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Brian Sesack

Brian Sesack

Title:
Adjunct Instructor
Primary Discipline:
Business  / Management
Member Type:
Faculty
Last Login:
October 23, 2021
Member Since:
March 14, 2014
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Contributions

  • Submitted Materials
  • Authored Materials
  • Learning Exercises
  • Bookmark Collections
  • Course ePortfolios
  • Content Builder Materials

Affiliations

Primary Affiliation:
Duquesne University (Education, 4 Year/4 Year + Grad, PA, United States)

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Skills & Interests

Education History

  • Masters in Business Admininstration Finance (08/1987)
    Fordham University
  • Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Pharmacy (05/1980)
    Duquesne University

Publications

  • Sesack, B.J.. (2013). Overcoming Staff Resistance to Change in Pharmacy Purchasing and Products. (2013;10(3):16-19).
    https://www.pppmag.com/article_print.php?id=1281
  • Sesack, B.J.. (2010). How to Promote Adherence to Advocacy Efforts in Hospital Pharmacy. (2010;45(9):730-733).

Teaching Experience

  • Critical Thinking and Decision Making (Current)
    • Duquesne University – Critical Thinking
    • This course is designed to provide students with a broad-based, multi-disciplinary knowledge of decision making and the kind of well-thought-out reasoning that informs good decision making. The ability to make good decisions is not only an essential life skill, it is an important element in leading within organizations and in society. Students will
  • Principles of Organizational Leadership (Fall 2020)
    • Duquesne University – Organizational Leadership
    • An introduction to the historical concepts, principles and theories of leadership; emphasizing self-assessment, contemporary views and issues, basic skills and competencies. Particular attention will be given to differentiating the interdisciplinary nature of leadership from the traditional discipline of management.
  • Strength-Based Leadership (Spring 2014)
    • University of Pittsburgh – Personal Leadership
    • The objective of this certificate course is to increase the Pharmacy Practice Residents’ knowledge of their own leadership capacities (talents to be developed into strengths and weaknesses to be managed) through readings, assessments, reflection, and feedback. The learning approach is unusual because communicating pre-packaged theories of leadershi

Honors & Awards

  • Inclusive Teaching Award (11/2020)
    Center for Teaching Excellence at Duquesne University

Presentations

  • When Your Muse is MIA, 04/15/2018
    Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Professional Introductions, 03/18/2015
    Pharmacy Students – Professional Year 2 School of Pharmacy University of Pittsburgh
  • Nurturing Your Nature, 07/18/2014
    School of Pharmacy - Scholars Professional Development Series University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Positions

  • Pharmacy Manager Hillman Cancer Center (10/2017 – 01/2014) UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
  • Clinical Unit Based Pharmacist (01/2014 – 04/2004) University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • Health Information Management, Corporate Coordinator (04/2004 – 01/2002) University of Pittsburgh Medical Center