Geoffrey Wall, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, CGP

Biography

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
• American College of Clinical Pharmacy
• Iowa Pharmacy Association, American Institute for the History of Pharmacy

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• University Service: Chair, University Institutional Review Board

HONORS & AWARDS

• Selected, Granburg Faculty Professional Leadership Award, Drake University
• February 2010 Selected, Mentor of the Year AY 09-10, Drake University
• November 2009 Selected member, Phi Lambda Sigma Honor Society
• October 2008 Selected as Fellow, American College of Clinical Pharmacy
• May 2008 Selected Madelyn M. Levitt Mentor of the Year, Drake University

As a student, I always found it easiest to learn when real-life examples of information implementation were demonstrated in class. This tended to grab and hold my attention because I felt that the information imparted by the instructor could directly impact me as well. I have tried to take an approach to teaching (both didactically and on rotation) that incorporates the above notion into four basic tenets:

1. Be knowledgeable. Know your subject well. Be prepared to relate the information to actual situations the student may encounter as well. In other words, give students the practical upshot of the information you are trying to teach. This may mean doing extra reading or contemplating any tangential questions the students may have.
2. Be enthusiastic. If the teacher does not care about the material, why should the student? Sometimes it is necessary to be a “cheerleader” for the material to successfully instill the same feeling for the information in your students as you (hopefully) have.
3. Be humorous. Or at least attempt to be. One of the cardinal sins of teachers (in my opinion) is a lack of levity that borders on the pretentious. Your goal is to connect with your students to improve learning efficiency. A good way to do this is to inject a healthy dose of (occasionally bad) humor into the lecture, to let your students know that you are, in fact, human and can make some very bad puns.
4. Be real. As I pointed out above, the ever nebulous “connection” that all teachers hope to develop with a class or a student begins with the teacher using examples of how the information is important in real life. I try to illustrate specific points in class by describing a certain patient case in which the information taught made a difference. These examples may sometimes show the teacher making a mistake (i.e., “I was burned by not doing this/that in this patient case...”), again demonstrating that the teacher is as real as the students and is sometimes prone to human error.

In my kinetics class and on rotations, I have worked hard in all my lectures to use these principles. I hope (and believe) my students feel it is worth the effort.

EXPERIENCE:

• Internal Medicine Clinical Pharmacist, Iowa Methodist Medical Center:
• Clinical Pharmacist for IM and ICU teaching services
• Clinical Pharmacist, Iowa Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
  
  

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Education

• BSPharm, University of Utah
• PharmD, Idaho State University
• Adult Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency, Scott and White Hospitals and Clinics

Selected Publications

Latest Projects and Publications:

Yost WJ, Wall GC, Craig SR, Smith HL. Implementation of structured pharmaceutical representative interactions and counter-detailing sessions in medical resident education. Accepted for publication to the Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Koenigsfeld CF, Wall GC, Miesner AR, Schmidt G, Haack SL, Eastman DK, Grady S, Fornoff A.
A faculty-led mock residency interview exercise for fourth-year doctor of pharmacy students.
J Pharm Pract. 2012;25:101-7.

Haines EA, Wall GC. Possible Angiotensin Converter Enzyme Inhibitor Visceral Angioedema. Journal Of Pharmacy Practice. J Pharm Pract. 2011;24:564-7.

Wall GC, Schirmer LL, Anliker LE, Tigges AE. Pharmacotherapy for acute pouchitis.
Ann Pharmacother. 201;45:1127-37.

Ray AL. Wall GC. Bupropion-induced Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis. Pharmacotherapy. 2011; www.pharmacotherapy.org/Case_Reports/Pharm3106e_Wall-CR.pdf

Mahajan P, Meyer KS, Wall GC, Price HJ. Clinical applications of pharmacogenomics guided warfarin dosing. Int J Clin Pharm. 2011;33:10-9.

Wall GC, DeWitt JE, Haack S, Fornoff A, Eastman DK, Koenigsfeld CF. Knowledge and Attitudes of Licensed Pharmacists Concerning Sulfonamide Allergy Cross-Reactivity Pharm World Sci. 2010;32:343-6.

Friedrich M, Grady SE, Wall GC. Treatment of Depression Symptoms in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Clin Ther. 2010;32:1221-33..

American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Jordan CJ, Wall GC, Lobo B, Wilkinson J, Creekmore FM, Sorrells K, Hartis C, Miller S, Uchal L. Postgraduate year one pharmacy residency program equivalency. Pharmacotherapy. 2009;29:1495.

Wall GC, Leman BL. Mucormycosis in a patient receiving infliximab. Digestion. 2009;80:182-4.

Miesner AM, Koenigsfeld CF, Allen DA, Wall GC. The Effect of Sample Medication Restrictions on Prescribing Patterns at a Private Internal Medicine Clinic. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:1241-2.

Wall GC, Bottenberg MM, Hegge KA, Koenigsfeld CF. Adherence to Treatment Guidelines in Two Primary Care Populations with Gout. Rheumatology International 2009 Jul 10. DOI 10.1007/s00296-009-1056-7

Norgard NB, Mathews KD, Wall GC. Drug-drug interaction between clopidogrel and the proton pump inhibitors.. Ann Pharmacother. 2009 ;43:1266-74.

Asraf-Benson SA, Wall GC Veach LA. Serum sickness like reaction to efalizumab. Ann Pharmacother 2009;43:383-6.