In this week’s episode, we will be discussing what students can learn from the COVID-19 pandemic with Brooke Griffin, founder of 21st Century PharmD. If you would like to nominate a pharmacist or pharmacy staff member as a Pharmacy Hero, email AAntrim@pharmacytimes.com!

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The Pharmacy Times® Pharmacy Focus podcast provides the latest industry news and information, thought-leader insights, clinical updates, patient counseling tools, and innovative solutions for the everyday practice and business of pharmacy. 

Pharmacy Focus Episode 11: Dealing With a Pandemic in Pharmacy School

The year 2020 has been a challenging year for everyone, but especially for healthcare workers on the front lines. Due to this, it’s more important now than ever, that pharmacy technicians practice at the very top of their license. While boards of pharmacy have traditionally limited pharmacy technician practice from performing such tasks like final product verification, administering immunizations to patients, or performing CLIA-waived point of care testing, more and more states are undergoing the process of reviewing, discussing, and in some cases, changing their rules to permit properly trained technicians to perform these and other tasks. To further seize on this trend, NHA has spearheaded an initiative to bring together representatives from some of the biggest pharmacy organizations in the industry. 

The initiative, The Coalition for the Advancement of Pharmacy Technician Practice, aims to work together to stay up to date with current state boards of pharmacy that are discussing this very important topic, and to engage other state boards of pharmacy to consider broadening pharmacy technician scope of practice. By bringing together retail pharmacy  giants like Albertsons Companies, Walmart, Kroger and Walgreens, along with state pharmacy associations, pharmacy academicians, and organizations such as the Pharmacy Technician Educators Council, the coalition’s collective voice and singular mission is to further expedite the spread of states allowing pharmacy technicians to do more.  This support from the industry will be key to continuing to elevate the pharmacy profession across the nation.

In this episode, OnScript brings together representatives from some of the coalition’s partnering organizations to discuss the importance of expanding pharmacy technician roles and the positive impact that has been realized in those states that have already expanded pharmacy technician practice. It is fitting and timely that this discussion happen on Pharmacy Technician’s Day to show pharmacy technicians that the industry recognizes the important role they play in all pharmacies and how critical it is to advocate and be an additional voice for the technician workforce, and also pass on the gratitude that each of these organizations have for the work technicians are doing everyday. You don’t want to miss this episode! 

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Pharmacy Technician’s Day shows pharmacy technicians that the industry recognizes the important role they play in all pharmacies.

Pharmacy Tech Day: Advancing Pharmacy Technician Practice

In this week’s episode, we will be discussing how to handle the financial concerns rooted from the COVID-19 pandemic with Tim Ulbrich, co-founder and CEO of Your Financial Pharmacist. If you would like to nominate a pharmacist or pharmacy staff member as a Pharmacy Hero, email AAntrim@pharmacytimes.com!

Pharmacy Focus Episode 10: Financial Concerns and COVID-19

In this week’s bonus episode, we will be celebrating Women Pharmacist Day and discussing the significant gains of women in their pharmacy careers with Suzy Soliman, Maggie Ryman, Lisa King, Brooke Griffin, Kate Gainer, and Lisa Garrelts Maclean. Email your pharmacy hero nomination to AAntrim@pharmacytimes.com!

*Note: The correct name is Linda Garrelts Maclean, which does not reflect what she is addressed as in the original recording.

Pharmacy Focus Episode 9: Women Pharmacist Day (Bonus)

Work/life balance can be difficult to achieve, especially for working professionals who also carry the title of “mom.” In this episode, Jeremy and Jessica interview Dr. Suzy Soliman, the founder of the Facebook group “Pharmacist Moms.” 

 Facebook group has amassed ~35,000 members…all moms, all pharmacists. Since the early 2000s, the number of pharmacy school graduates has been on the rise, with women making up the majority during most of those years. Since women now make up a growing part of the pharmacy community, Soliman had the idea was to create a supportive community to share ideas, frustrations, and tips on parenting, advancing their career, or just have fun. Because of the group’s success, there is now a subgroup for 

Throughout this episode, we discuss why it's important for technicians to have an outlet of their own to help each other move toward achieving a healthy work/life balance. 

A discussion of why it's important for technicians to have an outlet to help each other move toward achieving a healthy work/life balance. 

How Pharmacy Technician Moms Can Achieve a Work/Life Balance

In this week’s episode, we will be discussing a recent study regarding long-term care outcomes and cost with Russell Procopio, executive vice president of Long-Term Care Pharmacy. Email your pharmacy hero nomination to AAntrim@pharmacytimes.com!

Pharmacy Focus Episode 8: Long-Term Care Outcomes and Cost

In this week’s episode, we will be discussing the significance of pharmacists’ ability to administer and order vaccines for children during the COVID-19 pandemic with Michael Hogue, president of the American Pharmacists Association. Email your pharmacy hero nomination to AAntrim@pharmacytimes.com!

Pharmacy Focus Episode 7: Significance of Administering Childhood Immunizations During COVID-19

In this week’s episode, we will be discussing rural community pharmacies and their handling of COVID-19. Email your pharmacy hero nomination to AAntrim@pharmacytimes.com!

Pharmacy Focus Episode 6: Handling COVID-19 as a Rural Pharmacy

In this week’s episode, we will be discussing emergency medicine pharmacists. Email your pharmacy hero nomination to AAntrim@pharmacytimes.com!

Pharmacy Focus Episode 5: The Ever Changing Role of Emergency Medicine Pharmacists

In this week’s episode, we will be discussing the importance of expanding the role of pharmacy technicians. Email your pharmacy hero nomination to AAntrim@pharmacytimes.com!

The Pharmacy Times® Pharmacy Focus podcast provides the latest industry news and information, thought-leader insights, clinical updates, patient counseling tools, and innovative solutions for the everyday practice and business of pharmacy. 
 