Pharmacy Professional Development Series 2024-2025: Changes in the Pharmacy Workforce and Promoting Cross Generational Collaboration

February 18, 2025

The webinars will be presented by experienced practitioners alongside residents to provide members new knowledge and insights on topics requested by members. For residents, the webinars will provide crucial pertinent insights for different points in their residency year including best practices for their first 90 days, navigating the many different professional development opportunities they face as a new practitioner, interview preparation as they prepare for the next step in their careers, effectively communicating with preceptors and program, and building their resilience through effectively managing wellness.

Target Audience

  • Pharmacists
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

Pharmacists

At the conclusion of this activity, pharmacists should be able to:

  • Discuss integration of remote work within a clinical practice model
  • Develop strategies for cross-generational collaboration, engagement, and understanding
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 General CE - Attendance
Course opens: 
02/18/2025
Course expires: 
04/19/2025
Event starts: 
02/18/2025 - 2:00pm CST
Event ends: 
02/18/2025 - 3:00pm CST
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FACULTY & PLANNERS

Faculty

Brian Kennedy, RPh, MBA/HCM
Senior Manager – Pharmacy Clinical Practice
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Brandon Reynolds PharmD, BCPS 
Pharmacist Specialist
Nebraska Medicine

Selina Somani, PharmD, MHA, BCPS
Transplant and Oncology Specialty Pharmacy Manager
UC Davis Health

Victoria T. Nguyen, PharmD, PGY2 
Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Resident
UCSF Medical Center

Randy Nguyen, PharmD, MBAc
PGY-1 Health System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership Pharmacy Resident
UC Davis Health

Christy Su, PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS
Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Houston Methodist West Hospital

 

Planning Committee

Sybil Thomas, PharmD, MBA
AVP, Member Connections                  
Vizient, Inc.

Mital Desai, PharmD
Member Networks Director
Vizient, Inc.
 
Samantha Gordon, MS 
CE Programs Manager              
Vizient, Inc.

Marilu Kelly, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CHCP
Director, Continuing Education       
Vizient, Inc.

Chelsea Moyer, PharmD, PGY1 
Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Resident
WVU Medicine

Cindy Thomas 
Networks Manager
Vizient, Inc.
 

DISCLOSURE

As an accredited provider of continuing education, Vizient, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring this activity presents learners with only accurate, balanced, scientifically justified recommendations, and is free from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all planners, faculty, and others in control of the educational content have disclosed the absence or existence of all financial relationships (of any dollar amount) with ineligible companies within the past 24 months.
 
Ineligible companies – those companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
It is Vizient’s policy that owners and employees of ineligible companies, and any individuals who refuse to disclose the absence or existence of financial relationships with any ineligible companies are disqualified from participating as planners or faculty.
 
Disclosure Statements
 

Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships

None of the planners, faculty, or others in a position to control content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

 
Statement of Content Validity
Vizient, Inc. educational activities are intended to assist healthcare teams advance their professional responsibilities in accordance with the definition of continuing education. It is the policy of Vizient, Inc. to review and ensure that all content and recommendations for patient care within accredited CE is evidenced-based, based on current science and clinical reasoning while ensuring the content is fair and balanced. All recommendations must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Vizient, Inc. does not permit accredited continuing education if it advocates for unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy, or if the education promotes recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing healthcare that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
 
FDA Off-Label Use
 
Faculty presenters are also expected to disclose any discussion of (1) off-label or investigational uses of FDA approved commercial products or devices or (2) products or devices not yet approved in the United States.
 
Disclaimer
The education provided through this activity is for continuing education purposes only. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty/presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of Vizient, Inc.

 

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Designation Statement(s)

Pharmacists (CPE)

Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hours for Pharmacists.
 
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-25-002-L04-P
 
Other Healthcare Professionals (General CE Credit)
 
Vizient, Inc. will award all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity a Certificate of Participation.  Various state license boards and credentialing bodies accept certificates of participation from accredited CE activities to meet CE requirements for license renewals and re-certification. It is the responsibility of the participant to contact their state licensing board and/or certifying body for verification on credit eligibility reciprocity.

 

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 General CE - Attendance
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