- Professor Emeritus
- Email: cmac@uri.edu
- Office Location: Avedisian Hall, 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881
Biography
Dr. MacDonnell’s teaching and research interests are in the area of Inter-professional Education pedagogy. She has been at the forefront of the development and advancement of inter-professional education in the state of Rhode Island. She has helped to establish a collection of cooperative educational coursework, conducted with the University’s College of Nursing and the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University.
Dr. MacDonnell has presented her work on inter-professional education annual meetings of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, The Association of Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education and The Alliance for Continuing Education for Healthcare Professions.
Her teaching and scholarship focuses on diseases of the eye and skin. She is a regular contributor to The Medical Letter where she serves as an ophthalmologic therapeutics content area expert.
Dr. MacDonnell also coordinates and teaches in the year long P3 Pharmacy Practice Skills Labs, in addition to precepting P4 Pharmacy students on an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Elective in Academic Teaching.
She is a member of the National Academies of Practice (NAP), an organization of interprofessional healthcare practitioners and scholars elected by their peers, with a mission to foster collaboration and advice governmental bodies on our healthcare system. In 2020 Dr MacDonnell was selected, by her interprofessional peers, as a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice.
Dr. MacDonnell is also the recipient of the Department of the Navy’s Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the Bowl of Hygeia and the Generation Rx Award. She was also awarded of the Rufus Lyman Award by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy for her research in interprofessional education.
Research
The pedagogy of Interprofessional Education, medication therapy management, and diseases of the eyes and skin.
Education
Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island. 2000
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, 1975
Selected Publications
Rege S, MacDonnell CP “Unlocking the Value: Communicating the value of the pharmacist to patients.” Pharmacy Education 2019;19(1) 1-9.
Monteiro K, Dumenco L, Collins S, Bratberg J, MacDonnell CP, Jacobson A, Dollase R, George P. A Substance Use Disorder Training Workshop for Future Interprofessional Healthcare Providers. Accepted for publication in MedEdPORTAL, April 2017.
Monteiro K, Dumenco L, Collins S, Bratberg J, MacDonnell CP, Jacobson A, Dollase R, George P. “An interprofessional education workshop to develop health professional student opioid misuse knowledge, attitudes, and skills.” Journal of the American Pharmacists Association 2017;57(2).
MacDonnell C, GeorgeP, Nimmagadda J, Brown S, Gremel K. The RI Interprofessional Collaborative: Bringing together students across educational institutions and health professions- A team based approach. Am J Pharm Educ 2016 Volume 80, Issue 3, 2016: Article 49. (Apr 29,2016)
George P, MacDonnell C, Nimmagadda J, Murphy J, Dollase R. Designing Interprofessional education using multiple conceptual frameworks. Ann Behav Sci Med Educ Vol. 21, No. 1, 9–13 2015
Ayla N, MacDonnell C, Dumenco L, Dollase R, George P. A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Perceptions of Interprofessional Education in Medical Students. Submitted for review Ann Behav Sci Med Educ.2014, Vol. 20, No. 2, 6–9.
MacDonnell C, George P, Misto K. Rhode Island’s interprofessional education initiatives. Med Health RI. 2012;95:9:Sept;277-278.
MacDonnell C, Rege S,Misto K, Dollase, George P. Evaluating healthcare students’ response to an introductory interprofessional exercise and their team dynamics. Am J Pharm Educ. 2012;76:8(154) Oct. Winner 2013 Rufus Lyman Award