The College of Pharmacy had a strong showing at the Ohio Society of Health-System Pharmacy Annual Meeting and Residency Showcase held at the end of October in Columbus.
The conference provides pharmacy faculty and students with quality continuing education programming, a residency showcase, exhibits, presentation of this year’s awards for excellence in practice and the opportunity to network.
Award winners
- OSHP Health-System Pharmacist of the Year - Jaclyn Boyle, Pharm.D. ('12), M.S., M.B.A., BCACP, assistant dean, student success and associate professor of pharmacy practice. The award recognizes a health-system pharmacist of high integrity and high professional ideals who best exemplifies the profession of health-system pharmacy practice.
- OSHP Humanitarian Award - Stephanie Zampino, Pharm.D., BCPS, assistant professor of pharmacy practice. The award recognizes the health-system pharmacist who contributed most to society in general over the past year.
- OSHP Emerging Leader Award - Rachel Dragovich, Pharm.D., associate professor of pharmacy practice. The award recognizes a pharmacist within the first 5 years after graduation who has demonstrated exemplary pharmacy practice leadership and engagement with OSHP or other professional organizations.
- OSHP Residency Program Director Award - Cindy King, Pharm.D., BCACP, associate professor of pharmacy practice. The award recognizes a pharmacist who has demonstrated excellence in the position of residency program director.
Academic Challenge Participants
- Nicholas Wagner, P4
- Samah Abdallah, P4
- Megan Castelli, P4
- Vicki He, P3
Clinical Skills Competitors
- Nicholas Wagner and Samah Abhallah, who will represent the College of Pharmacy in the national skills competition at the 2023 ASHP Midyear Meeting in December.
Nic shared his thoughts on the competition:
I was very nervous before the competition began, but I was warmed up from just having finished competing in the Jeopardy-style competition. I think it got our brains working, allowing me and my partner, Samah Abdallah, to be ready for whatever the clinical case was. When we ended up getting the case, I was excited to know that it was a topic that I was familiar with, and then it came down to getting all of our thoughts organized and written down so that we could present an effective patient-care plan to the judges. I will say that the state-level competition is much faster-paced than the local and national levels. Samah and I had to work very quickly to ensure we had adequate recommendations for the patient, as the preparation time was about 25% of the time given in the other competitions. It helped us learn to work quickly and efficiently together, and we wasted no time getting to work. After presenting our case to the judges, we felt that we answered their follow-up questions very well, and we were confident that we provided realistic and beneficial recommendations for this fake patient's care. While we came in second place, I think that the competition prepared us well to work effectively together when we get to the national competition at ASHP Midyear. I am so excited about that competition, and I hope to represent NEOMED and Ohio well!
Presentations
- Megan Adelman, Pharm.D. (’15), BCPA, BCGP, CDE – Characteristics to Remember: A Review of Dementia Treatment
- Jaclyn Boyle & Stefanie Lehmier, Pharm.D., BCPS, assistant professor of pharmacy practice- 2022 Ohio Pharmacist Workforce Study Results
- Brian Hoffmaster, Pharm.D., M.B.A., BCPS, associate professor of pharmacy practice – Artificial Intelligence Application in Responding to Drug Information Inquiries (AI vs the OGs)
- Jacalyn Rogers, Pharm.D., BCPS, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice – Standing Out Starts with YOU: A Personal Branding and Career Development Workshop