Nurse Educator, Nurse Educ. 2025;(00:1-6.), 1–5. https://doi.org/doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001849
• Taylor, D. W. M., Miller, S. W., Taylor, L. F., & de la Cruz, J. S. (2025). Development, implementation, and assessment of a web-based interprofessional curriculum on age-friendly care for health professions students. Education for Health, 38(1/ January – March 2025), 57–67. https://educationforhealthjournal.org/index.php/efh/index
• A. A. P. S., & Miller, S. W. (2024). Academic Leadership Fellows Program 20th Anniversary Yearbook. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. https://issuu.com/aacp/docs/alfp-20thanniversary
• Dupree, L. H., Augustine, J. M., & Miller, S. W. (2024). How did we get here? Evolution of Specifications Grading in a Required Skills-Based Course Series. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 16(9), 102124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2024.102124
• Taylor, L. F., Taylor, D. W. M., Miller, S. W., de la Cruz, J. S., & Everly, T. (2024). Accreditation Standards and Health Professions Education Programs’ Development of Providers Prepared to Care for Older Adults: A Content Analysis. Journal of Health Science & Education, 8(1), 8–Jan. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.61545/JHSE-1-247
• Taylor, D. W. M., Taylor, L. F., Miller, S. W., & de la Cruz, J. (2024). Provider’s Guide to a Curriculum for Age-Friendly Care. In HRSA-funded (U1QHP33070): Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Age-Friendly Curriculum. https://agefriendlycare.teachable.com/
• Taylor, D. W. M., Taylor, L. F., Miller, S. W., & Collier, B. (2024). Through the Lens of Positive Aging. Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation, https://www.jhrehab.org/2024/03/15
• Taylor, D. W. M., Taylor, L. F., Collier, N. B., Miller, S. W., Stillman, M. A., & Fyle-Thorpe, O. M. (2024). Health humanities-focused interprofessional education for age-friendly care using photography and the 4Ms framework: A curricular short report. Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice, 34, 8–Jan. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2023.100694

• Taylor, L. F., Miller, S. W., Taylor, D. W. M., & De La Cruz, J. S. (2023). An Age-Friendly Curriculum for Healthcare Providers, The Engage Curriculum. Canvas, Learning Management System and Teach:able, Learning Management System.
• Baker, D., & Miller, S. W. (Eds.). (2023). Tools of the Apothecary. In D. Baker & S. W. Miller (Eds.), Tools of the Apothecary. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Alexandria, VA.
• Thurston, M. M., Moniri, N. H., Bowen, J. P., Bonner, C. L., & Miller, S. W. (2023). Managing the “Three Cs” of Academic Literature Authorship: Contributions, Credit, and Conflict. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (AJPE), 87(5), 100009.
• Joseph, M. L., Miller, S. W., Diec, S., & Augustine, J. M. (2023). Successes and Challenges in Implementing Specifications Grading into Skills-based Laboratory Courses: The Experiences at Two Colleges of Pharmacy. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 15(2), 186–193.
• Hamrick, J. W., & Miller, S. W. (2022). How to Become a Pharmacy Investigator (PI) for Drug Information (DI). The Journal of the Georgia Pharmacy Association, October/November 2022, 13–16.
• Newsom L.C., Miller S.W., Chesson M. (2021) “Use of Digital vs Printed Posters for Teaching and Learning in Pharmacy Education.” American Journal of Pharmacy Education 2021; 85(6) 8307.
• Miller S.W., Lundquist L.M., (2020) “Impact of a Film on Student Pharmacists’ Views on Quality-of-Life and Aging.” American Journal of Pharmacy Education 2020; 84(4) 7628.
• Miller S.W., (2018) “History of Pharmacy: Pharmacy Education.” In Teaching History of Pharmacy to Meet AIHP Guidelines. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; Alexandria, VA 2018.

Selected Publications in Textbooks

• Miller, S. W. (2025). Chapter 2 “Ethical and Socioeconomic Considerations”. In Fundamentals of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy: An Evidence-Based Approach (3rd ed., pp. 29–58). American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists.
• Miller, S. W., Taylor, D. W. M., & Cline-Dahlman, C. (2023, October). STEADI as She Goes: Screening Patients at Risk of Falls. Georgia Pharmacy Magazine, October 2023 (4th Quarter). https://www.gpha.org

• Miller, S. W. (2022). Chapter # 7 “Considerations for Medication Use in the Geriatric Patient”. In J. E. Murphy (Ed.), Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 7th Edition & Workbook (7th ed., pp. 123–143). American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP).
• Miller S.W., (2019) “Clinical Scenario and Case Study” for Chapter on Sedative-Hypnotics. In Foye’s Principles of Medicinal Chemistry (8^th ed) LWW; Philadelphia, PA. 2019.
• Miller S.W., (2018) “Urology – Urinary Incontinence” in Pharmacotherapy First: A Multimedia Learning Reference, APhA Publications, Washington, D.C. 2018.
• Miller SW., (2017) Chapter 7 “Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in the Geriatric Patient” in Clinical Pharmacokinetics (6^th ed) American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists; Bethesda, MD. 2017.
• Miller SW., Chapter 2 “Ethical and Socioeconomic Considerations” in Fundamentals of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy; An Evidence-Based Approach 2^nd American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists; Bethesda, MD. 2015.
• Miller S.W., (2012) “Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in the Geriatric Patient,” Chapter 5; in Murphy JE, ed: Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 5th ed. Bethesda, ASHP, 2012.
• Miller S.W., (2010) “Ethical and Socioeconomic Considerations” Chapter 2 in Hutchison LC, Sleeper RB, eds. Fundamentals of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy: An Evidence-Based Approach, 1st ed. Bethesda, ASHP, 2010.
• Miller S.W., Matthews H.W., (2008) “Developing Effective Communication Strategies” Chapter 5 in Chase PA, Hayes BE, Yanchick VA eds. Dean’s Compass: Practical Advice for Achieving Excellence, AACP, July, 2008.
• Miller S.W., Matthews H.W., (2008) “Overseeing the Accreditation Processes: ACPE and Regional Accreditation” Chapter 10 in Chase PA, Hayes BE, Yanchick VA eds. Dean’s Compass: Practical Advice for Achieving Excellence, AACP, July, 2008.
• Miller S.W., Matthews H. (2008) Chapter 10 “Overseeing the Accreditation Processes: ACPE and Regional Accreditation” in Dean’s Compass: Practical Advice for Achieving Excellence. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; Alexandria, VA, 2008.
• Miller S.W., Matthews H. (2008) Chapter 5 “Developing Effective Communication Strategies” in Dean’s Compass: Practical Advice for Achieving Excellence. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; Alexandria, VA. 2008.
• Miller S.W., (2006) Chapter 71 “Geriatric Drug Therapy” in Textbook of Therapeutics: Drug and Disease Management (8^th ed) LWW, Baltimore, MD. 2006.

“Dr. Susan W. Miller ‘completely passionate and dedicated to College of Pharmacy” | The Den, March 3, 2023

“Photography exhibition to promote positive aging” | The Den, Feb. 15, 2024

“Pharmacy professor named Faculty Member of the Year by Georgia Pharmacy Association” | The Den, June 30, 2025