George E. MacKinnon III, PhD, MS, RPh, FASHP, FNAP

Founding Dean and Professor

Locations

星空无限传媒School of Pharmacy
HRC H2600

Contact Information

Education

PhD, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Biography

For over 30 years, George E. MacKinnon, III, PhD, MS, RPh, FASHP, FNAP has engaged in clinical practice, research, teaching and academic administration through joint academic appointments in medicine and pharmacy at several educational institutions. Dr. MacKinnon’s previous appointments include vice president of academic affairs with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy in Alexandria, Virginia, and director of global health economics and outcomes research of Abbott Laboratories. Dr. MacKinnon has help found and accredit four academic pharmacy programs, in three states. Dr. MacKinnon received a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy and a Master of Science degree in Hospital Pharmacy, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy. He completed two years of post-graduate clinical pharmacy residency training at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Dr. MacKinnon earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Loyola University, Chicago. He is a registered pharmacist in Wisconsin.

Honors and Awards

Fellows of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (FASHP) - American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Distinguished Scholar and Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (FNAP)

Research Interests

I am committed to research (broadly defined and inclusive of the scholarship of discovery, integration, application, and teaching/learning). I subscribe to the philosophy that those engaged in the academic enterprise have an obligation to engage in research in its many forms and outcomes. The role of a Dean is not to articulate the full research agenda of an academic program, but rather assure its compatibility within the organization and where possible foster the cross-linkages that support faculty in their pursuits.

As an educator, administrator, researcher, and clinician I have been intimately involved in developing programs in the areas of teaching, service and research (which by their nature are intertwined) in the health professions while keeping in mind advancements occurring in various healthcare technologies. I continue to pursue areas of interest in demonstrating the value of pharmacists, models for medication adherence, population health and pharmacoeconomics, such as editing the textbook Understanding Health Outcomes and Pharmacoeconomics.

(Khambholja B, Hudson S, Erikson M, MacKinnonIII GE, Schellhase KG. .) The Journal - Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin . The Journal - Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin 2022; 19-22. 08/15/2022
(Spiess JP, Walcheske E, MacKinnon GE, MacKinnon KJ.) Am J Pharm Educ. 2022 Jan;86(1):8520 PMID: 34301542 PMCID: PMC8787175 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123360022 07/25/2021
(Sanchez AM, Busse K, MacKinnon K, Henk L, MacKinnon GE, Brown J, Mauermann S, Dobrowski T, Jungmann J, Bultman J, Singh S, Nattinger AB.) WMJ. 2021 Dec;120(4):305-308 PMID: 35025179 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123461368 01/14/2022
(Assem M, Broeckel U, MacKinnon GE.) Am J Pharm Educ. 2021 Apr;85(4):8249 PMID: 34283790 PMCID: PMC8086609 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85104754005 07/21/2021
(MacKinnon GE 3rd, Theobald J, Seckel E, MacKinnon KJ, Lamberton N, Velazquez DV.) J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2021;61(4):e249-e254 PMID: 33773933 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85103113179 03/29/2021
(MacKinnon GE 3rd.) Pharmacy (Basel). 2020 Oct 23;8(4) PMID: 33113967 PMCID: PMC7712860 10/30/2020
(MacKinnon GE 3rd, Pabian I, MacKinnon KJ, Sorum SE, Martin E, Bernstein RS, Rein LE, Schellhase K.) WMJ. 2020 Sep;119(3):151-157 PMID: 33091281 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85094160290 10/23/2020
(Berce PC, Bernstein RS, MacKinnon GE, Sorum S, Martin E, MacKinnon KJ, Rein LE, Schellhase KG.) Vaccine. 2020 Jun 09;38(28):4448-4456 PMID: 32417143 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85084664169 05/18/2020
(Anton B, Durgin E, Scharer G, Broeckel U, MacKinnon G. .) The Journal - Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin. The Journal - Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin 2020; 14-22. 03/15/2020
(Vos Chair SS, Brown MM, Cardello EA, Dintzner MR, MacKinnon GE 3rd, Maroyka EM, Mbi P, Park SK, Weaver KK, Zeeman JM, Bradley-Baker LR, Plaza CM.) Am J Pharm Educ. 2018 Sep;82(7):7162 PMID: 30323403 PMCID: PMC6181173 10/17/2018
(Chair KW, Aistrope DS, Ausili J, Besinque KH, Cardello EA, Hritcko PM, MacKinnon GE 3rd, Maroyka E, Burke ES, Trent IS, Bradley-Baker LR.) Am J Pharm Educ. 2017 Nov;81(9):S16 PMID: 29302095 PMCID: PMC5738953 01/06/2018
(Smith MA, Bell HS, Kissack JC, Hall PD, Mackinnon GE, Lang WG.) Am J Pharm Educ. 2013 Dec 16;77(10):S17 PMID: 24371356 PMCID: PMC3872955 12/29/2013

Education is to be an active, engaging and stimulating process - not a passive one. Appropriate use of instructional design and educational technologies is critical to meet the needs of today's learner, and even more so in professions where new information is continually added such as pharmacy and medicine. As educators we must recognize that students have different learning styles as well as the need to provide timely continuous formative feedback. So, while knowledge is critical in the health sciences, so too is the application of this knowledge via skills and abilities often acquired via lab simulations with standardized patients and experiential education (e.g., clinical rotations).

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