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Therapeutic Thursdays (C.E.): Opioid De-escalation: Are We Exceeding the Speed Limit?

30 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Overprescribing of opioids led to the development of the CDC guidelines for chronic pain which recommended opioid taper in patients when risk outweigh...

Hot Topics in Pharmacy: ASHP Advantage: Standardize for Safety: The Role and Reflections of the Pharmacy Technician

29 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, pharmacy technicians discuss the Standardize 4 Safety initiative and how it impacts the role of the technician in medication preparat...

Therapeutic Thursdays: SICP Educational Steering Committee: “It’s The Remix”: Mixing and Matching COVID Vaccine Boosters

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The CDC has provided a lot of guidance surrounding COVID-19 vaccine boosters and there are several vaccine manufacturers of these vaccines. How do we ...

AJHP Voices: National trends in prescription drug expenditures and projections for 2022

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Dr. Nilay Shah and Dr. Eric Tichy discuss the AJHP Special Feature, “National trends in prescription drug expenditures and projecti...

COVID-19: Telehealth in Small and Rural Hospitals: Pandemic Acceleration and Beyond

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, our pharmacists who practice in small and rural hospital share best practices for engaging and training pharmacists to use video conf...

Research Topics: Introduction to the Specialty Pharmacy Outcomes Literature Library

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Listeners will be introduced to the background and purpose of the Specialty Pharmacy Outcomes Literature Library, an exciting new resource for ASHP me...

Vaccine Navigators: Meet the Navigators

23 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this first of a series, Vicki Basalyga, Director of Member Relations at ASHP and ASHP representative for the Navigators, sits down with the leaders...

Pharmacy Leadership: Leadership in Pharmacy: Traditional/Non-Traditional Career Paths

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast, produced by ASHP’s Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Resident Collaborative, provides an engaging interview with two pharmacy lea...

Therapeutic Thursdays: Pediatrics: Overcoming Challenges in Parenteral Nutrition Taking Care of Small Patients in Big Places Small Patients and their PN Challenges

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this pediatric-focused presentation planned in cooperation with the Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists, our content matter expert revie...

Student Perspectives: The Value of Mentorship

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Finding and engaging a mentor can be one of the most intimidating and challenging parts of pharmacy school. During this podcast, Megan Wright, PharmD ...

Hot Topics in Pharmacy: Don’t Get Stuck! Treating Acute Pain in Patients Taking Buprenorphine

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode provides an overview of treatment options for acute pain in patients taking buprenorphine and how pharmacists can provide optimal care fo...

Leadership Conversations: Establishing an Student Internship Program

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There are a wide variety of student internship programs across the country. This podcast, hosted by the New Practitioners Forum, focuses on unique sum...

Pharmacy Leadership and oversite of additional service lines

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We speak with three pharmacy leaders that have organizational responsibility for pharmacy and other clinical service lines. This is a growing phenomen...

It’s a Balancing Act: Cultivating Passions In and Outside of the Pharmacy Profession

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode features a conversation with Alsean Bryant, an HIV pharmacy specialist with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Listeners will learn about hi...

Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: New Perspectives on Occupational Burnout During the COVID-19 Pandemic

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast features excerpts from the presentation at the 2021 Midyear Clinical Meeting where Bryan McCarthy and Lalita Prasad-Reddy discuss the eff...

Community Pharmacy: Innovative Partnerships for Health Systems

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast we discuss the development of an innovative partnership model between a department of pharmacy within a health system and an external ...

A Little Dab Should Do It: Pain Management with Cannabis

09 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Chronic pain is one of the main reasons patients seek medical care in the United States. Cannabis is being investigated as an alternate to opioid ther...

The State of Health Informatics in Pharmacy Education

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, we will discuss how artificial intelligence machine learning, data science and analytics are being incorporated into pharmacy educati...

Maximizing Medicaid: How Provider Status Intersects with Medicaid Coverage

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tom and Jillanne will cover a recent communication from Medicaid to the states, directing them to allow providers authorized under the PREP Act to ord...

The long and short of long-acting antiretroviral therapy for HIV

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The first of many new and emerging long-acting antiretroviral therapy (LA ART) regimens recently received FDA approval for the treatment and preventio...

Well-being and Resiliency in Pharmacy Practice and Training

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Residency program directors (RPD) from across the country will discuss successful personal and health system resiliency strategies across the spectrum...

Advocacy Roundtable Discussion

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to our Advocacy Roundtable Discussion with ASHP’s government relations team regarding our top advocacy priorities. This discussion with Tom K...

Ensuring Technician Voices in the Department

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode discusses strategies to ensure pharmacy technicians have a voice in pharmacy, associated committees, and outcomes. With the heigh...

PAIring SSHP initiatives with PAI 2030

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The ASHP Practice Advancement Initiative (PAI) 2030 provides aspiration guidance and is intended to propel changes in pharmacy practice that will have...

Establishing Professional Identity as a New Practitioner

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

During this podcast, listeners learn about establishing a professional identify as a new practitioner. Speakers include new practitioner members rangi...

ASHP Advantage: Standardize 4 Safety: Taking Aim at Strategies for Adoption

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Safety is at the forefront of all processes in the pharmacy department. ASHP has been a champion of safety since the organization originated more than...

The Ups and Downs of Pharmacist Career Ladders

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Please join us for an introduction to pharmacists career ladders, including their impact and benefits. This session will outline a pharmacist career l...

Propel Your Professional Development with ASHP’s Guided Mentorship Program

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast will feature mentor-mentee pairs that participated in the inaugural cohort of the ASHP Guided Mentorship Program. Mentors and mentees wil...

A Compassionate Approach to Acute Opioid Withdrawal

18 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Harms from opioid misuse continue despite significant attention to this public health crisis.  Symptoms of acute opioid withdrawal are incredibly dis...

Ask the 2021 Fellows: What I Wish I Knew as a New Practitioner

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode is an interview with five speakers recognized in 2021 as ASHP Fellows (FASHP). Fellows provide advice and encouragement for new p...

Therapeutic Thursdays: Nanomedicine

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The field of nanomedicine is a complex and rapidly growing scientific domain. Nanomedicine encompasses a large and diverse number of pharmaceutical fo...

Building a Multisite PGY-1 Residency Program

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For a school of pharmacy, developing a cohesive PGY-1 residency program can be challenging when faculty work across a large number of different health...

2021 CHEST Guideline Updates: Antithrombotic Therapy for Venous Thromboembolism

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A conversation highlighting updates to the 2021 CHEST guideline updates on antithrombotic therapy for venous thromboembolism (VTE).  The information ...

Level Up Your Ambulatory Care Practice: Why Technicians Are Game Changers

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From the 2021 Midyear Clinical Meeting, our content matter experts share their experiences with advanced pharmacy technicians in the ambulatory care s...

The State of Wisconsin’s Approach to PAI 2030

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ASHP has set the vision of advancing pharmacy practice with the Practice Advancement Initiative (PAI) 2030. This podcast will discuss how Wisconsin He...

The Logistics Behind Specialty Pharmacy Shipping Requirements

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Shipping for specialty pharmacy patients is becoming increasingly more difficult. Compliance with cold chain and room temperature accreditation requir...

Using a Patient-Tailored Pharmacist Interventions to Improve Specialty Medication Adherence: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode discusses results from a recently completed pragmatic, prospective, randomized controlled study evaluating a patient-tailored int...

Naloxone Distribution from the Hospital and So Can You! (CE)

04 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States (US) is entering a new phase with the Covid-19 pandemic. Overdose deaths are increasing in the US and...

Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Management in Health Systems

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ASHP’s Executive Forum on Cold Chain Management convened virtually on April 19 to review the current state of pharmaceutical cold chain management i...

Choosing Between First-Line Treatment Options for Relapsed or Stage IV Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We will discuss the current FDA-approved first-line NCCN Category 1 treatment options for relapsed or stage IV clear cell RCC, specifically evaluating...

Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act and What it Means For Patients

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The MAT Act has been introduced in the 117th congress and would eliminate the burdensome x waiver which requires that a health care practitioner apply...

Caring for Transgender People: Insight and Points of Controversy in Medication Therapy

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this feature from the 2021 Midyear Clinical Meeting, our content matter experts identify the challenges and share the solutions for transgender peo...

Getting Started with Transitions of Care Pharmacy Services

27 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode provides an overview of how healthcare providers may initiate transitions of care services. Speakers share both successes and cha...

Pneumococcal Vaccine Updates

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently updated the pneumococcal vaccination...

Pharmacy Technician Practice Vision: A Roundtable Conversation of Future Directions, Challenges, and Incentives

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode discusses strategies to improve engagement, emotional components of retention and job satisfaction, and methods to recognize the ...

AJHP Voices - Telehealth Theme Issue

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode, Dr. Tristan Maiers, Dr. Alicia Mattson, and Dr. Kristen Baron discuss their respective articles entitled, “Impact of a phar...

Involving Your Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP) with your State Affiliate

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

During this podcast, we will be talking with Tina Claypool. We will discuss her involvement with Kentucky Society of Health-System Pharmacists (KSHP) ...

ASHP Advantage: Standardize 4 Safety- Past, Present, and Future of Safer Care

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Safety is at the forefront of all processes in the pharmacy department. ASHP has been a champion of safety since the organization originated more than...

Opportunities and Successes for Developing Patient Mental Health Support Programs

21 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode looks at successful patient mental health support programs and the approaches the programs used to be successful. The moderator a...

Leading for Practice: Career Directions and Influencing Change

20 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode is a special edition as part of ASHP’s recognition of Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This episode provides...

ASHP Advantage: Don’t Skip a Beat: Practical Considerations When Choosing an Anticoagulant for Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

20 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With several choices for oral anticoagulation in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation (NVAF), it is critical for pharmacists to be able to account for pati...

Overview of Vaping in Pediatrics

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode provides an overview of vaping with an additional emphasis on use in the adolescent population. Topics will include an overview o...

Understanding and Combatting Impostor Syndrome

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode, members of the New Practitioners Forum Career Development Advisory Group interview two pharmacy leaders on their perspectives...

Documenting the Clinical Impact of Student Pharmacists

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Within a health system, student pharmacists on rotation often are responsible for making numerous clinical interventions. However, oftentimes students...

Specialized Roles Within Specialty Pharmacy

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Specialty pharmacy practice doesn’t always mean exotic or expensive drugs; it's often the work done to get those products paid for and ensure patien...

Weighing the Options: A Patient-Centered Approach to Weight Loss Medications

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode provides an overview of the available weight loss medications and walks through how to approach a patient case.  The information present...

Safe Medication Management for Patients with Medication Excipient Allergies and Intolerances

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Medication excipients (often-referred to as inactive ingredients) provide several functions, such as serving as binders, disintegrants, solubilizers, ...

Pain Management and Opioid Stewardship: One and the Same or Distant Cousins?

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode explores the intersection of clinical pain management and the relatively newer concept of “opioid stewardship” within the con...

Information on Informatics: Pharmacy Informatics Residency Programs

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode will provide an overview of pharmacy informatics and how residency programs in this field can help learners prepare to become an ...

Compounding Conundrums 2022

07 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join members from the ASHP Section of Inpatient Care Practitioners Compounding Section Advisory Group for a discussion on “Compounding Conundrums.”...

Staying Current in Healthcare, Information and Technology: Perspectives from Pharmacy Leaders Part 1 of 2

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode explores leadership strategies and skills needed to stay relevant in healthcare. The speakers describe how they keep up with the ...

Digging into Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation: Value, Credibility and Challenges

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode, listeners will learn about the journey of few health-system specialty pharmacies and their need for accreditation to support ...

Digging into Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation: Value, Credibility and Challenges

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode, listeners will learn about the journey of few health-system specialty pharmacies and their need for accreditation to support ...

The ASHP Well-Being Ambassador Program

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The ASHP Well-Being Ambassador Program (WBA) is a curriculum-based, virtual learning community that will empower local action, particularly in tribal,...

A Discussion on the Introduction of the Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (H.R. 7213)

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast explores the introduction of the Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (H.R. 7213) by Congress. Tom Kraus discusses what ...

Candid conversations: Developing integrated interprofessional teams that embrace pharmacy learners and improve patient outcomes

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode, we will explore development of interprofessional teams that embrace pharmacy learners. The goal is to help arm academic pharm...

ASHP Advantage: Finding Hidden Stroke Risk: Screening for Atrial Fibrillation

29 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Atrial fibrillation is the most common abnormal heart rhythm and has tripled in prevalence of the last 50 years. Approximately 20% of patients with at...

From Theory to Bedside: Implementation of Fluid Stewardship in a Medical ICU Pharmacy Practice

27 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode, Dr. William Anthony Hawkins, Dr. Charles (CJ) Wilson, and Dr. Michael Long discuss their article, “From Theory to Bedside: ...

Pharmacist by Day, “Finfluencer” by Night

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Spangler, PharmD is a PGY-1 pharmacy resident who uses her passion for personal finance to educate others on social media. With over 300,000 f...

Teaching to Teach: The 4 Preceptor Roles for Residents

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One core outcome of a residency is learning how to precept. In this episode of Educator Essentials, we talk about how incorporating the four preceptor...

ASHP Advantage: Reflections on Implementation of Central Fill

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

During this podcast episode, the faculty will delve deeper into the integration of central fill into the business of their respective health systems, ...

MCM 2021 COVID-19 Coverage: Critical Care Pharmacotherapy: Reflection on the COVID-19 Pandemic Part 3: Anticoagulation Management Considerations in the Critically Ill COVID Patient

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, our content matter expert reviews the literature on measurement, treatment and prophylaxis recommendations related to anticoagulation...

A Framework to Support Pharmacist-Provided Health Services

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2018, state health departments received funding to support diabetes and cardiovascular disease prevention and management efforts under a 5-year coo...

MCM 2021 COVID-19 Coverage: Critical Care Pharmacotherapy: Reflection on the COVID-19 Pandemic Part 2: Antivirals and Immunomodulators

18 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode from the 2021 Midyear Clinical Meeting, our content matter expert evaluates the literature and explores the role that immunomodulators...

An Update on Sexually Transmitted Infections: Treatment Strategies and Considerations

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This presentation focuses on outpatient infectious diseases topics, specifically focusing on sexually transmitted infections (STI) treatment strategie...

Digging into Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation: Initiation, Ongoing Compliance & Maintenance

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode, listeners will learn about the journey of few health-system specialty pharmacies and the need for the accreditation to suppor...

Strategies for Technician Retention and Recognition

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast will overview real world examples of technician retention and recognition programs, and will feature an interview with technician leaders...

A Closer Look Into the New Pharmacogenomics Accelerator Program

08 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

ASHP is committed to advancing the field of pharmacogenomics and educating members on the impact of pharmacogenomics testing, dosing, and monitoring o...

Critical Care Pharmacotherapy: Reflection on the COVID-19 Pandemic Part 1: Sedation, Analgesia and Post-ICU Syndrome

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, content matter experts evaluate primary literature and guideline recommendations for the managing sedation and analgesia in criticall...

Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI): Joy in Work Framework

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we hear from Jessica Perlo, Senior Director at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. As an Improvement Advisor, Jessica has led many ...

CDC’s Draft Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids: What It Means for Practice

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode is an interview with Dr. Christopher Jones, the Acting Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s Injury C...

Rural Health System Leadership in Pharmacist Prescribing of COVID-19 Antiviral Medications

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pharmacist prescribing continues to be a key area for advocacy, especially with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This podcast episode highlights a ...

Training Future Pharmacists on Social Determinants of Health

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode discusses social determinants of health in pharmacy practice and training. The speakers address the significance of social determ...

Rapid Sequence Intubation in Special Populations

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Medications utilized in rapid sequence intubation vary in preference and dosing in special populations. This podcast episode focuses on RSI in obese p...

Refining the Who, When, and How of SGLT2-Inhibitors of Patients with HFpEF Part 2

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As SGLT2-inhibitors become more relevant in multiple disease states with recent data surrounding HFpEF, we will discuss the real world implementation ...

Give It Your Best Shot! Evaluating Covid-19 Vaccine Best Practices

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From the 2021 Midyear Clinical Meeting and planned in cooperation with Section of Ambulatory Care Practitioners, this session explores the current sta...

Promoting the Profession: Highlighting a Unique Shadowing Program for Pre-Health Students

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode highlights a unique and innovative virtual shadowing program for pre-health students developed by the University of Florida Depar...

ASHP Advantage: Where Do We Go from Here? Discussing the Future of Eosinophilic Esophagitis Treatment

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hear experts discuss the FDA’s recent Complete Response Letter CRL regarding Takeda’s budesonide oral solution for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE),...

Updates in Management of ICU Delirium

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Intensive care unit (ICU) delirium is a common and severe manifestation of critical illness. It can occur in up to 80% of mechanically ventilated ICU ...

ASHP Standard for Certification as a Center of Excellence in Medication-Use Safety and Pharmacy Practice

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode, Doug Scheckelhoff, Dr. Chuck Daniels, and Lynnae Mahaney discuss the ASHP Standard for Certification as a Center of Excellenc...

Assessment of Pharmacy Technician Job Satisfaction in Unique Ambulatory Pharmacy Settings: A Mixed-Method Analysis

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From the 2021 Midyear Clinical Meetings, researchers with the support of the ASHP Foundation share the preliminary results of their ongoing study that...

Breaking Outside the Box: Use of Escape Rooms for Residency Interviews

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of educator essentials explores the use of escape rooms for evaluating candidates during pharmacy residency interviews. Our panelists exp...

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Status Update

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A review of RSV burden of disease, changes seen in the 2021 season, barriers to vaccine development, and summary of vaccine candidates currently in ph...

Person-Centered Medication Safety: A National Quality Forum Action Team

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As a special edition Patient Safety Awareness Week podcast, speakers discuss their work on the National Quality Forum’s Action Team on Person-Center...

Readjust and Refocus: Experiences with the Phase II Match

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode shares the experiences of pharmacists that went through the Phase II Match. Listeners will learn about their pharmacy school career goals...

ASHP Advantage: Conversation with an Anesthesiologist: Key Issues on Neuromuscular Monitoring and Neuromuscular Blockade Reversal Strategies

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Learn from experts in the field on key issues for safe neuromuscular blockade and reversal. Discussion includes Intraoperative neuromuscular monitorin...

Strategies for Overcoming Site-of-Care Challenges for Infusion Services

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From the 2021 Midyear Clinical Meeting, this featurette discusses the models of infusion services that health systems can provide, the implication of ...

Ensuring Technician Voices in Department – Incorporating Technicians in Department Strategic Planning

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we discuss one of the ways the pharmacy department at Yale New Haven Hospital has ensured technician engagement across their departme...

Updates to HIV Prevention Pharmacotherapy

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This presentation focuses on outpatient infectious diseases topics, specifically focusing on HIV prevention. Content experts discuss recent guideline ...

This Isn’t Exactly How I Pictured it Happening: Leadership During Unusual Times

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A conversation with the 2021-2022 Chair of the ASHP Section of Ambulatory Care Practitioners (SACP). Listeners will learn about Danny’s pharmacy pra...