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Michelle MacDonald works as a Clinical Practice Leader- Faculty Liaison (CPL-FL) with Alberta Health Services (AHS), Pharmacy Services and Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. As provincial Faculty Liaison with AHS/Covenant Health and the Experiential Education team of the University of Alberta, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences , she leads, supports and engages with leadership and pharmacists for the recruitment of pharmacy student placements, preceptor skill development and support of students, preceptors when on placement. In her role as CPL, she is a leader with provincial AHS Pharmacy Services and with the Calgary Zone Ambulatory Pharmacy Services portfolio, mentoring and supporting pharmacists in their clinical practice and local or provincial pharmacy initiatives. Michelle works one day per week as the Clinical Pharmacist at the Arthur Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Cancer Physiatry Program and Rehabilitation Oncology team. Michelle is passionate about providing patient centred care and following behaviour health change principles to 'meet patients where they are at' and to help them reach their health goals. She is a 'trained trainer' with HealthChange Alberta and has been involved in facilitating workshops to healthcare providers and incorporating these concepts into the pharmacy curriculum. Michelle's interests include pain management, chronic pain, chronic disease management and cancer care symptom management, leadership development, mentorship, experiential education, preceptorship change management, and behavior health change and implementation science.

Michelle MacDonald — Clinical assistant professor and Faculty Liaison | PharmaCountry