Advancing Quality Outcomes and Innovations: Preparing pharmacy for the future

19th Annual ASHP Conference for Leaders in Health-System Pharmacy

The premier conference on today’s topics for effective pharmacy leaders

Managers' Boot Camp

Back by Popular Demand!
Managers’ Boot Camp, to be conducted as a pre-conference workshop.

Printable Activity Announcement [PDF]

Pharmacists promoted into management positions often find themselves challenged by tasks and responsibilities for which they lack specific training. While strong clinical acumen is an important competency for pharmacy managers, there are many other critical skills pharmacists must possess in order to be effective managers and leaders. Managers must understand how to build and leverage key relationships within the organization, build effective teams within their departments, lead and develop staff members, establish and implement new programs and services, track performance, and develop strategic plans for their departments. They must also be skilled at presenting ideas to senior leadership and understanding the factors that drive decisions of health system administrators in order to expand the services and contributions of the pharmacy department.

Previous ASHP Conferences for Pharmacy Leaders also featured full days of interactive learning in Managers’ Boot Camp sessions. These workshops, which filled to capacity quickly, were consistently given rave reviews by participants. Don’t be left out of the exciting 2015 Managers’ Boot Camp.

The 2015 Managers’ Boot Camp workshop will be held immediately before the 20th Annual ASHP Conference for Pharmacy Leaders. This year’s program will feature instructional presentations and a workshop consisting of facilitated team-based projects and presentations.

Registration

Registration is required in order to attend. Participants do not have to be registered for the 20th Annual ASHP Conference for Pharmacy Leaders to attend Managers’ Boot Camp. Fees for attending the Managers’ Boot Camp are $315 for ASHP members and $360 for non-members. Attendance will be limited in order to ensure optimal participant benefit, so register early in order to secure your spot! Previous years have sold out!

Online registration is available for all who wish to register for this year’s Managers’ Boot Camp.

More Information

ACPE Activity Number: 0204-0000-15-430-L04-P
Contact Hours: 7.0 / Application-based

The ASHP Managers’ Boot Camp is designed for managers, directors, and clinical leaders who are interested in developing the skills necessary to advance new services and programs within their organizations.

This session of the Boot Camp will focus on the following core areas:

Achieving service excellence – Defining success in today’s new healthcare paradigm.
Accountability – How to manage and measure to promote practice advancement your stakeholders will recognize and your patients will appreciate.
Action-oriented strategic planning – For managers to turn environmental changes into sustainable services and outcomes.
Alignment of skills and strengths – Building your team to meet the demands of tomorrow.

Learning Objectives:

After participating in this application-based CPE activity, participants should be able to

Analyze the impact of healthcare reform and how it affects finances so that pharmacy leaders develop appropriate measures to communicate business outcomes.
Analyze key financial and quality indicators that influence health-system administrators’ decisions to assist pharmacy leaders in aligning their strategic planning to positively impact institutional goals.
Develop and apply strategies to advance pharmacy services through staff engagement and effective personnel management.
Identify ways that pharmacy managers can better communicate to senior leadership and other the value of pharmacy to the health system.
Demonstrate key steps for successful development and implementation of a business plan for new or expanded services.

Sam V. Calabrese, M.B.A., B.S.Pharm., FASHP, Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Robert Granko, Pharm.D., M.B.A., Director of Pharmacy, Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital and Cone Health, Greensboro, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Lindsey R. Kelley, Pharm.D., M.S., Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Ambulatory Care, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Adam Orsborn, Pharm.D., M.S., Director of Health System Pharmacy Services, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Assistant Professor of Clinical Education UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Melissa Ortega, Pharm.D., M.S., Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Kate Schaafsma, Pharm.D., M.S., M.B.A., BCPS, Pharmacy Manager, Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mark Sullivan, Pharm.D., M.B.A., BCPS, Executive Director, Pharmacy Operations, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee