Barb Coulston

Barbara Coulston is a clinical pharmacist specializing in Primary Care, chronic pain, and diabetes. She maintains a clinical practice at the Centre for Family Medicine in Kitchener where she is the Pharmacy Lead, Preceptor for 4th year pharmacy clinical rotations for the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto and the School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, and is the Residency Coordinator for the University of Waterloo-Centre for Family Medicine Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency program.

She has a keen interest in the areas of chronic pain and patient self-management of chronic disease, and is an integral member of an award-winning Primary Care Chronic Pain Clinic.

Barb is also actively involved in inter-professional education, teaching within the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Kitchener-Waterloo and area Family Medicine Residency program where she has three times been awarded Interprofessional Preceptor of the Year award, and is also the recipient of the School of Pharmacy Excellence in Pharmacy Teaching Award in 2020.

• Chronic pain

• Diabetes

• Interprofessional education

• Anticoagulation

• BSc Pharmacy (University of Toronto)

• Hospital Pharmacy Residency – Women’s College Hospital, Toronto

• 2020 Excellence in Pharmacy Teaching Award

• 2016 Interprofessional Preceptor of the Year Award, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Kitchener-Waterloo and area Family Medicine Residency program

• 2017 Interprofessional Preceptor of the Year Award, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Kitchener-Waterloo and area Family Medicine Residency program

• 2015 AFHTO Bright Lights Award, Optimizing Capacity of Interprofessional Teams,The Centre for Family Medicine Family Health Team, Chronic Pain Clinic

• Ontario College of Pharmacists licensed pharmacist

• Canadian Pharmacists Association member

• Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists member

• PHARM 220 - Integrated Patient Focused Care 1
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2024
• PHARM 221 - Integrated Patient Focused Care 2
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• PHARM 229 - Professional Practice 4
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• PHARM 320 - Integrated Patient Focused Care 5
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• PHARM 321 - Integrated Patient Focused Care 6
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.