Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists

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

Submission Form

Call for Webinar Presenters

VSHP is planning our CE webinar series for 2022 and 2023 and we're looking for pharmacists 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.

To participate:

Sign up for a 2022 webinar: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040d4fadab2babfe3-vshp7

Sign up for a 2023 webinar:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040D4FADAB2BABFE3-vshp10

 

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

Interested in presenting a Poster at the 2022 VSHP Fall Seminar in Williamsburg, VA, Saturday, November 5, 2022

• The deadline for all abstract submission is Friday, October 21, 2022.

• All submissions must have results at the time of submission.  The ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting Student Poster Submission Rules and Format Guidelines offer formatting suggestions.

• IMPORTANT: The Primary Author must be the person submitting the abstract. Primary Authors can only submit ONE abstract, however, a primary author can be an additional author on other abstracts. Submitting an abstract on behalf of someone else is prohibited.

• Poster session is Saturday, November 5, 2022 from 1230p-130p

• Questions and poster submissions should be emailed to contact@vshp.org

 

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 

Clinical Pharmacy Practice Achievement Award 

R.D. Anderson Distinguished Leadership Award

 

To nominate: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/vshp-awards-2022

 

Additional details on award criteria and nomination process can be found at Annual Awards. The deadline for award nomination is Friday, October 7, 2022. Awards will be presented during the VSHP Fall Seminar, November 4, 2022.  

VSHP held its annual residency forum on Friday, July 15.

Governor Youngkin Announces Additional Key Administration Appointments

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2022/july/name-937321-en.html

BOARD OF PHARMACY  

• Ling Yuan of Henrico, Pharmacist, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System 
• Dr. Wendy Clary Nash of Valentines, Pharmacist, Neil Medical Group  
• Kristopher S. Ratliff of Marion, Doctor of Pharmacy 
• Mrs. Patricia Lynn Richards-Spruill, RPh of Suffolk, retired pharmacist 
• S. Lawrence Kocot of Alexandria