WSPA Health System Pharmacy Podcast

This episode is designed for student pharmacists planning for virtual residency interviews and is full of tips for excelling in the interview process and choosing the right residency for you!

Derek Pohlmeyer, PGY2 Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Resident at UW Medicine and WSPA Health System Academy Resident Leader hosts a discussion on everything pharmacists need to know about drug shortages with Christine Meyer, PharmD, MHA, Purchasing Operations Manager at UW Medicine.

In this podcast we talk with the ASHP Delegates from Washington State about the ASHP policy process and how to get involved. Hosted by Erica Diamantides, PharmD, MHA, BCPS

In this podcast we talk with a pharmacist from the Washington Poison Center as he discusses their work, and how they help health system pharmacists with issues around toxicities in patients. Visit the WSPA's Health System Academy Page for the NAC Guidelines and recorded webinar with Curtis Elko discussing them. https://www.wsparx.org/general/custom.asp?page=HSA

Erica Diamantides, PharmD, MHA and BCPS and Incoming Chair of the WSPA HSA is joined by an all star team of pharmacists to discuss practice guideline development and coronavirus. Guests include Nicole Andrews, PharmD, PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Resident at University of Washington Medicine Pharmacy Department; Jeannie Chan, PharmD, MPH, Co-Director Antimicrobial Stewardship at UW Medicine Harborview Medical Center; Rupali Jain, PharmD, BCIDP, FIDSA, Co-Director Antimicrobial Stewardship at UWMC Montlake and Zahra Kassamali Escobar, PharmD, Co-Director Antimicrobial Stewardship at UW Medicine Valley Medical Center and Associate Medical Director for UW Medicine Tele Antimicrobial Stewardship.

In this podcast Brent Bell discusses with Tyler Fischback Residency Program Director and Greg Stahly Residency Program Coordinator at Confluence Health best practices for your Residency Interview Day. WSPA Members can login to the WSPA website and participate in the online discussion of this topic here https://www.wsparx.org/forums/permalink.asp?id=1527217

In this podcast updates to the USP chapters will be reviewed. This will be a great overview to know what changes may be coming to your practice site.

In this month's Tuesday Topics in Health System Pharmacy Podcast Brent Bell from Confluence Health discusses the residency application process with PGY-2 Julie McCormick and Residency Director for Good Samaritan Hospital Dianna Gato. The reviewed key parts of a letter of intent, details on letters of recommendation including when and how to ask for one, the application timeline and what to do if you don't match this year.

Michael Li and Jennifer Danielson discuss the new purple curriculum changes at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy. Integration of block classes, as well as Wednesdays in Practice are discussed.

In this first Health System Academy Tuesday Topics discussion, Michael Li discusses with PGY-2 Amb Care resident some lesser known benefits of some of our older diabetic agents, and why they may still have a role for patients.