Craig A. Pedersen is an Associate Professor at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. He is married and has four children. Dr. Pedersen received his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Washington and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in pharmacy administration from The University of South Carolina. Dr. Pedersen’s research program is in the area of health services research in medication use system management. He conducts research to 1) track and trend national medication use system practices, 2) understand the diffusion of innovations and how to speed the adoption of new technology to improve medication use, 3) understand the impact of different care delivery models, including the application of technologies on medication safety, 4) understand the limits of human performance and impact of designing more robust medication use system that accommodate these limits, 5) understand the culture of improvement and determinants of this culture as it relates to making the changes necessary to improving medication use systems, and 6) create better ways to measure and manage the performance of the medication use system. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and is a frequent speaker on the medication use system and pharmacy workforce topics. Dr. Pedersen is an active member of the American Pharmacists Association, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the National Patient Safety Foundation. He has served as Speaker for the APhA House of Delegates and member of the APhA Board of Trustees.
Douglas Scheckelhoff, MS, Vice President, Professional Development, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Douglas Scheckelhoff is Vice President of Professional Development at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in Bethesda. In this role, he oversees divisions responsible for education provided at ASHP meetings and conferences, accreditation of pharmacy residencies and pharmacy technician training programs, development and implementation of practice standards, and quality initiatives. He also coordinates organization-wide activities related to professional development and issues involving the pharmacy workforce.
He has published, presented, and testified on a number of issues related to management, leadership, medication safety, automation and technology, supply chain, practice trends, and the future of pharmacy.
Mr. Scheckelhoff graduated from the Ohio State University with a BS in pharmacy. He also completed a Master of Science and an ASHP-accredited residency in Hospital Pharmacy at the Ohio State University Hospitals. Prior to joining ASHP in 2002, he served as a pharmacy director and in other management and leadership roles for over 17 years.
Philip Schneider, MS, Clinical Professor, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University
Philip J. Schneider is Clinical Professor and Director of Administrative and Professional Affairs at the University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy – Phoenix campus. In this position, he provides oversight, development, and administration of educational initiatives including teaching, service and scholarship activities at the newly created Phoenix Biomedical Campus. During his 38 years of professional and academic service, he has published more than 170 articles and abstracts in professional and scientific journals, 38 book chapters, edited seven books and given more than 500 contributed or invited presentations in 21 countries and the US. He is a past president of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and past president of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.), having served for ten years as the first Editor in Chief of Nutrition in Clinical Practice, one of its official publications. Active international pharmacy, he is currently Chairman of the Board of Pharmaceutical Practice of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) having served as Secretary and newsletter editor of the Hospital Pharmacy Section, chairman of the Congress Planning Committee for FIP.
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Douglas Scheckelhoff, MS, Vice President, Professional Development, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Douglas Scheckelhoff is Vice President of Professional Development at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in Bethesda. In this role, he oversees divisions responsible for education provided at ASHP meetings and conferences, accreditation of pharmacy residencies and pharmacy technician training programs, development and implementation of practice standards, and quality initiatives. He also coordinates organization-wide activities related to professional development and issues involving the pharmacy workforce.
He has published, presented, and testified on a number of issues related to management, leadership, medication safety, automation and technology, supply chain, practice trends, and the future of pharmacy.
Mr. Scheckelhoff graduated from the Ohio State University with a BS in pharmacy. He also completed a Master of Science and an ASHP-accredited residency in Hospital Pharmacy at the Ohio State University Hospitals. Prior to joining ASHP in 2002, he served as a pharmacy director and in other management and leadership roles for over 17 years.
Describe how the ASHP National Survey results can be used to affect change in your organization.
Describe the practice trends that deviate from established best practices.
List the most significant practice trends identified in the 2011 ASHP National Survey.