Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists

***As presented at the VSHP Fall Seminar on 11/4/2022***

This year’s technician of the year is frequently involved in VSHP activities, he not only attends VSHP conferences for VSHP, but he attends local meetings and provides valuable input on the current issues facing pharmacy technicians not just in the state but nationally. He also advocates for the pharmacy profession as a whole.

He received his diploma of pharmacy technician studies at Virginia College in 2013, he worked in various independent and retail pharmacies prior to his career at VCU Health where he is the controlled substance technician. He is part of a team that is responsible for controlled substance management and maintain document integrity both inpatient and outpatient throughout the health system which we all know is a top priority in healthcare right now. His support during controlled substance shortages especially the benzodiazepine shortage has been astounding. Not only is his expertise in this area irreplaceable but his peers are consistently impressed by his teamwork, advocating for patients, and coordination of the complex controlled substances inventory.

2022s VSHP Pharmacy technician of the year is Lamar Johnson from VCU Health System.

(pictured above Rodney Stiltner (l) presenting the award to Lamar Johnson

Did you know that Virginia now requires 3 hours of live CE for license renewal

See: https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/pharmacy/guidelines/110-04.docx

To help you fulfill this requirement VSHP is offering three live webinars in December with each having one hour of live CE.  These webinars are FREE to VSHP members.  Non-members pay a nominal fee.

December 8 @ 12 noon: Dynamics in the Biosimilar Landscape: Recent and Upcoming Changes  To Register

December 13 @ 12 noon: Depression Updates  To register

December 15 @ 12 noon:  Thrombolytic Product Conversion Implications for Health System Pharmacy  To register

Please share with others on your team.

Hope you will join us for these programs.

***As presented at the VSHP Fall Seminar, November 4, 2022****

The VSHP New Practitioner Award is given to a VSHP member that has earned their first pharmacy degree in the last five years.  This member supports the organization through meeting attendance and participation, promotes the pharmacy profession within the commonwealth, and provides service to the community.  They must also demonstrate superior leadership, innovation, or clinical skill as compared to other new practitioners.

 

This year’s award winner is a graduate of Auburn University, where she also completed her PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency.  She came to Virginia to complete her PGY-2 in Ambulatory Care at INOVA Fairfax and is now a Clinical Pharmacist with the Inova Juniper Program.  She is board certified in Ambulatory Care and is accredited as an HIV Pharmacist by the American Academy of HIV Medicine.  She is member of the Education and Communications committees and was recently Region 2 President.  She is a frequent contributor to VSHP meetings (and is presenting today) and is published in the most recent AJHP.

Congratulations to VSHP New Practitioner of the Year, Caitlin Prather.

***As presented at the VSHP Fall Seminar, November 4, 2022***

Congratulations to Tyler Goins, PharmD, MSHA, BCPS, as recipient of the VSHP New Practitioner Award. Tyler is a 2018 graduate of the VCU School of Pharmacy, after which he completed a two-year HSPAL pharmacy residency at UVA Health in 2020. As a resident, Tyler was heavily involved in the renovation and construction of multiple sterile product areas, in addition to earning a Masters degree. Moving into a role at UVA Health overseeing sterile compounding and children’s hospital services, Tyler quickly has become an expert in multiple facets of pharmacy operations, and was featured nationally to share his expertise in non-sterile compounding during the COVID-19 pandemic. In his current role as Director of Clinical Operations he has continued to expand his pharmacy expertise, now including home health as an area of oversight. Tyler is also a committed member of VSHP, having served as a presenter and currently serving as the Region 1 President. Please join me in congratulating Tyler.

If you are attending the ASHP Midyear Meeting, we hope you will plan to attend the Virginia reception, Sunday 12/4.  See details below.

***As presented at the VSHP Awards Ceremony, November 4, 2022***

The 2022 VSHP Clinical Practice Achievement Award recipient is an infectious diseases pharmacist at Carilion Clinic who leads the inpatient antimicrobial stewardship program for the health system. She has impacted pharmacy practice and patient outcomes in 3 key areas. Over the past two years, she has led the creation of inpatient treatment guidelines for COVID-19 and assisted with vaccine education across the health system. She was also instrumental with implementing a novel approach to managing CDI utilizing a clinical decision support-designed order set for all treatment medications and expanded use of a novel agent, fidaxomicin, which reported superior outcomes to oral vancomycin. The AMS Team worked closely with case management and the Carilion Medication Assistance Program to design a process to obtain this high-cost treatment course for almost every patient who needed it. The recipient led grant-funded research to evaluate the impact of the clinical decision order set and found after implementation readmission rates dropped from 18.9% to 8.5% and clinical cure with no recurrence rates increased from 55.9% to 73.3%. Overall effects of the program from 5/2018-5/2022 included 438 patients treated with CDI, 44 readmissions prevented, 876 bed days saved and a cost savings of $976,280. This process pathway and evaluation was published in Infectious Diseases and Therapy this year.  In 2020, she also implemented a process for the antimicrobial stewardship pharmacists to review every patient with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia or Candidemia in the health system. Previous literature as well as internal research at Carilion Clinic identified this as an area where infectious diseases consult could have a large impact on patient care including mortality. Ultimately, she was able to implement automatic ID consults for patients with S. aureus bacteremia or Candidemia in July 2022.

Congratulations to the VSHP Clinical Practice Achievement Award winner for 2022, Lauren McDaniel!

VSHP President Kathy Koehl attended the ASHP Presidential Officers Retreat (POR) in Dallas, TX November 14-15.  The POR provides a venue for the interaction of ASHP elected leaders and state affiliate elected counterparts. The retreat is designed to produce outcomes beneficial to the mission of the organizations at a state and national level.

***As presented on 11/4/2022***

VSHP held our Annual the Jennifer E. Stallings College Bowl on Friday, November 4, 2022.  We were able once again gather four teams from our local Virginia Colleges of Pharmacy who have successfully won their local competitions. 

Here is a bit of background on how this College Bowl came to be.

On March 14, 2008, VSHP members were devastated to hear that Jennifer Elaine Stallings, Treasurer of VSHP, died suddenly due to a suspected Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism at 36 years of age.  Jennifer had been actively involved in VSHP, beginning with Student Chapter President and her passion and commitment continued through her last days as Treasurer. 

Jennifer was born at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital. After working and while attending William & Mary, Jennifer (an Honors student), decided to attend Pharmacy School and pursue her dream to become a pharmacist. In 1997, Jennifer graduated with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from VCU/MCV College of Pharmacy. 

After graduation from Pharmacy School, Jennifer worked for Sentara Health Systems and was certified in Warfarin dosing and taught classes at Old Dominion University for Nurse Practitioners.  Jennifer served as the VSHP Tidewater Regional President, Membership Chair, and she was a champion for pharmacy students throughout Virginia, she visited many pharmacy schools in Virginia to speak with students about VSHP, encouraging them to become involved and that joining an association is a wonderful way to give back.  In 2002, Jennifer was nominated, and won the VSHP Clinical Pharmacist of the Year Award. 

Jennifer was described by many as being a fun-loving, positive person, with an easy-going spirit who loved her family and her patients.

Before her unexpected death, Jennifer introduced a concept to VSHP called the VSHP College Bowl.  Now renamed the Jennifer E. Stallings College Bowl.  This scholarship fund was developed to offer financial support for travel and registration for the winning team(s) of the VSHP sponsored college bowl to attend the annual ASHP Midyear Clinical Skills Competition. Please visit our website at www.vshp.org for more details on how to make your tax deductible contribution to the fund so we can continue Jennifer’s commitment to our future Healthcare Leaders

VSHP would like to acknowledge each of team with a Certificate of Achievement.  The winning team will receive a $1,000 scholarship award, $500.00 for each student from the Jennifer E. Stallings College Bowl Fund. 

Before I announce the winners, I want to thank the judges:

Richard Nicholas from Appalachian College of Pharmacy

Rebecca Anderson from Shenandoah University

Alexis Crawford from VCU

 

Alphabetically, by School name:

Alan Kurian and Annamay Fry from Appalachian College of Pharmacy

Samantha Burton and Natalie Parrish from the Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy at Shenandoah University

Nia Haley from Hampton University - School of Pharmacy

Caitlyn Cason and Sterling Saunders from VCU School of Pharmacy

 

And the winning this year is ……..

Caitlyn Cason and Sterling Saunders from VCU School of Pharmacy

Congratulations to all of our participants

 

 

VSHP Board voted today to have no increase in membership dues for 2023.

We thank all of members for their support in 2022

Needed-4-5 More Pearl Proposals for the VSHP Fall Seminar

VSHP is accepting speaker proposals for pearl presentations (10 minutes) during the Clinical Pearl Session on Saturday, November 5 from 130p-230p.

Please submit your completed proposal form to contact@vshp.org by Friday, September 30.

Thank you for supporting the educational mission of VSHP!

The 2022 Fall 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.

VSHP Fall Seminar 2022 - Hot Topic Suggestions

Anticoagulation/DOAC Dosing

Biosimilars

Burnout, Resilience and Retention in Pharmacy

Cardiology

Clinical Controversies

Critical Care

Drug Interactions

Gastrointestinal

Immunizations

Infectious Disease/MDR Pathogens/Stewardship

Informatics

Inpatient Glycemic Management

Medication Safety

Narcotic Diversion

Nutrition and Electrolytes

Oncology

Opioids and Pain Management

Pediatrics/Neonatal

Pharmacy Leadership (340B, inventory, revenue cycle, TJC)

Precepting

Psychiatric Pharmacy/Substance Abuse/Anxiety 

Specialty Pharmacy

Sterile Compounding and USP 800

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