Mr. Zellmer's responsibilities at ASHP include the coordination of policy development, strategic planning, and advocacy. He also coordinates a number of international projects, including ASHP's participation in the North American Compact on the Advancement of Hospital Pharmacy and the FIP Global Conference on the Future of Hospital Pharmacy. A pharmacy graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he also holds a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University and completed an ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency program in the U.S. Public Health Service. He has been on the ASHP staff for 38 years.
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David Angaran, MS, Assistant Director Experiential Program, Univeristy of Florida College of Pharmacy
Mr. Angaran began his pharmacy career as a US Air Force pharmacy technician, in 1962. He received his BS in Pharmacy from Drake University, in 1968 and MS in hospital pharmacy and residency from the University of Wisconsin, in 1970. As a critical care clinical practitioner educator he served as pharmacy faculty at the University of Wisconsin (1970-76), University of Minnesota (1976-1990) and University of Florida (1990-95) where he was Professor and Chair, Pharmacy Practice Department. He was elected to the ASHP board of directors, in 1988. Mr. Angaran left academia to pursue his interests in delivery of pharmacy care at a distance, working for Medco Health Solutions, an e-pharmacy startup”cranespharmacy.com” and a specialty pharmacy, Chronimed, Inc. In, 1998, he completed a one year ASHP managed care residency investigating Telemedicine and Telepharmacy. After a trial of semi retirement he returned to the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, in 2004, in the Office of Experiential Programs. Being old enough to qualify for Medicare he was selected to be Medicare Part D point person for the UF College of Pharmacy and has presented to health care professionals and the lay public about the topic. Mr. Angaran has contributed to the pharmacy literature through research publications, reviews and reflective writings about the life of a clinical practitioner. He recently was presented with the 2006 ASHP Award for Distinguished Leadership in Health Systems Pharmacy.
Mr. Zellmer's responsibilities at ASHP include the coordination of policy development, strategic planning, and advocacy. He also coordinates a number of international projects, including ASHP's participation in the North American Compact on the Advancement of Hospital Pharmacy and the FIP Global Conference on the Future of Hospital Pharmacy. A pharmacy graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he also holds a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University and completed an ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency program in the U.S. Public Health Service. He has been on the ASHP staff for 38 years.
Description
Participants planning to attend this session are encouraged to attend the prior session, “Moral and Ethical Obligations in Providing Care: Is the Profession Meeting Its Social Contract?” on Tuesday, June 8, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
Define an authentic professional focus in pharmacy practice and explain its value from the perspective of the patient, the hospital or health system, and the pharmacist.
Discuss three or more factors in the current health care environment that are threatening the ability of hospital and health-system pharmacists to pursue their practice with an authentic professional focus.
Discuss why practice-change efforts must encompass the pharmacist's self concept as well as the structure of the practice model.
Explain the extent to which current pharmacy practice models in hospitals and health systems operate under the principles of professionalism.
Outline what selected stakeholders can do to ensure that professionalism prevails in the pharmacy practice model including practice-site teams of pharmacists, national and state pharmacist associations, and schools of pharmacy.