ON THE HEELS of ASHP’s Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative Summit in 2010, Cleveland Clinic Florida (CCF) set the goal of giving all patients at the 155-bed academic institution the opportunity to interact with pharmacists as part of their care. It was a lofty goal, one that would stretch the pharmacy department’s staff and resources. In [...]
Pharmacy students are worried about finding a job or residency after they graduate, and new practitioners are concerned about their future career growth. Those are the main findings of ASHP’s new Job Market Perceptions Survey of 1,516 students and 614 new practitioners. The survey also revealed the following: 2011 pharmacy school graduates started their job [...]
AS PHARMACISTS EXPAND THEIR ROLES and carve out new niches in an era of health care reform, they are counting more and more on highly skilled pharmacy technicians to take on added responsibility. Pharmacy technicians in practice sites around the country are performing tasks that were once considered solely the domain of pharmacists, such as [...]
JUST FIVE YEARS AGO, newly minted pharmacists were assured of placement in their desired residencies and jobs. With a broad job market and options in hospital, health-system, and community retail pharmacy, recent graduates were offered signing bonuses by recruiters and hiring managers eager to fill open slots. Today’s graduates, however, may need to make a [...]
This issue’s cover story, on page 8, about the many ways in which pharmacists care for our nation’s wounded veterans, really touched me. Official combat operations in Iraq ended this summer, but the men and women who served during this long war will likely need help for many years. And pharmacists stand ready as members of the patient-care team. The exciting news [...]
LIKE OTHER CLINICIANS, pharmacists use online social networking to maintain friendships, expand their professional relationships, and even keep in touch with patients. But as more and more clinicians try their hand at blogging or setting up profiles on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, professional and personal lines can become blurred. Maintaining the right [...]
SOCIAL NETWORKING HAS BECOME such a standard part of my day that it’s hard to believe that just a decade ago, Facebook, Twitter, etc., were mere blips on the horizon. I have to admit that it’s easy to get a little compulsive about posting updates, keeping in touch with friends and colleagues, and sharing information [...]
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