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Dr. Helen Sairany PharmD returns to 'Transforming a Nation' to share her 2nd book and leadership guide   In The We You Don't See, Dr. Helen Sairany unravels a narrative that's both gripping and deeply transformative. Drawing from her own experiences growing up amidst the horrors of war in Iraq, and juxtaposing them with her mission to heal traumatized refugee girls, this book is a testament to the indomitable human spirit. Within these pages, readers are not only taken on a journey through the perilous landscapes of a war-torn nation, but also through the often more treacherous terrains of the human psyche. As Sairany delves deep into the intricacies of trauma, she sheds light on the invisible scars that many carry with them, often in silence. 1st Interview:  Trading Grenades for Medicine https://pharmacypodcastnetwork.podbean.com/e/trading-grenades-for-medicine-transforming-a-nation/  December 1st, 2023 New Book:  The We you Don't See: Understanding the Long Shadows of Trauma https://www.amazon.com/We-you-Dont-See-Understanding/dp/B0CN7HVDBB    

The fifth and final episode in a series exploring medication access for members of the gender-diverse community and how pharmacists can better reach this population. In this episode we talked to the wonderful Dr. Michelle Forcier, a pediatrician and provider of gender-affirming therapy for adolescents.

The fourth in a series exploring medication access for members of the gender-diverse community and how pharmacists can better reach this population. In this episode we talked to the incredible Danica Roem, Virginia State Delegate and outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. Narrated by Addy Ghantae, final year pharmacy student of High Point University.

The second in a series exploring medication access for members of the gender-diverse community and how pharmacists can better reach this population; in this episode we spoke with Adriana Adams and Corey Higgins of Triad Health project, a sexual health and justice organization based in Greensboro North Carolina. We discuss stigma surrounding PrEP and PEP therapy, as well as gender-affirming therapy, and how healthcare providers like pharmacists can bridge the gap and address stigma in their practice. Narrated by Courtney Woo, final year pharmacy student of Loma Linda University and chair of the Practice with Pride Committee of Pharmacy Legislative Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The second in a series detailing medication access for gender-diverse individuals in light of increasingly restrictive legislative action. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Sarah Kokosa and Dr. Kelsea Aragon, two clinicians providing hormone replacement therapy to discuss the medications most commonly utilized for gender-affirming therapy. For more information, please check out guidelines published by the World Professional Association of Transgender Health or the University of California, San Francisco.  Our audience of pharmacists, pharmacy students, and other healthcare providers need to hear the stories of gender-diverse patients, pharmacists, and advocates who will stop at nothing to bridge the gap to care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 The first in a four-part series detailing medication access for gender-diverse individuals in light of increasingly restrictive legislative action.  As front-line healthcare workers, it's incumbent upon pharmacists to be paragons of not only equality but equity in healthcare. Gender expansive and nonbinary patients face a massive disparity of outcomes, many of which are improved with gender-affirming therapy. With the expansion of pharmacists' roles in healthcare, many cases of gender-affirming therapy are often overseen or monitored by pharmacists. The world is changing, and the landscape of healthcare with it. Our audience of pharmacists, pharmacy students, and other healthcare providers need to hear the stories of gender-diverse patients, pharmacists, and advocates who will stop at nothing to bridge the gap to care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How does it feel to be torn between two vastly different worlds: the one you were born to, and the one you fled to and eventually thrived in? What does it mean to become an American?  Trading Grenades for Candy is a memoir of a Kurdish woman who fled war and turmoil in Iraqi Kurdistan as a young child and transformed herself into a quintessential American success story. Hers is a richly expressed and deeply personal journey from barely surviving in a mud house amidst landmines, to evolving into an independent, world-traveling pharmacist. By understanding her personal story of hardship and perseverance, readers will come to understand not only her personal triumph, but the wider story of the Kurdish people. This memoir will change the way one looks at what it means not only to be an American, but a fellow human being in our diverse world.  This special edition of 'Transforming a Nation' is with Dr. Helen Sairany, PharmD., author of Trading Grenades for Candy: A Kurdish Refugee's American Journey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The horrific story of a gunman killing eight people at three Atlanta-area spas earlier this year; six of the victims were women of Asian descent, sparking fears among advocacy groups that the killings may have been racially motivated. Anti-Asian hate crimes have spiked 150 percent since the pandemic began, according to a recent study. Suspect charged with killing 8 in Atlanta-area shootings that targeted Asian-run spas People of Asian descent have been living in the United States for more than 160 years, and have long been the target of bigotry. Transforming the Nation tackles this sociological & community issue head on. It's up to us to End Asian Hate.  Our special guests:   Shin-Yu Lee, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP - sylee.rx@gmail.com; https://www.linkedin.com/in/shin-yu-l-p-ab2427213 Bonnie Hui-Callahan, PharmD, CDCES - bonnie.c.hui@gmail.com; https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnie-hui-callahan Free compiled list of resources for AAPI community and allies: www.theclinicianleader.com/ally  The Clinician-Leader: www.theclinicianleader.com; LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook  Additional Resources:  NEJM - Practical Guide for Combating Anti-Asian Sentiment - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2102656 https://stopaapihate.org/ - tracks and responds to incidents of hate, violence, harrasment, and discrimination against AAPI www.aapidata.com - demographic data and policy research on AAPI www.standagainsthatred.org https://ahi.ucsf.edu/advocacy/resources - Asian Health Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA) is a national, professional organization of pharmacists committed to serving the underserved and promoting minorities in pharmacy. The National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA) is a national, professional organization of pharmacists founded by Dr. Chauncey I. Cooper in 1947. Dr. Cooper recognized the vital need to develop a pharmacy organization focused on the needs of the minority community. He strived to promote excellence and uniformity among minority health professionals in order to improve the quality of health care in minority communities. The National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA), established in 1947, is dedicated to representing the views and ideals of minority pharmacists on critical issues affecting healthcare and pharmacy, promoting racial and health equity, as well as advancing the standards of pharmaceutical care among all practitioners.  Today's guests are Lakesha Butler, PharmD & Angela Riley, PharmD  Dr. Lakesha Butler is a Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. She earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree with honors from Mercer University in Atlanta, GA and completed a pharmacy practice residency with emphasis in ambulatory care at the University of Illinois- Chicago. Dr. Butler is an accomplished young leader, national speaker, author and strong advocate for developing leaders, increasing cultural competency among healthcare professionals, serving the underserved and improving diversity and inclusion. She is the sole clinical pharmacist providing medication management services at the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, a clinic that serves uninsured patients of St. Louis, Missouri. In the classroom she has developed and coordinates a required pharmacy graduate level course that addresses health disparities, health beliefs, health literacy, and cultural competency. She is the creator of the first and only Health Literacy instructional DVD teaching tool for pharmacy students and pharmacists across the nation and co-author of the pharmacy textbook “Patient Communication for Pharmacy: A Case-Study Approach on Theory and Practice.” Dr. Angela Riley previously served as the executive director of experiential education and assistant dean in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Binghamton University from 2016 until 2020. Dr. Riley has obtained several grants and contracts, including a Community Action Grant from the American Heart Association and recently received the Stephen David Ross University and Community Projects Fund. Riley graduated from Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences with her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and obtained her PharmD. degree from Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy. Riley serves on several national, regional, and local boards and committees within various organizations including the National Pharmaceutical Association, Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society, the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. References: Socialized and traumatized: Pharmacists, underserved patients, and the COVID-19 vaccine https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1544319121002028?dgcid=author   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Women & Men: The Balance of Leadership in Healthcare Guest: Katashia Partee Kendrick, PharmD, BCACP Clinical Pharmacy Specialist | Health & Wellness Coach | Toastmaster | Infertility Advocate | Fitness Enthusiast 20 Women Of Color Medical Students And Graduates Who Matched In 2021 Share On Soon Joining The Frontlines As Match Day, March 19, 2021 rolled around, the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) reported this year's Match was the largest in history. 38,106 positions were offered and a record high of 5,915 programs partook in the occasion reaching a growth number of 16.7% after five years. This growth was realized a year after the pandemic amid a season that has challenged the health sector also disrupting clinical rotations and testing and creating major changes in the residency application process. However, registering applicant did not waver, the 2021 Main Residency Match reached a high of 48,700 registered applicants with the largest single-year bump in recorded history—an 8.3% rise since 2020—along with 95% of the 35,194 first-year positions being filled.   Amid these moving developments, the pandemic that has concurrently occurred has continued to illuminate disparities that exist among populations of color grappling with navigating its effects. As early research during the pandemic has conveyed, the Covid-19 virus has disproportionately affected Black and Brown communities. And since the vaccine has been created these populations have continued to feel skepticism when asked their thoughts on receiving the vaccination. Much of this skepticism coming from the history of unethical medical practices on Black and Brown communities that have resulted in large segments of this population distrusting the medical system.   The Pandemic Is Forcing Women Out Of The Workplace https://www.wgbh.org/news/commentary/2021/03/29/the-pandemic-is-forcing-women-out-of-the-workplace   by: ï  Callie Crossley  twitter calliecrossley   Forty hours a week doesn't begin to describe it. The standard weekly work hours are the baseline for women working outside of the home pre-pandemic. Traditionally, women's combined time working in the office and at home has always been substantially more than their male partners. That got worse in March 2020, when the country shut down to slow the spread of COVID-19. Schools and child care centers abruptly closed, companies sent workers home and suddenly some women employees were clocking the kind of overtime that violates labor laws. Most of them took on extra roles, including teacher and 24/7 cook. But soon, women like Farida Mercedes were forced to make a choice. Five months after the shutdown started, Mercedes resigned from her position as L'Oréal's assistant vice president of human resources, telling NPR, “I made a very difficult decision to leave my role. I just could not imagine what I had done in the spring of being a stay-at-home mom and working full time.” She, like millions of other women, stepped off the corporate ladder — effectively stalling or ending their careers. To be clear, women's absence hurts the bottom line. McKinsey's "Women In The Workplace 2020" report points out that company profits and share performances can be “close to 50% higher when women are represented at the top.” But most women in the American workforce do not work in corporate America. An overwhelming number don't even earn a living wage. There's a reason why so many are leaders in the national Fight for 15 movement — organizing to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Women dominate in low wage jobs like nursing home health aides, child care, hotel maids, grocery store clerks and waitresses. Before COVID-19, many women made ends meet by working several low wage jobs. The pandemic made visible the invisible, unpaid work of women workers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guests today are Michelle Sherman, RPh, who is a member of the Pharmacy Podcast Network & has a podcast called the "Conscious Pharmacist Podcast" & Jay Holloway PharmD, returning for a second time to the Pharmacy Podcat to discuss:  References, from Pharmacy Today: https://www.pharmacytoday.org/article/S1042-0991(20)30876-8/fulltext Pharmacists Focused on LGBTQ Communities, the latest chapter of the "Transforming a Nation" podcast series.  Pharmacists need to acquire foundational knowledge about key concepts and terminologies relevant to the LGBTQ population. To provide care consistent with cultural competence and humility, pharmacists must also be aware of the diversity between and within different segments of the LGBTQ community, and the intersectionality of multiple identities that shape a person's life experiences. Furthermore, it is important to note that while various identities such as gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity intersect, one is not predictive of the other. For example, a person's gender identity does not determine their sexual orientation and the biological sex designated at birth does not define their gender identity.11Sexual orientation is a person's emotional, romantic, sexual attraction, or non-attraction to other people and is composed of three separate dimensions: behavior, identity, and desire. Some people may engage in same-sex sexual behavior but not identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual. Similarly, a person may be sexually, romantically, or emotionally attracted to members of the same sex and choose not to be sexually active with same-sex partners. For research purposes, the terms “men who have sex with men” (MSM) and “women who have sex with women” (WSW) are often used to describe a person's sexual behavior regardless of their identity. Sex refers to a set of biological attributes primarily related to physical and physiological features. The phrase “sex assigned at birth” (SAAB) or “designated sex at birth” (DSAB) is used to describe a person's biological sex, most often, but not exclusively, based on the external appearance of genitalia at birth. Gender is a socially constructed concept used to characterize the behaviors, actions, and qualities of women and men or girls and boys. The critical flaw of an exclusive binary paradigm is that it does not account for the inherent diversity of human gender. A more expansive conceptualization of gender recognizes that each person possesses a wide range of characteristics that may or may not be consistent with the gender binary, represent a combination of male and female, or fall somewhere in between the two. Gender identity is a person's inner sense of their gender. For some people, their gender identity may not be congruent with the one typically expected based on their SAAB/DSAB. They may describe themselves in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, transgender, male, female, gender fluid/genderqueer, nonbinary, agender, or as another gender. Decisions to change gender expression and/or physical appearance to be more consistent with their gender identity through medical (e.g., hormone replacement therapy), nonmedical (e.g., voice therapy, choosing an affirming name, etc.), and/or surgical options (e.g. gender affirmation/confirmation surgery) is wholly determined by the individual.  The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center   https://www.lgbtqiahealtheducation.org/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's ‘Transforming a Nation' Podcast episode 5 in the series, focuses on ending the inexcusable Sexual Harassment in the Profession of Pharmacy. Our host of this episode is Dr. Rebecca Smith @RebeccaESmith on Twitter, who started bringing massive awareness to this reoccurring issue.  See tweet here:  https://twitter.com/rebeccaraesmith/status/1308161152988270592?s=20 Rebecca's guests are always testifying about their experiences with Sexual Harassment in pharmacy, including Brooke Barlow, PharmD who's a PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Resident at University of Kentucky, Ashley Barlow PharmD PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident at MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Jackie Johnston, PharmD a Surgical Trauma Neuro ICU PharmD & Clinical Assistant Professor PGY-1 RPD.  References: Addressing Sexual and Gender Harassment in Pharmacy Education to Improve Provider Wellness and Patient Care https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7223926/ Frequency and severity of sexual harassment in pharmacy practice in Ohio https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10533349/ This episode is sponsored by: UltiGuard Safe Pack is the only pen needle product that comes with an all-in-one sharps container. Learn more about why UltiGuard Safe Pack is the best choice for your patients and your pharmacy. Learn more UltiGuard Safe Pack https://www.ulticare.com/ultiguard-safe-pack/podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's ‘Transforming a Nation' Podcast episode 4 in the series, focuses on inexcusable Sexual Harassment in the Profession of Pharmacy with Brittany Bissell, PharmD is a Medical ICU Clinical Pharmacist and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky & Mojdeh Heavner PharmD is Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. The tweet from Dr. Rebecca Smith @RebeccaESmith on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebeccaraesmith/status/1308161152988270592?s=20 References: Addressing Sexual and Gender Harassment in Pharmacy Education to Improve Provider Wellness and Patient Care https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7223926/ Frequency and severity of sexual harassment in pharmacy practice in Ohio https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10533349/ Sponsored by UltiGuard Safe Pack The UltiGuard Safe Pack is the only pen needle product that comes with an all-in-one sharps container. Learn more about why UltiGuard Safe Pack is the best choice for your patients and your pharmacy. Learn more UltiGuard Safe Pack https://www.ulticare.com/ultiguard-safe-pack/podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Richard Harris M.D., Pharm.D, MBA joins the 'Transforming the Nation' series to discuss the controversial topic of sharing your faith, being spiritual, and understanding the balance between science, medicine, and God. Dr. Harris is the founder of "Great Health & Wellness" and has his own podcast, here: https://www.theghwellness.com/  The technological advances of the past century tended to change the focus of medicine from a caring, service oriented model to a technological, cure-oriented model. Technology has led to phenomenal advances in medicine and has given us the ability to prolong life. However, in the past few decades physicians have attempted to balance their care by reclaiming medicine's more spiritual roots, recognizing that until modern times spirituality was often linked with health care. Spiritual or compassionate care involves serving the whole person—the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual. Such service is inherently a spiritual activity. Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, who has developed Commonweal retreats for people with cancer, described it well: Helping, fixing, and serving represent three different ways of seeing life. When you help, you see life as weak. When you fix, you see life as broken. When you serve, you see life as whole. Fixing and helping may be the work of the ego, and service the work of the soul. Serving patients may involve spending time with them, holding their hands, and talking about what is important to them. Patients value these experiences with their physicians. In this article, I discuss elements of compassionate care, review some research on the role of spirituality in health care, highlight advantages of understanding patients' spirituality, explain ways to practice spiritual care, and summarize some national efforts to incorporate spirituality into medicine. References:  The role of spirituality in health care Christina M. Puchalski, MD, MS https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1305900/#:~:text=In%20summary%2C%20spirituality%20can%20be,of%20delivery%20of%20compassionate%20care  Sponsored by UltiGuard Safe Pack The UltiGuard Safe Pack is the only pen needle product that comes with an all-in-one sharps container. Learn more about why UltiGuard Safe Pack is the best choice for your patients and your pharmacy. Learn more UltiGuard Safe Pack https://www.ulticare.com/ultiguard-safe-pack/podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2: Transforming a Nation  A “health disparity” refers to a higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality experienced by one group relative to another. A “health care disparity” typically refers to differences between groups in health insurance coverage, access to and use of care, and quality of care. Healthcare disparities continue to exist despite increased awareness of and attention to their existence. The causes of healthcare disparities are, for many patients and patient populations, multifaceted and highly complex. The program will focus on the healthcare disparities that exist for patients with diabetes and address how pharmacists and other pharmacy personnel can address healthcare disparities. Have you experienced Bias (race, gender or age) in the workplace   How to increase representation of people of color in healthcare (pharmacist- 66%white, 22% Asian, 5.2% Black) How does this help decrease disparities? The pharmacist's role in reducing health disparities Heath and racial disparities and how they relate to the pharmacy world? What can we do about systemic racism in healthcare? Social determinants of health and how they contribute to disparities How do we eliminate barriers to improve equity in healthcare? Pharmacy Desserts and how this affects health disparities   Action that we can take from the obvious racial disparities that have been highlighted through COVID-19? Guests: Dr. Jamie Hardy, PharmD. Board Certified Pharmacist Dr. Frank North, PharmD. Consultant Pharmacist at The Rowe Network Dr. Stephanie Young Moss, PharmD, MS Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research Partnerships References: Understanding Health Disparities in Pharmacy Kristen Coppock, MA, Managing Editor https://www.pharmacytimes.com/conferences/aacp-2020/understanding-health-disparities-in-pharmacy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pharmacy Podcast Network is committed to playing a small part in 'Transforming a Nation' through our commitment to the advocacy for pharmacist & the critical role they lead in healthcare. This new podcast series will dive deep into racism, racial disparities in healthcare, and what we can do together to change this nation. We invite all pharmacists & healthcare professionals to participate in this series published through the PPN reaching 80,000+ listeners per month & ranked in the top 20 podcasts in business along with Becker's Healthcare Podcast, Wall Street Journal's Podcast, & the Marketplace Podcast CHAPTER ONE: FACING RACISM - 07/27/2020 Sponsored by: 100X2030https://jhaymeetynan.com/100x2030/ Special Guests Jhaymee Tynan & William Amarquaye, PharmD Ms Tynan: https://jhaymeetynan.com/about/ GhanaBoy PharmD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChO5d7BqAkAyawKN6eVtr1w Twitter: https://twitter.com/GhanaboyPharmd     References:  Racism and discrimination in health care: Providers and patients https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/racism-discrimination-health-care-providers-patients-2017011611015  Racism in care leads to health disparities, doctors and other experts say as they push for change https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/racism-in-care-leads-to-health-disparities-doctors-and-other-experts-say-as-they-push-for-change/2020/07/10/a1a1e40a-bb9e-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices