Chrystian Pereira

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Credentials

PharmD, BCPS

Bio

Dr. Pereira is dedicated to the goal of improving pharmacy practice and medical practice by implementing concepts of pharmaceutical care into patient care. He believes pharmacy practice can serve to improve the health and wellbeing of patients and further improve the health of a community. Dr. Pereira's current practice is located at Smiley's Clinic in Minneapolis. Smiley's Clinic is a family medicine clinic that is part of the University of Minnesota Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program.

Research Summary

Dr. Pereira's research and scholarship interests are focused on patient care, continuous quality improvement and public/community health. Current projects includes curriculum design to improving interprofessional education through assessment and exploring ways the medication experience may be identified for the benefit of patient care. Research projects: Ambulatory Care APPE Co-op research in the use of a pre and post ambulatory care examination; ambulatory Care APPE Co-op research in the measure of patient encounters and student performed patient education skills to measure competency for students while on APPEs; and post hospital follow-up appointments in a primary care center and the impact pharmacist intervention can have to improve overall care.

Teaching Summary

Dr. Pereira enjoys training pharmacy students and residents at Smiley's Clinic. Smiley's is an established five-week APPE for PharmD candidates. The pharmacy resident completes year one of the two-year Leadership Residency at Smiley's Clinic. In both cases, learners work with a care team to provide care within the medical home model. Pharmacy learners work directly with patients to apply pharmaceutical care skills with the goal to optimize drug therapy and health outcomes. The educational mission is to understand how to apply evidence-based medicine to patients with limited resources as well as complicated medical histories.