SSHP Fall 2015 Schedule
UH SSHP members, these are the upcoming dates for SSHP events so be sure to mark your calendar. We hope to see you there!
Residency Mentoring Social
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Time: 5:30 pm - 8:20 pm
Location: University of Houston Alumni Center
3100 Cullen Blvd, Houston, TX 77004
RSVP here
Main Campus Meetings
2/11/2015 12:00 - 1pm
2/26/2015 12:00 - 1pm
3/10/2015 12:00 - 1pm
4/7/2015 12:00 - 1pm
*Note: Meeting dates are tentative and subject to change. Any changes will be reflected back on this website.
Residency Mentoring Social
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Time: 5:30 pm - 8:20 pm
Location: University of Houston Alumni Center
3100 Cullen Blvd, Houston, TX 77004
RSVP here
Main Campus Meetings
2/11/2015 12:00 - 1pm
2/26/2015 12:00 - 1pm
3/10/2015 12:00 - 1pm
4/7/2015 12:00 - 1pm
*Note: Meeting dates are tentative and subject to change. Any changes will be reflected back on this website.
Day 5: CDC's Get Smart About Antibiotics Week
"Prevent infections by practicing good hand hygiene and getting recommended vaccinations. The less we get sick, the better we can fight bacterial antibiotic resistance. Don’t ask your doctor to prescribe you antibiotics when they do not think you need them and contact your local pharmacist with any questions!”
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Day 4: CDC's Get Smart About Antibiotics Week
“When prescribed antibiotics, take them exactly as the doctor prescribes or how the pharmacist explains. Do not skip doses, share or use leftover antibiotics, or stop a course of treatment even if you feel better. These are all ways bacteria gain resistance and put us all at risk.”
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Day 3: CDC's Get Smart About Antibiotics Week
“Antibiotics can cure bacterial infections, not viral infections. Treating viruses with antibiotics does not work, and it increases the likelihood that you will become ill with an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection.”
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Day 2: CDC's Get Smart About Antibiotics Week
“Antibiotics are the most important tool we have to combat life threatening bacterial diseases but using them can have side effects. In addition, antibiotic overuse increases the development of drug resistant germs.”
November 17th - 23rd: CDC's Get Smart About Antibiotics Week
This week (November 17th - 23rd) is the Get Smart About Antibiotics Week! UH SSHP will be posting various interesting facts about antibiotics to raise awareness throughout the week so make sure to keep an eye out for them!
“Antibiotics resistance is one of the world’s most pressing public health threats. Many aren’t aware of what type of sickness they really work for and bacterial resistance has become an issue.”
Day 5: National Hospital & Health-System Pharmacy Week
After completing a rigorous 4-year Doctor of Pharmacy program, some pharmacists go beyond the standard training of most traditional pharmacists today to gain a more clinically-based background. The first year of post-graduate training is called a PGY-1. This one year experience gives pharmacists the opportunity to pursue a variety of clinical experiences through rounding with a multi-disciplinary team of professionals, participate on topic discussions and recommend optimal therapeutic regimens. The second year of post-graduate training is called a PGY-2. This year is focused on a more specialized area of practice. The skills and experiences learned from the PGY-1 are further expanded on to develop the resident’s clinical leadership and expertise in their chosen specialty.
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Day 4: National Hospital & Health-System Pharmacy Week
Health-system pharmacists can specialize in almost any area you can think of! For example, there are clinical pharmacy specialties such as emergency medicine, cardiology, transplant, oncology, infectious diseases and pediatrics to name a few. Pharmacists also make significant contributions in improving pharmacy operations and medication safety through roles in hospital pharmacy administration and pharmacy informatics. Outside of the institutional setting, pharmacists provide their services in ambulatory care clinics, HIV clinics and even home infusion services.
Day 3: National Hospital & Health-System Pharmacy Week
"In addition to the drug expertise a clinical pharmacist offers to the medical team, pharmacist interventions reduce healthcare costs for both the patient and institution. As documentation of interventions improves, significant pharmacist-driven cost reductions continue to emerge. A study recently conducted at Carolinas Medical Center focused on increasing documentation of interventions made by pharmacists. The results included an increase in reported pharmacy interventions which translated into an average savings of $1.5 million per month!"
Rector, Katherine, Angie Veverka, and Stacie Evans. "Improving pharmacist documentation of clinical interventions through focused education." American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 71.15 (2014): 1303-310. Web.
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Rector, Katherine, Angie Veverka, and Stacie Evans. "Improving pharmacist documentation of clinical interventions through focused education." American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 71.15 (2014): 1303-310. Web.
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Day 2: National Hospital & Health-System Pharmacy Week
Having a clinical pharmacist on the team has shown to be extremely beneficial in reducing adverse drug effects in the institutional setting. "In a seminal study by Leape and colleagues, a clinical pharmacist participating in an intensive care unit team led to a statistically significant 66% decrease in preventable ADEs due to medication ordering."
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October 19th - 25th: National Hospital & Health-System Pharmacy Week
This week (October 19th - 25th) is the National Hospital & Health-System Pharmacy Week! UH SSHP will be posting various interesting facts about health-system pharmacy throughout the week so make sure to keep an eye out for them!
Not only do you see pharmacists in retail pharmacies filling prescriptions, but you also see these medication experts in clinical settings such as clinics or hospitals. These health-system pharmacists work directly with a variety of health professionals, including physicians, to provide optimal care for patients. They assess each patient’s health conditions and evaluate the appropriateness of their medication regimen. By consulting physicians on the safety and efficacy of these therapeutic regimens, health-system pharmacists are able to make a significant impact on the quality of life of their patients.
Upcoming Residency Workshop
Want to be more involved in the field of residency but not sure where to start? Come to UH SSHP's Residency Workshop to learn what it's all about! Events for the workshop include A Guide to Clinical Pharmacy Residencies, A Day in the Life, The Perfect Residency Candidate, and Q&A Panel. No matter what your level of residency exposure, the Residency Workshop offers valuable information for all!
To RSVP for the Residency Workshop, please click HERE.
The deadline to RSVP for dinner is Tuesday, September 30th 11:59PM
Dress code is business casual with your red UH COP name tag. We hope to see you there!
To RSVP for the Residency Workshop, please click HERE.
The deadline to RSVP for dinner is Tuesday, September 30th 11:59PM
Dress code is business casual with your red UH COP name tag. We hope to see you there!
1st Main Campus Informational
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UH SSHP held a successful informational on September 9th to a room full of P1s and P2s. We would like to thank every one for coming and we hope that it sparked an interest in you! In case you need a refresher or you could not make it to our informational, to the right is a powerpoint of the event to give you a summary of what was discussed.
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UHSSHP Featured in ASHP Spotlight!
Once again, the UHSSHP chapter was recognized for holding an exceptional event. For September, we are being featured on the ASHP Spotlight page for our bingo-themed membership drive and social held during Fall 2013. Congratulations to our past and present officers for this fantastic accomplishment! To take a more detailed look about our featured social, please visit here or here.
