Bell, a pediatric clinical pharmacist at Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center, was contacted in 2001 by a Campbell pharmacy student who wanted to complete a pediatric rotation under her direction. Since then, she has trained four or five students on rotation each year and has been asked to teach as a guest lecturer for several therapeutics classes; but the students wanted more. When Bell started receiving numerous comments from discouraged students who were not able to complete her rotation because of limited spots, she approached the College about the students’ remarks and her full-time position was soon created. As an assistant professor of pharmacy practice, Bell now has 20-24 available slots each year for students to complete her pediatric rotation. In addition, she teaches the first pediatric focused P-3 elective offered at the College. Following graduation from the PharmD program at the University of Michigan in 1999, Bell completed a general practice residency at Duke and then went on to her second residency specializing in pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina. After completing her education, Bell looked for a job where she could practice in pediatrics as well as teach.

Peadiatrics, Therapeutics