Sneha Baxi Srivastava is an Associate Director of Pharmacy Skills Education and Associate Professor at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science -College of Pharmacy. She is a part of the Pharmacy Skills team, coordinating and facilitating students in the curriculum where there is a required skills-based course in every quarter from P1 through P3 year. She received her PharmD degree at Rutgers University School of Pharmacy and completed her two years of post-graduate training in Primary Care at University of Illinois College of Pharmacy. She also is board certified in ambulatory care (BCACP) and a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE). She is passionate about education, communication, lifestyle medicine, and prevention/management of chronic conditions, especially diabetes. She believes in the continuous cycle of teaching and learning. She empowers patients and students -ensuring the connection between optimal medication education, importance of communication skills, and the understanding and application health and education behavior theories is always present.She has co-authored a textbook titled Fundamental Skills for Patient Care in Pharmacy Practice and actively participates in various state and national organizations,including the Illinois Pharmacists Association,Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES), American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM),American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), and American Pharmacist's Organization (APhA).

Courses:

• Course Director: Skills I, III, VIII
• Course Co-Director: LifestyleMedicine for Healthcare Professionals

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Sneha Srivastava's interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Her research questions center around better understanding student and patient learning/decisions/outcomes. Additionally, she is passionate about further learning patient health behaviors and its impact on disease prevention and disease state management. She is interested in creative scholarly writing. In the past, she has studied the role of mindfulness and medication adherence.

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