Justine Gortney, PharmD, BCPS

Justine Gortney, PharmD, BCPS

Associate Professor (Clinical), Director of Assessment

Office Location

EACPHS, Room 2124

Phone

(313) 993-8196

Email

justine.gortney@wayne.edu

Department

Pharmacy Practice

Research website

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3984-226X

Justine Gortney, PharmD, BCPS

Degrees and Certifications

Degrees
  • 1999 - Pharm.D., Purdue University
  • 1998 - B.S., Pharmacy, Purdue University

Certification

  • 2003-present - Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. (Recertified in 2010.)

Positions and Employment

  • 2016-present - Clinical Associate Professor, Wayne State University 
  • 2014-present, Director of Assessment, Wayne State University
  • 2009-2016, Clinical Assistant Professor, Wayne State University
  • 2009-2014, Faculty (shared appointment), Wayne State University and Detroit Receiving Hospital
  • 2005-2009, Assistant Professor, Mercer University
  • 2002-2005, Clinical Pharmacist, Baylor University Medical Center
  • 2000-2002, Faculty (shared appointment), Wayne State University and Harper University Hospital
  • 1999-2000, Pharmacy Practice Resident, University of Pittsburgh

Awards and Honors

  • 2020 - PRISM Prize 2020 Receipt for Innovation for Teaching
  • 2019 - Collaborative for Excellence in Interprofessional Education
  • 2018 - Honored speaker at University Assessment Luncheon
  • 2018 - Honorable Mention from United States Public Health Service and Interprofessional Education
  • 2014, 2011 - Exam Item Writer for National Association Boards of Pharmacy

Professional Memberships

  • 2021-present - Michigan Pharmacists Association
  • 2005-present - American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
  • 2003-present - Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties
  • 1998-present - American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists
  • 1999-2016 - American College of Clinical Pharmacy

Areas of Expertise

  • Scholarship of teaching and learning
  • Internal medicine

Recent Publications

Refereed Journals

  • Augustine J, Gortney J, Rudolph M, Thompson S. Making Progress: a national study on the development and use of progression assessments in U.S. pharmacy curricula. Curr Pharm Teaching Learn, Accepted for publication February 2, 2023.
  • Castleberry A, Daugherty, Zeeman J, Gortney JS, Lee KC, Dey S, Drayton S. “Put me in coach!” Engaging faculty to form a winning assessment team. Am J Pharm Ed 2023, In press, accepted for publication.
  • Gortney JS, Fava JP, Berti AD, Stewart B. Comparison of student pharmacists’ performance on in-person versus virtual OSCEs in a pre-APPE capstone course. Curr Pharm Teaching Learn 2022; 14(9):1116-21.
  • Park SK, Daugherty KK, Kolluru S, Guanseelan S, Janetski BK, Lebovitz L, Vellurattil RP, Gortney JS. Rethinking Pharmacy Workforce Crisis by Exploring Unconventional and Emerging Career Pathways. Am J Pharm Ed 2022; 86(3): Article 8773.
  • Lahiri M, Lucarotti R, Gortney JS. Engaging Faculty Advisors to Promote Students’ Personal and Professional Development. Curr Pharm Teaching Learn 2021; 13(10):1346-50.
  • Gortney JS, Lahiri M, Giuliano C, Saleem H, Khan M, Salinitri F, Lucarotti R. Evaluation of an Instrument to Assess Students’ Personal and Professional Development during Faculty Advising Process. Am J Pharm Ed 2021; 85(3): Article 8201.
  • Park S, Daugherty KK, Kolluru S, Lebovitz L, Gunaseelan S, Janetski B, Velluralti, Gortney JS. Pharmacy workforce crisis: Leveraging pharmacist’s skills and exploring innovative pharmacy careers. Am J Pharm Educ. 2021; 85(7): Article 8737: 609.
  • August BA, Gortney JS, Mendez J.Evaluating interprofessional socialization: Matched student self-assessments surrounding underserved clinic participation.Curr Pharm Teaching Learn.Accepted for publication. April 2020.
  • Rudolph MJ, Gortney JS, Brownfield A, Caldwell D, Castleberry A, Le UM, Medina MS, Sease JM, Trujillo J, Welch AC, Daughtery KM. Student perceptions of the utility of the Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment.Curr Pharm Teaching Learn 2020; 12(3): 255-264.
  • Rudolph MJ, Gortney JS, Maerten-Rivera JL, Bray BS, Shah S, Hein BE, Coyle EA, Buring SM. A study of the relationship between the PCOA and the NAPLEX using a multi-institutional sample. Am J Pharm Ed 2019; 80(2):Article 6867.
  • Sweet BV, Assemi M, Boyce E, DiVall MV, Garavalia LS, Gortney JS, McCollum M, Roberts R. Characterization of PCOA use across accredited colleges of pharmacy. Am J Pharm Ed. Published ahead of print 5/18
  • Gortney J, Mendez J, Bowers C, Appel J, Blanks D, Cheung WL. Patient assessment of engagement with students in an Interprofessional student-run free clinic for individuals experiencing homelessness. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness. Published online January 22, 2018.
  • Gortney JS, Rudolph MJ, Augustine JM, Sease JM, Bray B, Pavuluri N, Wong SF. National Trends in the Adoption of PCOA for Student Assessment and Remediation.Am J Pharm Ed. Accepted for publication January 19, 2018.
  • Gortney JS, Moser LM, Patel P, Raub J. Clinical outcomes of student-pharmacist driven medication histories at an academic medical center. J Pharm Prac. Accepted for publication January 16, 2018.

Abstracts Published in Academic Journals

  • Augustine J, Gortney J, Rudolph M. Understanding progress: how pharmacy programs are using progress assessments. Am J Pharm Educ. 2022; 86(5): Article 9171: 112.
  • Park S, Daugherty KK, Kolluru S, Lebovitz L, Gunaseelan S, Janetski B, Velluralti, Gortney JS. Pharmacy workforce crisis: Leveraging pharmacist’s skills and exploring innovative pharmacy careers. Am J Pharm Educ. 2021; 85(7): Article 8737: 609.
  • Lahiri M, Gortney JS, Moser L, Garwood C, Berlie H. Zoom-in on Student LearningExperience: Using Longitudinal Student Focus-Groups for Evaluating a PharmD (P1-P3) Didactic Curriculum Renewal. Am J Pharm Ed 2020; 84(6):Article 8220:826.
  • Gortney JS, Lahiri M. Evaluation of an Instrument to Assess Students’ Personal and Professional Development During the Faculty Advising Process. Am J Pharm Ed 2019; 83(5):Article 7654:989.
  • Gortney JS, Fern S, Lahiri M, August B. Pre and Post-Examsoft Use Perceptions of First Year Pharmacy Students to Improve Testing Administration. Am J Pharm Ed 2019; 83(5):Article 7654:1014.
  • Gortney JS, Lahiri M. Evaluation of Students’ Personal and Professional Development in an Enhanced Student Advising Process. Am J Pharm Ed 2018; 82(5): Article 7158: 511
  • Daughtery K, Welch A, Gortney JS, Castleberry A, Coyle E, Trujillo J, Medina M, Sease J, Le U, Rudolph M, Brownfield A. Student Perceptions of the PCOA- A Multiinstitutional Sample. Am J Pharm Ed 2018; 82(5): Article 7158: 532.
  • Maerten-Rivera J, Chen A, Augustine J, Bush A, d'Assalenaux R, Gortney J, Lee K, Lindsey C, Mauro L, Malcolm D, Pavuluri N, Rudolph M, Wong SF, Zeeman J, Zeszotarski P. An Examination of the Implementation of Co-Curriculum Programs in US Schools and Colleges of Pharmacy. Am J Pharm Ed 2018; 82(5): Article 7158: 542.

Courses taught by Justine Gortney, PharmD, BCPS

Winter Term 2024 (current)

Fall Term 2023

Winter Term 2023

Fall Term 2022

Winter Term 2022

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