Claire Kolar, PharmD, PhD

Claire Kolar received her PharmD from the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy and is currently a PhD Candidate in the Social and Administrative Pharmacy program. She is an affiliate member of the Wulling Center for Innovation & Scholarship in Pharmacy Education and specializes in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) and Program Evaluation.

2016: University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Award. Awarded by the University of Minnesota Graduate School, the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship gives the University’s most accomplished PhD candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research project by providing time to finalize and write a dissertation during the fellowship year.

2016: Biruta K. & Peter A. Olsteins Graduate Fellowship. Awarded to full-time University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy students working toward a PhD in good academic standing with exceptional potential in their field.

2015: Wertheimer Leadership Fellowship. Awarded to a graduate student in the Social and Administrative Pharmacy program at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy who has demonstrated a desire to pursue a leadership role in pharmacy.

2014: American Association of College of Pharmacy (AACP) Walmart Scholar. Awarded to a pharmacy student or graduate student to provide funding to attend the AACP Annual Meeting and Teacher’s Seminar

Wulling Center for Innovation & Scholarship in Pharmacy Education (W-CISPE), Affiliate Member

INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, Editorial Board Member

American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), Member

American Educational Research Association (AERA), Member

American Evaluation Association (AEA), Member

Dr. Kolar is studies the teaching, learning and assessment of patient-centered care and the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process (PPCP). Her dissertation research aims to identify Threshold Concepts associated with learning the PPCP. Other projects have focused on assessment strategies (e.g. Classroom Assessment Techniques, Concepts Maps) for patient-centered care and peer teaching opportunities introducing students to Pharmaceutical Care and the PPCP. In addition, Dr. Kolar works to develop evaluation processes and instruments for use at the course, program, or curricular level.

2015: University of Minnesota Women’s Center Institutional Change Grant. “Leading by Doing: Advancing Women in Pharmacy through Action Research.” Co-Investigator with Kristin Janke.

2015: C. Charles Jackson Foundation. “Building Leadership Self-Awareness and Personal Engagement in Leader Development.” Co-Investigator with Kristin Janke and Oscar Garza.

2014: University of Minnesota Women’s Center Institutional Change Grant. “Outside the Pharmacy: Conversations with Women in Leadership.” Co-Investigator with Kristin Janke.

1. Kolar C, Harrell TK, Janke K. Would you care to commentary on that? Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2016;8(3):267-268.
2. Hager KD, Kolar C, Janke KK. Concept mapping, reflective writing, and patchwork text assessment in a first-year pharmaceutical care course. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2016;8(4):492-500.
3. Lounsbery JL, Pereira CR, Harris IM, Moon JY, Westberg SM, Kolar C. Instructional design and assessment: Tracking patient encounters and clinical skills to determine competency in ambulatory care advanced pharmacy practice experiences. Am J Pharm Educ. 2016;80(1).
4. Moon J, Kolar C, Brummel A, Ekstrand M, Holtan H, Rehrauer D. Development and Validation of a Patient Satisfaction Survey for Comprehensive Medication Management. J Man Care Pharm. 2016: 22(1): 81-86.
5. Sturpe D, Kolar C, Janke K. Enhancing scholarly dialogue: Inviting Letters to the Editor. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2016;8(3):269-270.
6. Schullo-Fuelner A, Kolar C, Janke, KK. A 5 Year Evaluation of Exam Composition, Preparation and Effectiveness in a Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Course. Am J Pharm Educ, 2015: 79(7).
7. Janke KK, Kolar C. Recognizing and Disseminating Innovations in Scholarly Teaching and Learning to Support Curricular Change. Inov Pharm. 2014;5(3): Article 161
8. Janke KK, Kolar C. Promoting Scholarly Lines of Inquiry in Pharmacy Education Through Idea Papers and Case Study Reports. Inov Pharm. 2014;5(3): Article 162