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Colorado Pharmacy Residency Teaching Certificate (CPRTC) Program
Program Goal
To provide an opportunity to enhance teaching skills through practical training and actual hands on teaching experience both in the university setting as well as the clinical practice setting. A focus will be placed on both classroom and clinical practice teaching/precepting. Participants of the program should feel comfortable with designing and implementing educational programs within the clinical practice environment, as well as gain adequate exposure to consider if a career in academia is desired. The Teaching Certificate is awarded to participants that successfully complete the program requirements.
Program Outcomes
- The program participant will be able to demonstrate their expanded knowledge in a variety of instructional settings.
- The program participant will possess an enhanced teaching skill set to utilize in both the classroom and clinical setting
- The program participant will be able to create a teaching portfolio following completion of required experiences.
Target Audience
The Colorado Pharmacy Residency Teaching Certificate Program is intended for pharmacists with an interest in classroom teaching, occasional lecturing and/or precepting of students. Participants do not have to be committed to a career path targeting full time academia.
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Program Directors
Sara Wettergreen PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, FAPhA
Associate Professor
Ambulatory Care Pharmacy, Diabetes
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy
- Secondary Appointment - Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine
Email Address:[email protected]
Primary Phone:303-724-0292
Mailing Address:
- CU Anschutz
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Building
12850 East Montview Boulevard
Office: V20-1218
Aurora, CO 80045
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the CU Anschutz Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. As an educator, I teach pharmacy communications and advanced diabetes management, preparing learners for ambulatory care practice using telehealth tools such as remote patient monitoring.
I am a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at UCHealth Lone Tree Primary Care. My clinical practice focuses on population health management and pharmacotherapy consultations, including chronic disease state management of type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. My scholarly work focuses on population health services and the scholarship of teaching and learning, with an emphasis on curricular design.
I currently serve as President of the Colorado Pharmacists Society, and see professional service as an essential component of my role as a pharmacist. Nationally, I am engaged with the American Pharmacists Association, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, American Diabetes Association, and the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists.
Areas of Expertise
- Ambulatory Care
- Diabetes
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- Ambulatory Care Specialty Residency (PGY2), University of Colorado (2015-2016)
- Pharmacy Practice Residency (PGY1), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (2014-2015)
- PharmD, South Dakota State University (2014)
- BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences, South Dakota State University (2012)
Awards
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Emerging Teaching Scholar (2025)
- Rho Chi Honor Society Faculty Advisor of the Year (2025)
- McKesson Leadership Award (2025)
- National Community Pharmacists Association Pharmacy Leadership Award (2025)
- American Pharmacists Association Distinguished Achievement Award in Service (2024)
- American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Ambulatory Care Practice and Research Network Outstanding Paper of the Year (2023)
- Colorado Pharmacists Society Distinguished Young Pharmacist (2021)
- American Pharmacists Association Distinguished New Practitioner (2020)
- Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists New Pharmacist of the Year (2018)
Affiliations
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine