Leadership and Management - Saint Luke's East Hospital APPE

The Saint Luke’s East Hospital Pharmacy Leadership and Management Rotation is designed to allow the Doctor of Pharmacy Student to acquire the first-hand experience in pharmacy practice's managerial and administrative aspects.

Throughout the rotation, the student will gain exposure to and an understanding of the responsibilities of pharmacy administration within a complex integrated health care system, including financial management, personnel management, performance improvement and quality assurance, pharmacy operations, planning and project management, clinical pharmacy services and program development, and interdisciplinary collaboration, communication, and teamwork.

The student will work with the various members of the Pharmacy Leadership Team. Their scopes and roles vary from department-specific leadership and personnel management (Inpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager) to system pharmacy leadership (Director of Pharmacy, Clinical Coordinator).

Potential Daily Activities/Projects/Topics

• Attend and participate in departmental and enterprise-wide meetings
• Work with multidisciplinary teams on patient care initiatives
• Participate in quality improvement and medication safety activities
• Participate in the therapeutic review process, adverse drug reaction reporting, and drug utilization evaluation process
• Develop mechanisms for predicting and measuring the costs and benefits associated with both new and existing services
• Establish, develop, and/or refine an efficient system of drug distribution
• Supervise and evaluate job performance of personnel
• Develop strategies to increase teamwork and empower employees

Location

• Saint Luke’s East Hospital

Preceptors

Mark Steinbeck, RPh, MBA

• School of pharmacy: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy
• Health system, hospital, pharmacy, and residency committee involvement: Medication Safety Committee, System Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, PI Steering Committee, Joint Commission Readiness Committee, Emergency Preparedness Committee, Career Advancement Committee, Stroke Committee
• Professional involvement: American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP), Missouri Society of Health System Pharmacists (MSHP), Greater Kansas City Society of Health System Pharmacists

Zach Gunter, PharmD

• School of pharmacy: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy
• Residency training: PGY1—Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City; PGY2—Medical University of South Carolina
• Health system, hospital, pharmacy, and residency committee involvement: System Pharmacy Operations Committee, Drug Shortages Committee, COVID Vaccine Operations Team, Medication Safety Committee
• Professional involvement: American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) member, ASHP New Practitioners Forum Advisory Group member, Missouri Society of Health System Pharmacists (MSHP) member, Greater Kansas City Society of Health System Pharmacists (GKCSHP) member and President-Elect