Heidi Eukel

Professor

Faculty

Pharmacy Practice School of Pharmacy

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Heidi Eukel is a tenured Professor in the School of Pharmacy at North Dakota State University (NDSU) in Fargo, ND. She serves as an instructor in the pharmacy practice skills laboratories with a focus on patient education, communication, and advanced community pharmacy practice. She is passionate about creating learning opportunities which are engaging and equip the next generation of pharmacist for the future of pharmacy practice. Heidi’s research focuses on the design and evaluation of various teaching innovations with a focus on hands-on application of skills and knowledge. She is a researcher with the Opioid and Naloxone Education (ONE) Program, which focuses on upstream prevention of opioid-related harms. She serves as a scientist with the Center for Collaboration and Advancement in Pharmacy at NDSU. She has been recognized nationally by AACP, APhA, NAPT, and PLS for her contributions to the profession.

Credential

PharmD

Areas of Study & Research

  • Scholarship of teaching and learning
  • Simulation-based education
  • Opioid harm prevention

Pharmacist Licensure

North Dakota

Certifications

Community Pharmacy-Based Point-of-Care Certification, National Association of Chain Drug Stores Certified Pain Management Provider, North Dakota Pharmacist’s Association
Drug Store News Immunization Administration Trainer
American Pharmacist Association Medication Therapy Management
Immunization Certification, North Dakota State University
Diabetes Management Certification, North Dakota Pharmacists Association

Responsibilities

Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Thrifty White Concept Pharmacy
Preceptor, Pharmacy Academic Rotation

Committees

School of Pharmacy Academic and Student Affairs
College of Health and Human Sciences Academic and Student Affairs
Dept of Pharmacy Practice PTE Committee
Center for Collaboration and Advancement in Pharmacy (CAP) scientist
School of Pharmacy Secretary
School of Pharmacy Leadership Council
University grade appeals board

Courses Taught

PHRM 351L: Pharmacy Practice Laboratory I
A hands-on skills laboratory in contemporary pharmacy practice. Learners engage in activities and simulations which provide opportunities for application of skills relevant to community pharmacy practice.

PHRM 353L Introduction to Pharmacy and the Health Care System

PHRM 551L: Pharmacy Practice Laboratory III
A hands-on skills laboratory course in contemporary pharmacy practice. Learners engage in activities and simulations which provide hands-on practice of ambulatory care learning topics in various practice settings.

Current Grants

Eukel H, Werremeyer A, Nagel L. Opioid Harm Reduction and Medication Safety for People who are Incarcerated. July 2025 - June 2027. $247,545 Role: Principal Investigator

Skoy E, Eukel H, Frenzel O. Expansion of the ONE Program with West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute, Inc. May 2025 – April 2026 $10,000 Role: Investigator

Skoy E, Eukel H, Frenzel O. Expansion of the ONE Program with Clay County Community Pharmacies. April 2024-October 2025. $45,500 Role: Investigator

Eukel H, Skoy E, Werremeyer A. ONE Box Expansion Grant. ND Department of Health and Human Services. February-September 2025. $65,000 Role: Investigator

Eukel H, Strand M, Frenzel O, Nagel L, Skoy E, Steig J, Werremeyer A. ONE Program: Opioid Risk Mitigation In North Dakota.. North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services. October 2024 – September 2025. $500,000 Role: Co-principal investigator

Awards & Honors

  • Dean’s Award for Master Teacher, North Dakota State University College of Health and Human Sciences; 2025
  • Odney Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient, North Dakota State University; 2025
  • President’s Innovative Instructor Award, North Dakota State University; 2023, 2024
  • Trailblazer Award – ONE Program team, Recovery Reinvented; 2023
  • National Phi Lambda Sigma Alumni of the Year; 2023
  • Generation Rx Award of Excellence, American Pharmacists Association; 2023
  • Friend of NAPT Award, National Association of Pharmacy Technicians; 2020
  • University Mentoring Excellence Award, North Dakota State University; 2018
  • Innovations in Teaching National Award Recipient, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; 2018

Links

Education

  • 2008, Doctor of Pharmacy, North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota
  • 2006, Bachelor of Science, Pharmacy, North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota

Publications

Frenzel O, Steig J, Delgado E, Eukel H. Community Pharmacy Opioid Risk Screening Assessments: Comparing Older Adults (65+) to Those Under 65. The Senior Care Pharmacist. Accepted, May 2025.

Eukel H, Krupich B, Hodges A, Skarphol A, Ratz, I, Steig J. Medication Safety and Opioid Risk Screening Program Delivered by Community Paramedics. International Journal of Paramedicine. 2025; (10), 69-82.

Skoy E, Linger R, Eukel H, Bisset S, Frenzel O, Steig J, Strand M, Werremeyer A. Implementation of a North Dakota Opioid Misuse and Overdose Prevention Program in West Virginia. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2024; 64(5):102152.

Riskin J, Donohoe K, Ahmed-Sarwar N, Eukel H, Ohman T, Powers K, Sutton-Burke E, Caldas L. Virtual Self-Care Simulations for Third-Year Pharmacy Skills Laboratory Courses in Three Institutions. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2024; 16(5): 343-351.

Donohoe K, Eukel H, Riskin J, Ahmed-Sarwar N, Ohman T, Sutton-Burke E, Powers K, Caldas L. A Comparison of In-Person versus Asynchronous Learning with Self-Care Patient Cases. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2024; 16(4): 255-262.

Skoy E, Frenzel O, Pajunen H, Eukel H. Implementation of a Pharmacy Follow-Up Program for Dispensed Opioid Medications. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(17): 6628.

Peddi A, Eukel H, Meyer B, Caldas L. Teaching Independent Decision-Making through a Computer-Based Drug Utilization Review Simulation. Journal of Pharmacy Technology. 2023; 39(4): 164-171

Eukel H, Steig J, Hodges, A, O’Gary B, Strand M. Nurse Delivered Medication Safety Screening Program for Home Care Visits. Public Health Nursing. 2023; 40(3): 410-416

Rude T, Kelsch M, Fingarson M, Eukel H. Hello Operator? A Pharmacy Practice Simulation to Increase Student Confidence in Telephone Communication Skills. Journal of Pharmacy Technology. 2023; 29(1): 16-22.

Frenzel O, Strand M, Welsh A, Eukel H, Skoy E, Steig J, Werremeyer A. A Longitudinal Comparison of Pharmacy Documentation Platforms Using the Technology Acceptance Model. Journal of Pharmacy Technology. 2023; 39(1): 3-9.

Kelsch M, Brynjulson R, Hursman A, Werremeyer A, Eukel H. Impact of an Emergency Department Simulation on Pharmacy Students’ Interprofessional Team Skills and Attitudes. INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy. 2022: 13(4).

Strand MA, Eukel HN, Frenzel O, Skoy E, Steig J, and Werremeyer A. Opioid Risk Stratification in the Community Pharmacy: The Utility of the Opioid Risk Tool. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. 2022; 18(12): 4065-4071.

Hill LG, Loera LJ, Torrez SB, Puzantian T, Evoy KE, Ventricelli DJ, Eukel H, Peckham AM, Chen C, Ganetsky V, Yeung M, Zagorski CM, Reveles KR. Availability of buprenorphine/naloxone films and naloxone nasal spray in community pharmacies in 11 U.S. states. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022; 237:109518.

Skoy E, Frenzel O, Lothspeich E, Eukel H, Steig J, Strand M, Werremeyer A. A Longitudinal Evaluation of Patient Risks and Targeted Interventions from an Opioid Misuse and Accidental Overdose Patient Screening within Community Pharmacies. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2022; 19:220028.

Rude T, Eukel H, Ahmed-Sarwar N, Sutton Burke E, Anderson A, Riskin J, Caldas L. An Introductory Over-the-Counter Simulation for First-year Pharmacy Students Using a Virtual Pharmacy. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2023; 87(2) Article 8940.

Halvorson D, Eukel H, Gilbraith M, Schaper T, Miller D. Design and Implementation of Tech-Check-Tech Programs in North Dakota Pharmacies. Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2023; 36(5) 1102-1107.

Werremeyer A, Frenzel O, Strand M, Eukel H, Skoy E, Steig J. Improving Community-pharmacist Delivered Care for Patients with Psychiatric Disorders Filling an Opioid Prescription. Psychiatric Services. 2022; 73(11): 1294-1297.

Daniels D, Caruso S, Morrell B, Eukel H. The Safety Showdown: Perceptions and Practice Change of Inpatient Caregivers After a Patient Safety Escape Room. Journal of Nurses in Professional Development. 2022; 39(3); 136-142.

Werremeyer A, Strand M, Eukel H, Skoy E, Steig J, Frenzel O. Longitudinal evaluation of pharmacists’ social distance preference and attitudes towards patients with opioid misuse following an educational training program. Substance Abuse. 2022; 43(1) 1051-1056.

Frenzel O, Eukel H, Lothspeich E, Skoy E, Steig J, Strand M, Werremeyer A. Opioid Risk Screening: Program Evaluation from the Community Pharmacists’ Perspective. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2022. 62(3) 856-863.

Eukel H, Llayton C, Anderson A, Ballou J, Donohoe K, Hunt A, Meyer B, Caldas L. Insurance Ajudication Simulation across Multiple Institutions and Levels of Learners. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2021: 86(3).

Eukel H, Morrell B, Holmes S, Kelsch M. Managing Difficult Patient Encounters: Simulation Design, Findings, and Call to Action. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2021: 85(7) Article 8327.

Werremeyer A, Mosher S, Eukel H, Skoy E, Steig J, Frenzel O, Strand MA. Pharmacists’ Stigma Toward Patients Engaged in Opioid Misuse: When ‘Social Distance’ Does Not Mean Disease Prevention. Substance Abuse. 2021; 42(4).

Frenzel O, Eukel H, Skoy E, Werremeyer A, Steig J, Strand M. Examining Attitudes and Beliefs that Inhibit Pharmacist Implementation of a Statewide Opioid Harm Reduction Program. INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy. 2020:11(4).

Eukel H, Steig J, Frenzel O, Skoy E, Werremeyer A, Strand M. Opioid Misuse and Overdose: Changes in Pharmacist Practices and Outcomes. Journal of Continuing Education in Health Professions. 2020: 40(4): 242-247.

Skoy E, Werremeyer A, Eukel H, Frenzel O, Steig J, Strand M. Patient Acceptance of Naloxone Resulting from Targeted Intervention from Community Pharmacists to Prevent Opioid Misuse and Accidental Overdose. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2020; 60(1): 117-121.

Eukel H, Morrell B. Ensuring Educational Escape Room Success: The Process of Designing, Piloting, Evaluating, Redesigning, and Re-Evaluating Educational Escape Rooms. Simulation and Gaming. 2021: 52 (2) 18-23.

Morrell B, Eukel H. Shocking Escape: A Cardiac Escape Room for Undergraduate Nursing Students. Simulation and Gaming. 2021: 52 (2) 72-78.

Strand M, Bratberg J, Eukel H, Hardy M, Williams C. Community Pharmacists’ Contributions to Disease Management During COVID-19. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2020; 17: 200317.

Frenzel J, Cernusca D, Marg C, Schotters B, Eukel H. Design Based Research: Studying the Effects of an Escape Room on Student Knowledge and Perceptions. Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 2020; 3: 1326-1332

Morrell B, Eukel H, Santurri L. Soft Skills and Implications for Future Professional Practice: Qualitative Findings of a Nursing Education Escape Room. Nurse Education Today. 2020: 92 Article 104462

Kavanaugh R, George S, Lamberton N, Frenzel J, Cernusca D, Eukel H. Transferability of a Diabetes Escape Room into an Accelerated Pharmacy Program. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2020: 12(6) 709-715.

Morrell B, Eukel H. Escape the Generational Gap: A Cardiovascular Escape Room for Nursing Education. Journal of Nursing Education. 2020: 59(2).

Frenzel J, Eukel H, Brynjulson R. Evaluation of a Novel Continuing Professional Education Simulation for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technician Focused on Medication Errors and Patient Safety. INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy. 2020: 11(1).

Eukel H, Frenzel J, Frazier K, Miller M. Unlocking Student Engagement: Creations, Adaptation, and Application of an Educational Escape Room Across Three Pharmacy Campuses. Simulation and Gaming. 2020: 51(2) 167-179.

Skoy E, Eukel H, Werremeyer A, Strand M, Frenzel O, Steig, J. Implementation of a Statewide Program within Community Pharmacies to Prevent Opioid Misuse and Accidental Overdose. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2020: 60(1) 117-121.

Strand M, Eukel H, Frenzel O, Skoy E, Steig J, Werremeyer A. Program Evaluation of the Opioid and Naloxone Education (ONE Rx) Program Using the RE-AIM Model. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. 2020; 16:1248-1254.

Caldas L, Eukel H, Matulewicz A, Fernandez E, Donohoe K. Applying Educational Gaming Success to a Nonsterile Compounding Escape Room. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2019: 11 (10).

Strand M, Eukel H. A Primary Prevention Approach to the Opioid Epidemic. American Journal of Public Health. 2019: 109 (6).

Werremeyer A, Skoy E, Marvanova M, Jarajapu Y, Brynjulson R, Wilhelm R, Eukel H. A PharmD Program Curricular Approach to Addressing the Opioid Crisis. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2019: 11 (6).

Skoy E, Eukel H, Frenzel J, Werremeyer A. Preparing Student Pharmacists to Identify Opioid Misuse, Prevent Overdose, and Prescribe Naloxone. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2019: 11 (5).

Eukel H, Skoy E, Werremeyer A, Burck S, Strand M. Changes in Pharmacists’ Perceptions Following a Training in Opioid Misuse and Accidental Overdose Prevention. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 2019: 39(1):1.

Frenzel J, Skoy E, Eukel H. Use of Simulations to Improve Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes About Medication Errors and Patient Safety. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2018: 82 (8) Article 6644.

Strand MA, Eukel H, Burck S. Moving opioid misuse prevention upstream: A pilot study of community pharmacists screening for opioid misuse risk. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. 2019: 15(8) 1032-1036

Eukel H, Frenzel J, Cernusca D. Educational Gaming for Pharamcy Students – Design and Evaluation of a Diabetes-Themed Escape Room. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2018: 81 (7) Article 6265.

Eukel H, Frenzel J, Skoy E, Faure M. Longitudinal Evaluation of Student Professionalism throughout the Professional Didactic Curriculum of a Pharmacy Program. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2018: 10 (3).

Skoy E, Eukel H, Frenzel J, Werremeyer A, McDaniel B. Use of an Auditory Hallucination Simulation to Increase Student Pharmacist Empathy for Patients with Mental Illness. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2016; 80 (8) Article 142.

Frenzel J, Eukel H, Neville M, Castillo S, Donohoe K, Jones M, Kirwin J, McMillan A, Starry M, Tigen J, Urteaga E. Essential Skills for Pharmacy Graduates Reported by Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Preceptors. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2015: 7 (5).

Skoy E, Eukel H, Frenzel J, Schmitz T. Performance and Perceptions: Evaluation of Pharmacy Students’ Consultation via Telepharmacy. Journal of Pharmacy Technology. 2015: 31(4) 155-160.