Leadership and Management - Saint Luke's Hospital APPE
The Saint Luke’s 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. This includes 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, Residency Program Director) to system pharmacy leadership (Director of Pharmacy, Clinical Coordinator).
Potential Topics/Activities
- 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
Preceptors
- Scott Aldridge PharmD, BCPS
- School of pharmacy: University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Residency training: PGY1—Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Specialty interests: Practice Management, Critical Care
- Health system, hospital, pharmacy, and residency committee involvement: Residency Advisory Committee, Research Oversight Committee, System Pharmacy Clinical User Group, Critical Care Evidence Based Practice Team, SLH Research Day Committee, SLH Hospital Leadership Group
- Professional involvement: American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)
- Pharmacy awards, accolades: 2006 Saint Luke’s Hospital Preceptor of the Year, 2011 Saint Luke’s Hospital Residents Recognition Award, 2016 Saint Luke’s Hospital Program Director’s Award of Merit
- Cassidy Dixon, PharmD, BCPS
- School of pharmacy: University of Kansas School of Pharmacy
- Residency training: PGY1—The University of Colorado Hospital; PGY2—Health System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership – Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Connor Flannigan, PharmD, BCPS
- School of pharmacy: UMKC School of Pharmacy
- Residency training: PGY1—Olathe Health PGY2—Health System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership – Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Brian Kempin PharmD, MS
- School of pharmacy: University of Kansas
- Residency training: PGY1 / PGY2—Health System Pharmacy Administration, University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville