Sarah K. Schweiss, PharmD, BCACP, Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Contact Info
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences
PGY-1 (Ambulatory Care), University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Duluth
PharmD, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
BA Chemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth
Summary
Expertise
- Pharmacy Residency Education
- Resiliency and Wellbeing
- Comprehensive Medication Management
- Interprofessional Practice and Education
- Primary Care
- Diabetes
Awards & Recognition
Professional Associations
Research
Research Summary/Interests
- Pharmacy Residency Education
- Resiliency and Wellbeing
- Comprehensive Medication Management
- Interprofessional Practice and Education
- Primary Care
- Diabetes
Publications
Schweiss, SK, Hager, KD, Moon, JY, Lounsbery, JL, Pestka, DL. Evaluating the evolution of philosophy of practice over postgraduate year 1 residency training. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 2021; 1- 8.
Moon JY, Lounsbery JL, Schweiss S, Pittenger AL. Mapping the postgraduate year-one pharmacy accreditation standards to the core entrustable professional activities. Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 2020; 3:81–86.
Swanson S, Schweiss S. Valuable Components of a Resilience Curriculum in a Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY-1) Pharmacy Residency Program. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. Sept 2019, Vol 11 (9): 949-955.
Schweiss S, Pavelka A, Garza O, Moon J. Using a multisite and multi-health system pharmacy resident program model for care documentation quality improvement. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. Aug 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.
Moon JY, Lounsbery JL, Schweiss S, Pittenger AL. Mapping the postgraduate year-one pharmacy accreditation standards to the core entrustable professional activities. Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 2019, DOI: 10.1002/jac5.1125
Schweiss SK, Westberg SM, Moon JY, Sorensen TD. Expanding ambulatory care pharmacy residency education through a multi-site University-affiliated model. Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2017, January 23. Available at: 10.1177/0897190016689368
Funk KA, Kolar C, Schweiss SK, Tingen J, Janke J. Experience with the script concordance test to develop clinical reasoning skills in pharmacy students. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching & Learning. Publication accepted and pending press August 2017.
Pittenger AL, Westberg S, Rowan M, Schweiss S. An Interprofessional Diabetes Experience to Improve Pharmacy and Nursing Students’ Competency in Collaborative Practice. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2013, 77 (9): 197.
McNamara A, Janke K, Conway J, Schweiss S. Student Self-Ratings of Skill Acquisition from a Clinical Controversy Debate in a Third Year Pharmaceutical Care Lab. Innovations in Pharmacy 2013, 4:4. http://www.pharmacy.umn.edu/innovations/prod/group...
Huot KL, Lutfiyya MN, Akers MF, Amaro ML, Swanoski MT, Schweiss SK. A population-based cross-sectional study of health service deficits among U.S. adults with depressive symptoms. BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:160. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC366256...
Tomaszewski D, Schweiss S, Hager K. Pharmacist-provided Ambulatory Patient Care: Progressing Pharmacy Practice and Preparing the Next Generation of Pharmacists. Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine 2012, 4 (4): 255-259.
Teaching
Teaching Areas
- Diabetes
- Pharmaceutical Care Practice
- Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
- PGY-1 Residency Education
- Pharmaceutical Care Skills
Courses
- PHAR 6754 Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Module
- PHAR 6226 Interprofessional Diabetes Experience
- PHAR 6770 Pharmaceutical Care Skills Lab V
- PHAR 7411-7413 Community Pharmacy & Ambulatory Care (CPAC) Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
- PHAR 7431/7432/7433 Patient Care Elective Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
Clinical
Clinics
St. Luke's Mount Royal Medical Clinic
Board Certifications
Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP)