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Amanda R Margolis, PharmD, MS, BCACP

Associate Professor (CHS)


Amanda Margolis is an Assistant Professor (CHS) and experiential learning coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy, a clinical pharmacy specialist at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veteran’s Hospital, and Pharmacist Editor for The Journal of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin

Dr. Margolis’s has two main research focuses: 1) identification of learning interventions to improve pharmacy student learning and skill development and 2) implementation and dissemination of a centralized specialty medication management clinic within the Veterans Health Administration. Dr. Margolis’s recent work includes evaluating the preceptor use of an interprofessional assessment, determining the impact of viewing online course videos on course grades, and determining patient-oriented outcomes of patients in the centralized specialty pharmacy service. 

Amanda Margolis received her PharmD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy in 2009, received her MS in Clinical Investigation through the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2011, and received her MS in Social and Administrative Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy in 2017.

Dr Margolis is a clinical pharmacy specialist at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veteran’s Hospital in the Centralized Specialty Medication Management service. This service performs education and monitoring for select home biologic agents for Veterans.

Highlighted Publications:

 

Margolis A, Maes M, Erickson A, Steinke K, Walbrandt Pigarelli D. Impact of a flipped classroom on evidence-based medicine skills among pharmacy students. Am J Pharm Educ. 2025;89(5):101392. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2025.101392

Margolis A, Awad D, Quinn T, Minus M, Porter A. Student identification of medically underserved populations during a first-year community introductory pharmacy practice experience. Am J Pharm Educ. 2025;89(10):101490. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2025.101490

Cooksey K, Mailig M, Kieser M, Martin B, Margolis A. Impact of an online pharmacy precepting-focused continuing professional development program. Curr Pharm Teach Learn2023;15(7):673-679. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2023.06.019

Albright T, Simonet R, Bollom E, Taylor S, Seckel E, Wilcox A, Margolis A. Feasibility of a centralized specialty biologic medication management clinic at a VA hospital. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2022;62(5):1694-1699. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2022.05.004

Margolis A, Shah S, Zorek J, Kieser M, Martin B. Implementation of the Individual Teamwork Observation and Feedback Tool to evaluate pharmacy student performance. Am J Pharm Educ. 2022;86(3):8578. doi: 10.5688/ajpe8578

Margolis A, Shah S, Kraus C, Walbrandt Pigarelli D. Longitudinal assessment of pharmacy students’ knowledge, confidence and skill in interpretation of evidence-based medicine. Am J Pharm Educ. 2020;84(10):7884. doi:10.5688/ajpe7884

Margolis A, Bruskiewitz R, Kieser M. Preceptor fidelity to the creation of precepting-focused continuing professional development learning plans. Innov Pharm. 2019;10(2):2.

Margolis A, Porter A, Pitterle M. Blended learning from the student perspective: suggestions for best practices. Am J Pharm Educ. 2017;81(3):49.