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Education:

• B.S. University of Wisconsin
• M.S. University of Texas
• Residency Brackenridge City Hospital, Austin, Texas
• Residency UW Hospital and Clinics

Overview

Judith E. Thompson is Clinical Associate Professor-Emerita at the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy. She received her B.S. in Pharmacy in 1967 from the University of Wisconsin and earned her M.S. in Hospital Pharmacy in 1969 from the University of Texas, with residencies at Brackenridge City Hospital, Austin, Texas, and University Hospitals, Madison, Wisconsin. She has practiced pharmacy in both community and hospital settings. From 1984 until her retirement in August 2005, she was a full-time teacher at the UW School of Pharmacy with responsibility for the Drug Delivery Systems Laboratories. From July 1996 through June 2004 she also served as Associate Dean for Student Affairs. Professor Thompson has received 11 awards for teaching excellence from the students at the School of Pharmacy. In April 1995 she was awarded the James R. Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award, the highest award given in the UW System for teaching excellence. She is a member of Rho Chi Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Sigma, the American Pharmaceutical Association, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists, the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Alumni Association, and the Wisconsin Pharmacy Alumni Association. Until her retirement, she was active in the AACP Laboratory Instructors Special Interest Group, serving as Co-Chair of this group in 1995. She has published in the areas of non-sterile compounding, teaching pharmacy students effective communication skills, and use of database management systems to create educational materials for teaching pharmacy patient care. Since 1996 she has been an active member of the United States Pharmacopeia Compounding Pharmacy Expert Committee and is currently Vice Chair of this committee. In August 1998 she published A Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice, a general text for practicing pharmacists and pharmacy students. The second edition of this text was published in 2003 and contains audiovisual demonstrations of compounding procedures on an interactive, multimedia CD-ROM created by Dr. Lawrence Davidow of the University of Kansas. This book has been translated into both Spanish and Portuguese and is now used by schools of pharmacy and pharmacy practitioners internationally, as well as by over 30 colleges of pharmacy in the United States. The 3rd edition is now in process and is scheduled for completion during the summer of 2008. Professor Thompson continues serving pharmacists as a consultant on issues of extemporaneous compounding of drug preparations. In November of 2007 she was awarded a University of Wisconsin-Madison Honorary Citation.

Work-Related Interests/Research:

Scholarly interests include extemporaneous compounding of nonsterile and sterile drug preparations, compatibility and stability of compounded medications and parenteral products, drug product appraisal, bioequivalence and generic product selection. The 3rd edition of the book A Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice is in process. It is used as a textbook and practice guide both nationally and internationally and has been translated into Spanish and Portuguese.

Prior to retirement in August 2005, teaching responsibilities at the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy included Drug Delivery Systems Laboratories I and II, Advanced Contemporary Compounding, and Compounding and Dispensing.

Books:

• Thompson, JE, A Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice, 2nd ed., Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 2003.

Electronic Media:

• Contemporary Pharmacy Practice Lab System, An interactive database management system for creating simulated patient care experiences for pharmacy students

• Pharmacy Calculations section of the Pharmacy Technician Certification Review Series, A videotape-handbook developed by the Pharmacists Society of Wisconsin and Iowa Pharmacists Association for national distribution through state pharmacy associations

Highlighted Publications:

• Thompson, JE, The current status of pharmacy compounding, Journal of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, January/February 2004.
• Thompson, JE, The United States Pharmacopeia, A leader in protection and promotion of health, Journal of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, July/Aug 2002.
• Thompson, JE, Development and Use of an Interactive Database Management System for Simulated Patient Care Experiences for Pharmacy Students, Am. J. Pharm Educ., 58, 324-332(1994).
• Thompson, JE, Teaching Pharmacy Students Effective Patient Communication Skills, Am. J. Pharm. Educ., 57, 185-190(1993).
• Thompson, JE, The Compounding Column, Wisconsin Pharmacist, Feb., Apr., May, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec. 1991.
• Thompson, JE, Extemporaneous Compounding, Wisconsin Pharmacist, Dec. 1990.