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AACP Master Preceptor Recognition Program 2022 Recipients

The AACP Master Preceptor Recognition Program has recognized three individuals as master preceptors, for their dedication and commitment to excellence in experiential education and professional practice. This eighth cohort will receive a recognition plaque, complimentary AACP membership, and national recognition from AACP and other pharmacy associations.

The 2022 recipients are Dr. Jeffrey Cook, University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy; Dr. Katherine K. Hartkopf, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy; and Dr. Rachel Root, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. Scroll through to learn more about these Master Preceptors.

The purpose of the AACP Master Preceptor Recognition Program is to highlight preceptors, who are not full-time employees of a school/college of pharmacy, for their sustained commitment to excellence in experiential education and professional practice.

Jeffrey Cook, Pharm.D., m.s., MBA

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy

Dr. Jeffrey Cook is the chief pharmacy officer and assistant dean who works with UAMS to provide safe and efficient pharmaceutical care in the health system while advancing pharmacy education.

Dr. Cook sees collaboration and caring as the primary tools for accomplishing life tasks and the mission of UAMS.

Dr. Cook has been working in leadership roles for over 25 years and has served eight years in the U.S. Army. After his military career he worked as a clinical pharmacy manager, a hospital pharmacy director, a multiple-site pharmacy administrator, and now chief pharmacy officer. His strengths are pharmacy operations and business.

Dr. Cook is a trained project manager and pharmacy technology enthusiast. He holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from The Ohio State University and dual master’s degree in pharmacy economics and business administration from the University of Florida, and Stetson University respectively.

Dr. Cook consistently follows the “Oath of a Pharmacist” and encourages future generations to live out those same values. He is involved in local, state and national organizations where he continues to contribute to the advancement of the pharmacy profession.

Katherine J. Hartkopf, Pharm.D., BCACP

University of Wisconsin–Madison School of pharmacy

Dr. Kate Hartkopf received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a PGY-1 community pharmacy practice residency with UW Health. She is currently the pharmacy manager of ambulatory care services and residency program director of the PGY2 ambulatory care residency program at UW Health. Her responsibilities include expansion and oversight of pharmacist services in primary care and specialty clinics, involvement in UW Health Population Health program development, and collaboration for patient transitions of care with an emphasis in the ambulatory care setting.

Her professional interests include training and development, implementation and advancement of pharmacist services in the ambulatory care setting, and patient education principles.

Rachel root, Pharm.D., M.s.

University of Minnesota college of pharmacy

Dr. Rachel Root is the PGY1 residency program director and a pharmacy coordinator at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, part of Allina Health, in Minneapolis. Within her role as a pharmacy coordinator, Dr. Root is responsible for supporting process improvement initiatives, providing project management, and coordinating teaching programs, including residents, APPE students, and IPPE students, for the pharmacy department. Dr. Root received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree and her master's degree in social and administrative pharmacy from University of Minnesota. She completed a PGY1/PGY2 health-system pharmacy administration and leadership residency at University of Minnesota Medical Center and M Health Fairview Pharmacy Services. Previously, Dr. Root worked as a pharmacy manager at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and a pharmacy operations manager at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon.

She has a passion for teaching and has precepted six distinct learning experiences over the past 10 years for PGY1 and PGY2 residents and APPE and IPPE students. Dr. Root has served in a variety of roles within the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), Minnesota Society of Health-System Pharmacists (MSHP), Oregon Society of Health-System Pharmacists (OSHP), and Vizient (formerly University HealthSystem Consortium), including past-president of MSHP and co-chair of the Minnesota Pharmacy Alliance, an organization focused on advocacy efforts to create and facilitate opportunities for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to practice to the extent of their capabilities to improve the health of Minnesotans. Currently, Dr. Root serves as chair of ASHP’s Frontline Leaders Section Advisory Group as part of the Section of Pharmacy Practice Leaders.