The ASHP National Pharmacy Preceptors Conference is a national event focused on education and networking for pharmacy preceptors. This year’s event occurred on August 20th-22nd in Washington DC, and was composed of pharmacy preceptors and residency directors from across the nation eager to further develop and strengthen their programs. Activities during the conference were intended to help preceptors learn to implement ideas to expand their programs, improve teaching and learning, enhance personal productivity, assess resident performance, and sharpen professionalism. Six presentations delivered by UTCOP faculty at the conference included:
Pharmacy Practice Model Transformation: What about our Students and Residents?
- Alison Apple, BS, MS, Director of Pharmacy, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis, TN
- Morgan G. Jones, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Neurocritical Care, Methodist Healthcare – University Hospital, Memphis, TN
As part of the Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI), many departments of pharmacy are evaluating and modifying their current patient care models as a way to further enhance the ability of the pharmacy team to accept accountability for medication-use outcomes. In many cases, this means significant changes to the daily activities of pharmacists involved in precepting both students and residents. The purpose of this session is to describe one hospital’s journey through a practice model change, discuss how to integrate experiential education and residency training in a team environment, and provide strategies to allow pharmacist preceptors to better balance patient care activities with teaching and precepting.
Challenging Superstars and Managing “Problem Children” Residents
- Mark Britton, PharmD, FASHP, Sr. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professional Programs, University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy
- Tracy M. Hagemann, PharmD, FCCP, Professor & Director of Clinical Affairs, University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy, Oklahoma City, OK
- Winter Smith, PharmD, Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy, Oklahoma City, OK
The purpose of this session is to evaluate cases and discuss strategies for challenging high-performing pharmacy residents as well as managing poor-performing individuals within a program.
Research and Publishing: How Do We Get to the Finish Line?
- Joyce Broyles, PharmD, MHA, Manager, Methodist Healthcare – University Hospital, Memphis, TN
- Christopher K. Finch, Pharm.D., BCPS, FCCM, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Clinical Services, Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN
As pharmacy practice models evolve, so too must pharmacy residency programs and the research they produce. Pharmacy residency programs have classically required their residents to conduct some sort of formal research project in an effort to complete the program. This has ranged from simple medication use evaluations to prospective, randomized studies; however, the latter is far from the norm. The purpose of this session will be to provide the preceptor/residency program director with a framework for developing and conducting useful and successful research initiatives—ultimately resulting in the subsequent submission of these efforts to the medical or pharmacy literature.
Survey Readiness 24/7/365 for PGY2 & Multiprogram Pharmacy Residency Programs
- Alison Apple, BS, MS, Director of Pharmacy, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis, TN
- David J. Warner, PharmD, Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
Residency accreditation represents the primary means to ensure consistent, high quality pharmacy residency training. Preparing for a residency accreditation survey can be daunting especially for these complex training sites. The purpose of this session is to help program directors and preceptors at sites with multiple programs establish a mechanism for ensuring ongoing survey readiness. Ideas for easing survey preparation time will be shared including: 1) standardizing documents such as residency manuals, policies and program training templates, 2) ongoing monitoring of accreditation standard changes, 3) implementing changes to programs between accreditation visits, 4) staying abreast of common findings from other programs, 5) establishing a survey readiness team and plan, and 6) preparing a well written survey response.
Team Building: Is Your Team Maximizing Opportunity to Build Residency Training?
- Todd Bess, PharmD, Assistant Dean Middle TN, University of TN College of Pharmacy, Nashville, TN
- John S. Clark, PharmD, MS, FASHP, Director of Pharmacy, University of Michigan
- Rachana J. Patel, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, Clinical Pharmacy Residency Supervisor and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Primary Care, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Aurora, CO
- Alicia Perry, PharmD, CPPS, Manager, HCA, Nashville, TN
This session is designed for those wanting to initiate a residency program of grow and enhance an existing program but feel constrained by boundaries. It will provide strategies to maximize untapped resources and master partnerships to create a groundswell of support resulting in alignment of resources generating synergy for a residency program. The program provides a case study with perspectives from academia, corporate healthcare, university medical center and nonprofit health plan. The program will include an activity resulting in the development of a strategic business plan.
It Takes a Village: Incorporating Non-Pharmacy Practitioners Into Your Residency
- Michael G. Martin, MD, Medical Oncologist, The West Cancer Center, Memphis, TN
- Sundae Stelts, PharmD, BCOP, Director, Oncology Pharmacy Specialty Residency; Clinical Specialist, Hematology/Oncology and BMT, Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN
The practice of medicine involves a healthcare team including physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other allied health professions. The purpose of this session will be to highlight how other health professionals can contribute to residency training. During the session examples will be presented of how non-pharmacy healthcare professionals can contribute to residency training and how interdisciplinary education can work to meet residency goals. By the end of the session attendees will be able to identify areas that they can incorporate interdisciplinary education into their residency and/or rotation.