2012 Midyear Clinical Meeting
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Update in Emergency Department Practice: Service Optimization & Collaborative Practice
Track:
Education Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 258-L04
Date: Monday, December 3, 2012
Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST
Location:
Mandalay Bay D, Level 2, South Convention Center
PRESENTER(S):
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Heather Draper Eppert, Pharm.D., BCPS, is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, and a Clinical Specialist in Emergency Medicine at Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, Tennessee. Dr. Eppert received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Tennessee Student Government Association in May 2009, the Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award from the Tennessee Pharmacists Association in July 2010, the College of Pharmacy Preceptor of the Year Award in August 2010, and the College of Pharmacy Most Influential Professor Award in November 2011. She is certified as an instructor by the American Heart Association for Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. Her research interests focus primarily on examining the role and impact of the pharmacist in the resuscitation setting. Dr. Eppert is the past chair of the ASHP Section Advisory Group on Emergency Care and served as an author of the recent ASHP Guidelines on Emergency Medicine Pharmacist Services.
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Alison Jennett Reznek,
PharmD, BCPS, Assistant Professor,
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
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Alison Jennett Reznek is an assistant professor at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and a clinical specialist in emergency medicine providing clinical services at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, MA. Alison has practiced in the area of emergency medicine for eight years and during this time has served as a clinical pharmacist, a coordinator of emergency pharmacy services in a level one trauma center and a PGY2 emergency medicine residency director. She has worked closely with ASHP and the Section Advisory Group on Emergency Care to develop educational resources and guidelines to assist with the development of new and current emergency medicine pharmacy services. Alison currently provides training opportunities in emergency medicine for pharmacy students and serves as a preceptor for the medication safety fellow at Saint Vincent Hospital. In her current clinical practice site, Alison routinely works in collaboration with other healthcare providers to provide consultation regarding appropriate pharmacotherapy for patients in the emergency department as well as development of best practice guidelines to improve medication and patient safety. Finally, Alison is currently serving as the chair of the ASHP Section Advisory Group on Emergency Care.
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Renee Petzel Gimbar,
PharmD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine/Medical Toxicology Clinical Pharmacist, Director PGY-2 EM Pharmacy Residency,
University of Illinois College of Pharmacy
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Renee Petzel, Pharm.D. started her career as faculty at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, developing clinical services in the emergency department at University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. She then started and maintained services as the Emergency Medicine/Medical Toxicology Clinical Pharmacist at Loyola University Medical Center and served on many emergency medical services, disaster medicine and medical center committees. Dr. Petzel is currently the director of the PGY-2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency, clinical assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy and the Emergency Medicine/Medical Toxicology Clinical Pharmacist at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Science System.
She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in 2004. Dr. Petzel completed a PGY-1 General Practice Residency at the UIC Medical Center in Chicago and a PGY-2 Emergency Medicine Specialty Residency at Rutgers University/ Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ.
Dr. Petzels interest areas include toxicology, emergency medicine and critical care. Dr. Petzel was the previous chair of the ASHP Section of Clinical Specialists Advisory Group on Emergency Care.
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PROGRAM CHAIR:
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Heather Draper Eppert, Pharm.D., BCPS, is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, and a Clinical Specialist in Emergency Medicine at Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, Tennessee. Dr. Eppert received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Tennessee Student Government Association in May 2009, the Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award from the Tennessee Pharmacists Association in July 2010, the College of Pharmacy Preceptor of the Year Award in August 2010, and the College of Pharmacy Most Influential Professor Award in November 2011. She is certified as an instructor by the American Heart Association for Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. Her research interests focus primarily on examining the role and impact of the pharmacist in the resuscitation setting. Dr. Eppert is the past chair of the ASHP Section Advisory Group on Emergency Care and served as an author of the recent ASHP Guidelines on Emergency Medicine Pharmacist Services.
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Description
Integrating into the ED Team, Alison M. Jennett Reznek, PharmD, BCPS
Developing a Triage System, Renee Petzel Gimbar, PharmD
Optimizing Pharmacy Services, Heather Draper Eppert, PharmD, BCPS
Collaborative Practice Agreements, Heather Draper Eppert, PharmD, BCPS
- Based on identified barriers and challenges, develop strategies for integration of the pharmacist into the interdisciplinary ED team.
- Based on the unique characteristics associated with patient care in the ED, develop a triage system for pharmacy services in the ED.
- Develop innovative collaborative practice agreements to be implemented in the ED.
- Given limited time and resources, develop a strategy to optimize the type and level of pharmacy services provided in the ED.
