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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Home   >  College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences   >  Faculty & Staff   >  Michelle Bottenberg

Michelle Bottenberg, PharmD, BCPS

Michelle Bottenberg, PharmD, BCPS

Professor, Pharmacy Practice

College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Phone: 515-271-4620

Email: michelle.bottenberg@drake.edu

Biography

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • American Pharmacists Association
  • American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
  • American Interprofessional Health Collaborative
  • Iowa Pharmacy Association

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

  • Clinical Pharmacist at Des Moines University Family Medicine Clinic, July 2017 - present
  • UnityPoint Health Institutional Review Board, Des Moines: community member, September 2013 - 2021
  • IPA – Delegate to House of Representatives; served as a member on both policy committees, and on State of Iowa Electronic Health Information Advisory Council
  • Reviewer: Annals of Pharmacotherapy, The Journal of the Iowa Pharmacy Association, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
  • Reviewer: Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning
  • AACP – Abstract reviewer; served on COD/COF/COS Task Force on Faculty Mentoring, Member of Laboratory Instructors SIG
  • ACCP – Served on Student Curriculum Vitae Review Service

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

  • CPHS Faculty Senate representative, 2019 - present
  • National Alumni Scholarship Selection Committee, 2007 - 12, 2014, 2016 - 19

COLLEGE SERVICE

  • Pharmacy Admissions Committee, member, 2021 - present
  • Des Moines Area Interprofessional Education Collaborative, founding member 2013 - present
  • Rho Chi, Alpha Sigma Chapter – Faculty Advisor, 2008 - present
  • Academic Affairs Committee, member 2015 - 17
  • Interprofessional Education Committee, member 2016 - 17
  • Ad-Hoc IPE Taskforce, chair 2015 - 19
  • PharmD Interviewing Committee, faculty member 2013 - 15, 2019 - 20
  • Assessment Committee, faculty member 2006 - 13; Chair, 2011 - 13
  • APhA Patient Counseling Competition: judging team
  • ASHP Clinical Skills Competition: judging team

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • IPA Excellence in Innovation Award, June 2018
  • Hartig Faculty Development Award, November 2017
  • Phi Delta Chi Professional Fraternity Graduate Brother Inductee, April 2014
  • Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society inductee, November 2012
  • IPA Appreciation Award, June 2009
  • IPA/PSW Leadership Pharmacy Conference participant, August 2008

EXPERIENCE

  • Professor of Pharmacy Practice, July 2020 - present
  • Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, June 2012 - June 2020
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, July 2006 - May 2012
  • Collaborative Education Institute Immunization Training, June 2013
  • NACDS Community Pharmacy-Based Point of Care Testing Certificate, August 2018
  • ACCP Research and Scholarship Development Certificate Program, October 2010
  • Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, December 2007 - present
  • ASHP Accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency with focus in Internal Medicine, Iowa Methodist Medical Center, July 2005 - June 2006

Areas of Expertise

  • Interprofessional education
  • Skills-based training scholarship of teaching and learning
  • Using simulation as an educational pedagogy
  • Medication reconciliation
Currently Accepting Student Researchers? No

Education

  • PharmD, Drake University

Courses Taught

  • PHAR 144 – Basic Pharmacy Skills and Applications 1
  • PHAR 145 – Basic Pharmacy Skills and Applications 2
  • PHAR 285 – Academic APPE

Latest Projects and Publications

Diehl B, Dy-Boarman E, Bottenberg MM, Mobley-Bukstein W, Patel, A.  Using a design-based research framework to refine a desirable difficulties activity for sterile compounding in a skills-based laboratory course. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2020 Feb;12(2):189-192.

Dy-Boarman E, Bottenberg MM, Diehl B, Mobley-Bukstein W, Quaerna, B.  Lessons learned from an investigation exploring association between grit and student performance in a pharmacy skills laboratory course.  Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2018 Nov;10(11):1443-1446.

Bellottie GD, Kirwin J, Allen RA, Anksorus H, Bartelme K, Bottenberg MM, et al. Suggested pharmacy practice laboratory activities to align with pre-APPE domains in the doctor of pharmacy curriculum. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2018 Sep;10(9):1303-1320.

Diehl B, Dy-Boarman E, Bottenberg MM, Mobley-Bukstein W.  Utilizing desirable difficulties for sterile compounding training in a skills-based laboratory course.  Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2018 Apr;10(4):469-472.

Dy-Boarman E, Diehl B, Mobley-Bukstein W, Bottenberg MM, Bryant G, Sauer H.  Comparison of faculty and student self-assessment scores of aseptic technique skills and the impact of video review on self-awareness for second-year pharmacy students. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2018 Apr; 10(4):469-472.

Haack SL, Fornoff, A, Caligiuri F, Dy-Boarman E, Bottenberg MM, Bryant G, Mobley-Bukstein, Bryant A.  Comparison of electronic versus paper rubrics to assess patient counseling in a skills-based lab course.  Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2017 Nov;9(6);1117-1122.

Koenigsfeld C, Sayler M, Smith HL, Meyer K, Lehman N, Logemann C, Bottenberg MM, Bryant G, Obermark M.  Retrospective evaluation of ASCVD risk and statin therapy need in nondiabetic patients based on the 2013 ACC/AHA cholesterol guidelines.  J Pharm Pract. 2017 June;30(3):300-305.

Duncan W, Bottenberg MM, Chase M, Chesnut R, Clarke C, Schott K, Torry R, Welty T. An industrial engineering approach to cost containment of pharmacy education. Am J Pharm Educ. 2015 79(9):131.

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