Dana Hammer
Contact DetailsEducation
BS in Pharmacy, Oregon State University
PhD, Purdue University School of Pharmacy
Research Interests
- assessment of students' educational outcomes and professional development
- Pharm 432: Advanced Compounding
- Pharm 504: Pharmacy Practice
- Pharm 505: Foundation & Principles of Pharmacy Education
- Pharm 507: Seminar in Pharmacy Education II
Dana Hammer is the Director of the Bracken Pharmaceutical Care Learning Center. Prior to this appointment she served as the UW Community Pharmacy Residency Program for the University of Washington School of Pharmacy and Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy. In this capacity she was a member of the curriculum committee, chair of the assessment committee, and co-designer and course master for a 5-semester Professional Skills Development course sequence.
In her graduate coursework, Dr. Hammer focused on education, sociology and psychology as they relate to pharmacy and other health professions' education. She has served as a faculty member for two AACP Institutes and has presented faculty development workshops on student assessment, professionalism, active learning techniques, and the scholarship of teaching to faculty at several pharmacy schools and national conferences. She also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Pharmacy Teaching. Dr. Hammer has won several awards for teaching, innovations in teaching and education, and educational research.