Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists

2025 Spring Seminar Abstract and Poster Submission

VSHP is hosting a Poster Competition at VSHP Spring Seminar 2025!

Accepted posters will be displayed at the VSHP 2025 Spring Seminar on April 3-5, 2025 at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, VA

General Information:

• The primary author for each pharmacy resident, pharmacy student, and pharmacy technician poster submission will receive free registration for the 2025 VSHP Spring Seminar.
• All presenters must be registered for the 2025 VSHP Spring Seminar, at minimum for the day of the presentation
• Only one submission per member is permitted as primary author. A member may be a co-author for multiple abstract and poster submissions.
• Posters regarding all aspects of pharmacy including clinical, operational, leadership, education and training, and innovative practice topics (and more!) are encouraged! 

Award Information:

• Primary author for pharmacist poster category will be eligible to win a recognition certificate from the VSHP Educational Affairs Committee
• The primary author for one submission in the pharmacy resident, pharmacy student, and pharmacy technician poster categories will be eligible to win a $100 award and a recognition certificate from the VSHP Educational Affairs Committee
• One recognition certificate will be provided per category.
• One $100 award will be provided for the student, resident, and technician categories.

Key Dates:

• Monday, March 3rd, 2025: Due date for poster abstract only
• Monday, March 10th, 2025: Primary author will be notified by e-mail of submission acceptance/declination
• Friday, March 28th, 2025: Due date for accepted posters to email their poster (in PDF format) to contact@vshp.org 
• Saturday, April 5th, 2025: Author(s) present and available to discuss their posters at the VSHP Fall Seminar. Posters should remain displayed until the last day of the conference.
• The winning poster(s) will be alerted via direct email to the presenter and will be announced to the VSHP cohort in the VSHP newsletter and social media posts.

Poster submission link

2025 Spring Seminar Presentation Proposals

Call for Presentation Proposals for the Spring Seminar, April 3-5, Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, VA

VSHP is accepting speaker proposals that will provide quality continuing education to our members. Please submit your completed proposal by Monday, February 3, 2025.

Thank you for supporting the educational mission of VSHP!

The 2025 Spring Hot Topics list is located below. The VSHP Education Committee will consider all topics for presentation, with additional consideration for all presentations related to subjects on the Hot Topics list.   Presentations with interactive activities are encouraged.  Pharmacists, residents and technicians are encouraged to submit.

Submission form

 2025 VSHP Spring Seminar Hot Topics

Artificial Intelligence Uses in Health Systems (Automation/AI)
Clinical Guideline Updates (ID, CHF, SUP, GDMT, Hyperlipidemia, Stroke, Migraines)
Critical Care
Drug Shortage Strategies (Fluid/TPN/General)
Infectious Diseases (Stewardship/HIV/New Antimicrobials, ESBL Update, Resistance)
Leadership/Staff Development/Educating adult learners
Medication Access (Patient Assistance and Copay Funding/340B)
Novel Pharmacy Practice Models and Outcomes/Change Management
Nutrition (Bariatric surgery dosing considerations/TPN)
Oncology/Hematology/Immunology
Pharmacy Technician Training/Advancement
Precepting/Mentoring
Regulatory Compliance (Medication Diversion/Medication Safety/USP 797 and 800/DSCSA/NIOSH Updates)
Special Populations (Obesity/Women's Health/Geriatrics/Pediatrics/Gender Affirming Care)

We would like to welcome 45 VCU School of Pharmacy Students to VSHP membership.  Congratulations on your Fall Membership drive and we look forward to your involvement.

Call for Webinar Presenters

VSHP is planning our CE webinar series for 2025 and we're looking for pharmacists, residents and technicians who would like to participate as webinar CE presenters. Honorarium of $100 available.

Presentations can be on a variety topics and are welcome to give presentations that you may have already presented in another venue. This is a great way to become more involved in VSHP and a great opportunity to share your work with colleagues around the state.

Sign up for a 2025 webinar:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040D4FADAB2BABFE3-53716658-vshp#/

Note: If you don’t see a date and time that works, email contact@vshp.org with a suggested date and time

Pharmacy Legislative Day

We are excited to partner with the Virginia Pharmacy Association as a host of the annual Pharmacy Legislative Day on Wednesday, January 22, 2025! Because of this partnership, members of VSHP are invited to register for this event at the $25 member rate! Take note the event will be at a different location, if you attended last year. VPhA has moved the event to the VCU Biotech Center at 800 E Leigh Street, Richmond, VA 23298 to accommodate more attendees and shorten the walk to the GA Building.

The last day to register is Friday, January 17, 2025, OR until occupancy is reached!

Click here for more details and registration!

IMPORTANT! Steps to register and receive your special rate!

Go to the VPhA event page, click “REGISTER HERE”

You will register as a non-member of VPhA

Enter the coupon code “VSHP2025” at the bottom of the Registration Form when prompted

Proceed through the form and submit payment of $25.  

VPhA is not offering a hotel room block this year due to low interest. Please seek out your own accommodations if you are travelling to attend.

If you should have any questions or concerns while registering, please contact the VPhA Office at info@virginiapharmacists.org.

VSHP and/or VPhA will host a webinar to update members on relevant topics leading up to Legislative Day, date TBD. Contact Brad or Josh for VSHP Legislative updates.

 Please plan to join us for the Commonwealth Leadership Forum on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, VA. The Leadership Forum will take place immediately before the VSHP Fall Seminar, October 18-19  also at Kingsmill.  

The purpose of the Forum is to:

1. Create a core networking group among Virginia Pharmacy Directors and Leaders for the purposes of information sharing and gaining consensus on key issues
2. Gain valuable insight on the role VSHP could play in advancing the practice of Pharmacy statewide and identify the value proposition for organizational leaders and their staff
3. Provide Leader targeted/specific educational content designed to foster understanding of practice trends to better handle issues of the future
4. Align VSHP with decision makers across the state in order to better leverage resources to create value for all

The Virginia Society of Health System Pharmacists (VSHP) wants to be your Professional Home. Contemporary Pharmacy Practice Management is becoming increasingly challenging and we have an opportunity to unite and create a professional network that can help us advance practice in the Commonwealth. 

You are invited to attend the VSHP Leaders' Forum held as we believe your contribution will be valuable. You may also bring one member of your team with you (can be a resident, formal or informal leader in any level of the profession). If you cannot attend, we would appreciate you considering allowing at least one member of your staff, in a leadership capacity, to attend.   VSHP will be covering all planned meal functions.  We ask that you be responsible for your own travel and lodging expenses. 

 To register

Agenda for the Commonwealth Leadership Forum:

CLF Agenda - Fall 2024

There is no charge to attend the Leadership Forum.  We do ask that directors please attend the Reverse Expo that takes place immediately after the Leadership Forum concludes..

To Register for the 2024 Fall Commonwealth Leadership Forum

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy

Center for Compounding Practice and Research

&

Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Compounding Summit

October 17, 2024

Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, VA

at the

VSHP Fall Seminar

Agenda   

Sign-Up:

To sign up:  VSHP Fall Seminar Registration-Registration Link

To sign-up for other events at the Fall Seminar:

Compounding Summit (Thursday 10/17-separate registration fee)

Commonwealth Leadership Forum (Thursday 10/17)

Fall Seminar (10/18 and 10/19)

Technician Summit (10/18)

Student programming (10/19)

Poster Session (10/19)

Residency Showcase (10/19) - Registration for a program to display; registration for a student to attend

Call for Award Nominations

Each year, VSHP recognizes pharmacy practitioners that have demonstrated outstanding service to the pharmacy profession within Virginia. 

VSHP Annual Awards include:

VSHP Technician of the Year

VSHP New Practitioner of the Year 

VSHP Pharmacist of the Year 

VSHP Collaboration Award

Clinical Pharmacy Practice Achievement Award 

R.D. Anderson Distinguished Leadership Award

To nominate: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DKLX8BB

Additional details on award criteria and nomination process can be found at Annual Awards. 

The deadline for award nomination is Tuesday, September 10, 2024. Awards will be presented during the VSHP Fall Seminar, Friday, October 18, 2024.