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• WRAP-UP ISSUE
• MIDYEAR 2014
Resident Reward and
Recertification
Program Offered
R
esidencies can be tough. ASHP is
here to support you throughout
your residency, into your practice,
and beyond. We understand that
as you advance to the next stage in your
career, you will need the right guidance
and resources to help you achieve success.
With you in mind, ASHP has developed
the Resident Reward and Recertification
Program.
Residents who choose to prepare for the
Board of Pharmacy Specialty (BPS) Pharma-
cotherapy Certification exam can participate
in ASHP’s live or online pharmacotherapy
review course at no cost. That’s two days/16
hours of high-level and complex preparation
to help you identify your knowledge gaps
and supply you with resources for additional
self study for free. You will also get ASHP’s
practice exam for free.
In return, we ask that you continue your
successful career path with ASHP and
utilize our highly-praised recertification
programs for your first certification cycle.
And the best news? Its only $10 a month.
That’s guaranteed to stay at $10 a month
for the entire seven-year cycle and will
meet all (and then some!) of the 120 hours
of your recertification needs.
You won’t have to pay a cent until you
successfully pass your BPS exam, and your
recertification cycle begins in January
2016. Then you only pay $10 a month to
guarantee you meet all your recertification
requirements using any of ASHP’s top rated
programs. You will have unlimited access
to all our online recertification products
including: literature modules, intensive
studies, and our recertification course.
Registration for this exciting new
Resident reward program opens in early
2015. Learn more at
ASHP Congratulates 2014 Clinical Skills
Competition Finalists and Winners!
A
shley Huntsberry and Jose-
lyn Benabe, representing the
University of Colordao Skaggs
School of Pharmacy, came out
on top at the 19
th
Annual Clinical Skills
Competition. A record 127 teams from
across the nation, who won preliminary
competitions at their local pharmacy
schools, participated in the activity. Top
10 finalist team members received an iPad
Mini preloaded with Lexi-Complete™ with
AHFS Essentials™ and a copy of ASHP’s
Naplex Review. Katherine Brumfield
and Matthew Wallace from the Mercer
University College of Pharmacy placed
second, and Erin Christensen and Rebecca
Call from the University of North Caro-
lina Eshelman School of Pharmacy placed
third. First-, second-, and third-place team
members each received a copy of
DiPiro’s
Pharmacotherapy
.
National winning team members each
received an individual trophy, a $500 cash
award, and a trophy to take back to their
schools. The competition, which is admin-
istered by the ASHP Pharmacy Student
Forum, sponsored by the ASHP Research
and Education Foundation, and supported
by Lexicomp, provides an opportunity for
pharmacy students to demonstrate their
clinical skills by assessing patient informa-
tion and current therapy, identifying and
prioritizing therapy problems, identifying
treatment goals, and recommending a phar-
macist’s care plan. Congratulations to the
2014 Clinical Skills Competition Finalists
and Winners! For a list of all the participat-
ing schools (and team members) and the
Top 10 national finalists, or to learn more
about the competition please visit
Six Practitioners Recognized
for Distinguished Service
C
ongratulations to the winners of
the 2014 ASHP Pharmacy Practice
Sections and New Practitioners
Forum (NPF) Distinguished Ser-
vice Award. All six recipients were honored
at a dessert reception during the 2014 ASHP
Midyear Clinical Meeting in Anaheim,
California. The ASHP Pharmacy Practice
Sections and New Practitioners Forum
Distinguished Service Award recognizes a
member from each Section and NPF whose
volunteer activities supported the mission
of their Section or NPF and helped advance
the profession. This is the seventh year that
ASHP has presented this award, which is
bestowed annually at the Midyear Clinical
Meeting. Meet the 2014 ASHP Distinguished
Service Award winners:
Section of Ambulatory Care
Practitioners
Timothy R. Brown, Pharm.D., BCACP,
FASHP, Director of Clinical Pharmacother-
apy in Family Medicine at Akron General
Medical Center, Akron, Ohio
Section of Clinical Specialists and
Scientists
Tricia A. Meyer, M.S., Pharm.D., FASHP,
Associate Vice President (AVP), Depart-
ment of Pharmacy at Baylor Scott and White
Health in Temple, Texas
Section of Inpatient Care
Practitioners
Jennifer M. Schultz, Pharm.D., FASHP,
Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor and PGY1
Pharmacy Residency Program Director, Boz-
eman Deaconess Health Services, Bozeman,
Montana
Section of Pharmacy Informatics
and Technology
Christopher J. Urbanski, B.S.Pharm., M.S.,
FASHP, Director of IT, Core Clinical Appli-
cations, Indiana University Health, India-
napolis, Indiana
Section of Pharmacy Practice
Managers
Karol G. Wollenburg, M.S., R.Ph., Vice Presi-
dent and Apothecary-in-Chief, New York-
Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
New Practitioners Forum
Katherine A. Palmer, Pharm.D., Sterile Prod-
ucts Area Supervisor, Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, California
Visit the ASHP website for more informa-
tion about the Distinguished Service Award
and the 2014 winners.
