Stacy Brousseau, Pharm.D., BCPS, WMSHP President, Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Western Regional Society Representative After our 50th annual Spring Seminar in May, the Western Michigan Society of Health-System Pharmacists (WMSHP) took our usual summer break from CE programming. However, the Board met in June to start planning CE events for the upcoming yea...

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A very important member role in Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA) is helping determine who will lead your Association by exercising your right to vote. Membership participation is crucial to the success of the Association. Selecting Board members is vital for ensuring that MPA has effective leadership that will direct the Association in meeting the needs of its members and to successfully imp...

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By Cathleen Edick, Pharm.D., CDE, pharmacy program coordinator, McLaren Greater Lansing, Lansing The Capital Area Pharmacists Association (CAPA) is usually pretty quiet in the summer months, but we did fit in a little fun and community service during the months of May, June and July. On May 9, CAPA held a fundraising dinner at the Blaze Pizza in Frandor, where we were able to raise almost $5...

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By Iva L. Keene, Pharm.D., PGY-1 pharmacy resident, Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center, Saginaw Brian J. Seigfried, Pharm.D. PGY-1 pharmacy resident, Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center, Saginaw   A survey of 329 health system pharmacists by Durham et al. showed that over 53 percent of pharmacists stated they were at a high degree of burnout.1 Burnout is a major problem and needs to be ad...

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By Ryan Bickel, Pharm.D., MHA, FASHP, pharmacy manager, Mercy Health Saint Mary's, Grand Rapids In June, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) House of Delegates (HOD) convened its 71st session in conjunction with the 2019 ASHP Summer meeting in Boston, MA. The HOD session consisted of participation in two delegate caucuses with two respective HOD meetings. Other soc...

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