Traci Poole
Associate Professor
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
PharmD Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy
Location: McWhorter Hall 314
615-460-6460traci.poole@belmont.edu
Biography
Dr. Traci Poole joined the faculty of the College of Pharmacy as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice in August 2010. She is a 2009 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy in Richmond, VA. Upon graduation, Dr. Poole completed an ASHP/APhA-accredited pharmacy practice residency with an emphasis in community care at VCU School of Pharmacy and Kmart Pharmacy. She also served in several roles at the VCU School of Pharmacy including co-preceptor for students on introductory and advanced pharmacy practice experiences, clinical instructor in pharmacy practice laboratories, and guest lecturer in the Self-Medication courses.
Dr Poole is a board certified as an ambulatory care and geriatric pharmacist with a primary practice focus of geriatric internal medicine and developing clinical services within innovative health care models. Her other areas of particular interest and expertise include immunizations, medication therapy management, and self-care. She has an established practice site at Apothecary, an independent community pharmacy, located in the Gulch area of downtown Nashville. Her practice site serves as an advanced pharmacy practice experience site for fourth year student pharmacists in community-based medication management, community pharmacy, and management.
As Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Dr. Poole teaches second and third year student pharmacists in PHM 6200: Self-Care Therapeutics, PHM 6530: Business and Entrepreneurial Management, and PHM 6335: Pharmaceutical Care III. She currently serves as the college’s coordinator for the American Pharmacists Association’s certificate program in medication therapy management and is faculty for the immunization certificate program. Dr. Poole has great interest in the advocacy of the profession and is actively involved in the Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA), American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and National Community Pharmacists Association. She currently serves as the faculty advisor to the Belmont Student Pharmacists Alliance, TPA’s Society of Student Pharmacists and APhA’s Academy of Student Pharmacists.
Community Pharmacy
American Pharmacists Association
Tennessee Pharmacists Association
American Society of Geriatric Pharmacists
American Academy of Colleges of Pharmacy
Psychedelic Pharmacists Association
Poole TM. Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders. In: Chisholm-Burns MA, Schwinghammer TL, Malone PM, Kolesar JM, Bookstaver P, Lee KC. eds. Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice, 7e. McGraw Hill. Submitted
Poole TM, Robinson J. Intestinal Gas. In: Krinsky DL, Berardi, RR, Ferreri, SP, et al, eds. McGraw Hill: Washington, D.C. Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self Care. 21e. In press.
Poole TM and Greene EM. (2022, March 25). Immunization 103: Pharmacy-Based Immunizations Services Practice Management. PowerPak.com. https://www.powerpak.com/course/preamble/122618
Tanzi M and Poole TM. (2022, March 11). Immunization 102: ACIP-Recommended Vaccines for Adults. PowerPak.com. https://www.powerpak.com/course/preamble/122551
Poole TM. (2021, December 9). Immunization 101 Vaccines: An Introduction to Vaccinology. PowerPak.com. https://www.powerpak.com/course/preamble/122254
Fettkether R, Poole TM. Intestinal Gas. In: Krinsky DL, Berardi, RR, Ferreri, SP, et al, eds. American Pharmacists Association: Washington, D.C. Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self Care. 20e.
Poole TM, Kodali L, Pace A. Integrating Medication Therapy Management Training into the Core Pharmacy Curriculum. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2016; 80(4).
Pace A, Ham A, Poole TM, Wahaib K. Validation of the MUSIC Model of Academic Motivation Inventory in student pharmacists. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning; 8(2016)589–597.
Brinkley JL, Senn JM, Poole TM. Building a lifelong commitment to service. Student Pharmacist 2013; 10(2)5.
Wood KD, Greene EM, Franks RB, Poole TM, Ficzere C, Johnston PE. The Healthcare Future for the iGeneration: Integrating the Patient and the Healthcare System. Innovations in Pharmacy 2013; 4(3)1-5.
Poole TM. A New Generation of Fitness. Transitions Newsletter: A Communication for New Practitioners. American Pharmacists Association. Summer 2011
Lem M, Poole TM, Hagan A. Patient Knowledge, Perceptions, and Willingness to Engage in Pharmacist-Provided COVID-19 Test-to-Treat Services. American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting; 2023 Mar; Phoenix, AZ. [Poster]
Poole TM. "How We Made It Work: Innovative Community Pharmacy Practices. Low Dose Naltrexone". Invited presentation at: Tennessee Pharmacists Association Winter Meeting Community Pharmacy Workshop. 2022 Feb 27.
Adams J, Poole TM. COVID19 Practice Expansion Examples. Invited presentation at: Academia-CPESN Transformation Collaborative (ACT)/American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Workshop. 2020 Nov 12.
Poole TM, Clauson AS, Stephan D. "Pivoting Community Pharmacy Practice“ Empowering Community Pharmacy Practitioners Through a Community Pharmacy Practice Center of Excellence. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Virtual Annual Meeting. 2020 Jul 13-31. [Poster]
Poole TM. "Embedding an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the Community Pharmacy Setting". Invited presentation at: Elevate Pharmacy Virtual Summit 2019. BT Pharmacy Consulting and National Community Pharmacists Association. 2019 May.
Poole TM. "Community Pharmacy's Role on the Health Care Team: A Prescription for Nonprescription Pharmacist Care" Invited roundtable presentation at: National Community Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting; 2016 Oct 15-19; New Orleans, LA
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McNeely K, Hagan A, and Poole TM. Incentive grants for residents and their preceptors, The American Pharmacists Association Foundation ($1,000). Sept 2023
Poole TM. Pharmacist-Provided Diabetes and Hypertension Grant Program. Tennessee Pharmacist Research and Education Foundation ($1,100). Oct 2016
Poole TM and Rudenko AW, Incentive grants for residents and their preceptors, The American Pharmacists Association Foundation ($1,000). Dec 2009