Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy

Center for Compounding Practice and Research

&

Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Compounding Summit

October 17, 2024

Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, VA

at the

VSHP Fall Seminar

Agenda   

Sign-Up:

To sign up:  VSHP Fall Seminar Registration-Registration Link

To sign-up for other events at the Fall Seminar:

Compounding Summit (Thursday 10/17-separate registration fee)

Commonwealth Leadership Forum (Thursday 10/17)

Fall Seminar (10/18 and 10/19)

Technician Summit (10/18)

Student programming (10/19)

Poster Session (10/19)

Residency Showcase (10/19) - Registration for a program to display; registration for a student to attend

Call for Award Nominations

Each year, VSHP recognizes pharmacy practitioners that have demonstrated outstanding service to the pharmacy profession within Virginia. 

VSHP Annual Awards include:

VSHP Technician of the Year

VSHP New Practitioner of the Year 

VSHP Pharmacist of the Year 

VSHP Collaboration Award

Clinical Pharmacy Practice Achievement Award 

R.D. Anderson Distinguished Leadership Award

 

To nominate: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DKLX8BB

 

Additional details on award criteria and nomination process can be found at Annual Awards. 

The deadline for award nomination is Tuesday, September 10, 2024. Awards will be presented during the VSHP Fall Seminar, Friday, October 18, 2024. 

VSHP Board approves Strategic Goals for 2024-2025

2024 Fall Seminar Abstract and Poster Submission

VSHP is hosting a Poster Competition at VSHP Fall Seminar 2024!

Accepted posters will be displayed at the VSHP 2024 Fall Seminar on October 17-19, 2024 at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, VA.

General Information:

• The primary author for each pharmacy resident, pharmacy student, and pharmacy technician poster submission will receive free registration for the 2024 VSHP Fall Seminar.
• All presenters must be registered for the 2024 VSHP Fall Seminar, at minimum for the day of the presentation
• Only one submission per member is permitted as primary author. A member may be a co-author for multiple abstract and poster submissions.

Award Information:

• Primary author for pharmacist poster category will be eligible to win a recognition certificate from the VSHP Educational Affairs Committee
• The primary author for one submission in the pharmacy resident, pharmacy student, and pharmacy technician poster categories will be eligible to win a $100 award and a recognition
  certificate from the VSHP Educational Affairs Committee. One recognition certificate will be provided per category.
• One $100 award will be provided for the student, resident, and technician categories.

Key Dates:

• Monday, September 23rd, 2024: Due date for poster abstract only
• Monday, September 30th, 2024: Primary author will be notified by e-mail of submission acceptance/declination.
• Monday, October 14th, 2024: Due date for accepted posters to email their poster (in PDF format) to contact@vshp.org
• Saturday, October 19th, 2024: Author(s) present and available to discuss their posters at the VSHP Fall Seminar. Posters should remain displayed until the last day of the conference.
• The winning poster(s) will be alerted via direct email to the presenter and will be announced to the VSHP cohort in the VSHP newsletter and social media posts.

Poster submission link

One of our VSHP members has submitted a petition to the BOP to reclassify Kratom as a Schedule I substance.  Public comments can be made here: https://townhall.virginia.gov/L/Comments.cfm?petitionid=409 and closes on 6/5/24 at midnight.

Attached are our comments that we submitted to the BOP as well as the original petition itself. 

We are asking you to comment via the link above to the BOP in support of the petition to reclassify kratom as a schedule I substance.  The Kratom lobby has rallied against this so we are trying to ensure our voices as health care professionals are not drowned out.

Kratom Petition_Phamacy (003).docx

Kratom Petition_Phamacy.docx

Petition Support Reclassifying Kratom.pdf

2024 Fall Seminar Presentation Proposals

Call for Presentation Proposals for the Fall Seminar, October 17-19, Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, VA

VSHP is accepting speaker proposals that will provide quality continuing education to our members. Please submit your completed proposal by Friday, July 12, 2024.

Thank you for supporting the educational mission of VSHP!

The 2024 Fall Hot Topics list is located below. The VSHP Education Committee will consider all topics for presentation, with additional consideration for all presentations related to subjects on the Hot Topics list.   Presentations with interactive activities are encouraged.  Pharmacists, residents and technicians are encouraged to submit.

Submission form

 2024 VSHP Fall Seminar Hot Topics

Anticoagulation (Inpatient Use/Reversal)
Artificial Intelligence Uses in Health Systems
Behavioral Health
Cardiology
Clinical Guideline Updates
Critical Care (Sepsis/ARDS)
Diabetes
Employee Retention (Remote Work Benefits/Engaging Employees/Burnout Prevention)
Infectious Diseases (Stewardship/HIV/New Antimicrobials)
Medication Access (Patient Assistance and Copay Funding/340B)
Nutrition (Bariatric Surgery/TPN)
Optimizing Pharmacy Workflows
Pain Control (Opioid Use/Palliative vs Hospice Care)
Pharmacoeconomics
Pharmacy Technician Training/Advancement
Regulatory Compliance (Medication Diversion/Medication Safety/USP 797 and 800/DSCSA)
Special Populations (Obesity/Women's Health/Geriatrics/Pediatrics)
Specialty Pharmacy

VSHP Grants Application 2024 Cycle Now Open!

VSHP’s Mission: The mission of the Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists is to inspire innovative pharmacy practice by promoting education, advocacy and collaboration to help people achieve optimal health outcomes.

Requirements:

1. All grants will be awarded to only VSHP members.
2. All grant funds must be used within 12 months of grant's approval date.
3. Unused funds must be returned to VSHP.
4. Applications will be evaluated based on impact, value feasibility and understanding how the grant fits within the VSHP mission.
5. Implementation date, budget update, outcomes reported so far (if applicable) and any pictures (if applicable) must be provided to VSHP every 6 months and a follow-up report to VSHP must be written within one year of disbursement of funds, or when the project has reached a completion milestone, whichever occurs first.

Application Form: Apply online at:https://forms.gle/nddqQ1aUQeJ7kgWP8

DUE: 8/23/24

Please see attached a joint communication that is being issued by Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA) and Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists (VSHP).  The joint communication informs our public and private partners that due to pending DEA and FDA regulations, hospitals and health systems will discontinue the current model of hospital and health system provided pre-filled drug kit exchanges as of November 27, 2024.  Further, after that date, single drug replenishment may be possible only in limited avenues that are able to support the resource heavy and complex infrastructure under the FDA and DEA regulations. 

We remain committed as your community partners to provide assistance at a local or regional level that may be available to ease the transition to a compliant model for all EMS agencies across the state.  This joint communication is part of our efforts to assist in the transition. 

Thanks, 

Brent 

R. Brent Rawlings

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association

EMS Drug Kit Joint Message VHHA-VSHP 041624.pdf

Congratulations to Nicholas DiStefano - Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy and Anna Dlott - Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy who are recipients of ASHP 2023-2024 Student Leadership Awards. The ASHP Student Leadership Award Program recognizes and celebrates the outstanding leadership contributions of student pharmacists who represent the very best attributes and accomplishments of ASHP student members.

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ASHP announced 28 members (including our own Craig Kirkwood) have been named “Fellows of ASHP” (FASHP) in recognition of their professional accomplishments and practice leadership. Learn about the Fellows’ achievements and the FASHP program here: https://hubs.ly/Q02qjbzP0