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Education

• B.Sc. (Hons) (Thompson Rivers University)
• B.Sc. (Pharm) (UBC)
• ACPR (Pediatric Hospital Pharmacy Residency (BC Children's and Women's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
• PharmD (UBC)
• Ph.D (School of Health Professions Education, Masstricht Univeristy, Netherlands) - In Progress

Research interests

Dr. Daniel Rainkie's primary research interests revolve around pharmacy practice, evidence-based medicine, and health professions education. Specifically, he focuses on studying cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, interprofessional education, assessment methods, and conducting meta-epidemiological studies of the literature. His clinical interests center around cardiovascular pharmacotherapeutics and the therapeutic reasoning of pharmacists.

Selected awards and honours

• 2016 Pharmacotherapy Best Practice Award – PAVED, Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists National
• 2015 Merck Frosst Pharmacy Doctoral Prize for Head of the PharmD Class, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Selected publications

• Elbashir M, ElHajj Ms, Rainkie D, Kheir N, Hamou F, Abdulrhim S, Mahfouz A, Alyafei S, Awaisu A. Evaluation of Health Literacy Levels and Associated Factors Among Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Heart Failure in Qatar. Patient Preference and Adherence 2023; 17, 89-105 Available at: 
• Rainkie DC, Abedini ZS, Abdelkader NN. Reporting and methodological quality of systematic reviews and meta-analysis with protocols in Diabetes Mellitus Type II: A systematic review. PLOS ONE 2020; 15(12): e0243091. Available at:
• Jaam M*, Nazar Z*, Rainkie DC*, Hassan DA*, Hussain FN, Kassab SE, Agouni A. Using Assessment Design Decision Framework in understanding the impact of rapid transition to remote education on student assessment in health-related colleges: A qualitative study. PLOS ONE 2021; 16(7): e0254444.
• Wilby KJ, Rainkie DC. Global comparison of professional positioning by pharmacy programs towards prospective students. Res Soc Admin Pharm 2020; 16(12): 1658-63. Available at:
• Turgeon RD, Rainkie D, Reid E. Design and Interpretation of Noninferiority Trials. J Gen Inten Med 2018; 33(8): 1215. Available at: