A Peer Review Publication of the California Pharmacists Association Vol. LV, No.1 Winter 2008 Pediatric Pharmacy Practice Making a Difference When and Where it Counts! In This Issue: MTM for Pediatric Asthma RSV Season is Here! Esprit Trial 50 Years of Pharmacy Education Special Inserts: 2007 Annual Report Policy Reports FROM THE EDITOR EXECUTIVE EDITOR Lynn W. Rolston MANAGING EDITOR Cathi Lord California PharmacistPharmacy TodayCalifornia Pharmacist EDITORS/PROOFREADERS W Vic Boisseree, Leslie Bailey EDITORIAL REVIEW COMMITTEE Craig Stern, Chair Marshal Abdullah, Student Representative Colleen Barnes, Student Representative Sarica Cohen, Los Angeles Karl Hess, Los Angeles Hilda Ilanjian, Los Angeles Lisa Johnson, Manhattan Beach Lee Klevens, Los Angeles Polina Litmanovich, Los Angeles Quynhlam Tran, Orange County Debbie Veale, Fullerton Graphic Design Creative Directions CALIFORNIA PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES Paul W. Lofholm, President Jeffery Goad, President-Elect Gerald Mazzucca, Past President Lynn Rolston, Secretary Kenneth Scott, Treasurer Eric Gupta, Speaker Mark Gilbert, Trustee-At-Large Merilyn Ross, Region 1 Trustee Ed Sherman, Region 2 Trustee Dana Nelson, Region 3 Trustee William Young, Region 4 Trustee Mark Gilbert, Region 5 Trustee Rebecca Cupp, Region 6 Trustee Kathleen Besinque, Region 7 Trustee Steve Gray, Region 8 Trustee Nancy DeGuire, APS Trustee Shirley Fender, ALTC Trustee Candace Fong, AHP Trustee Mark Raus, AEP Trustee Patrick Robinson, AMC Trustee Daniel Wills, APT Trustee Dennis Witherwax, APO Trustee Arthur Whitney, ACP Trustee Francis Aguilar, WU ASP Trustee Matthew Ancheta, LLU ASP Trustee Stanton Chu, UCSD ASP Trustee Angela Mack, UOP ASP Trustee Sheena Patel, USC ASP Trustee Lindsey Rich, TU ASP Trustee Paul Takamoto, UCSF ASP Trustee Winter 2008 CALIFORNIA PHARMACIST 3 SAVE THE DATE! CALIFORNIA PHARMACISTS Events designed LEGISLATIVE DAY Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Sacramento Convention Center Join us for a legislative briefing in the morning with a special guest speaker, followed by lunch and legislative appointments in the afternoon. Online registration coming soon! specifically Student Pharmacists $10 CPhA Members $25 Non-Members $50 Register by March 7, 2008 Legislative appointments will be made for attendees who register by this date. After this date, appointments may not be available for CPhA so register today! Members YOUR DAY YOUR VOICE YOUR FUTURE Mark your calendars ForFor Legislative Action for these “can’t miss” California Pharmacists events Association Legislative Day April 16, 2008 Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, CA For Students & New Practitioners Student Pharmacist & New Practitioner Summit April 25-27, 2008 Westin Hotel & Resort San Diego, CA For Senior Care Pharmacists, Nurses and Technicians Long Term Care Weekend September 27-28, 2008 Courtyard Marriott Pasadena Pasadena, CA For Managed Care Pharmacists AMC Educational Day September 27, 2008 Courtyard Marriott Pasadena Pasadena, CA For Leaders in the Profession (by invitation only) Synergy 2008 November 8-9, 2008 Sacramento, CA For ALL Pharmacy Professionals Outlook 2009 February 19-22, 2009 Anaheim, CA For more information, or to register for any of the events listed above, call CPhA at 1-800-444-3851. Online registration will be available closer to each event. VOL. LV, NO. 1 WINTER 2008 CALIFORNIA PHARMACIST 13 14 28 COLUMNS FEATURES 6 From the CEO & President 28 On the Lighter Side, A Humorous Look at Pharmacy 8 2008 CPhA Academies by Barry Pascal, Pharm. D. 9 2008 CPhA Committees 34 CPhA Member Profile: Eric Gupta, Pharm. D. 10 Synergy Brings the Profession Together by Cathi Lord 44 Campus Reports 37 Pharmacy Time Capsule 47 Financial Forum 38 50 Years of Pharmacy Education – A Personal Reflection by Mel Baron, Pharm. D, MPA For Students & New Practitioners DEPARTMENTS 42 Locals in Action: A Profile of the South Bay Student Pharmacist & Pharmacists Association by Cathi Lord New Practitioner Summit Clinical Knowledge, Research, Therapeutics April 25-27, 2008 Clinical knowledge and expertise that pharmacists need to Westin Hotel & Resort ALSO IN THIS ISSUE provide the services and outcomes that their customers desire. San Diego, CA 41 Member Recognition 13 Pediatric Pharmacy Practice Introduction For Senior Care Pharmacists, 46 Statement of Ownership Nurses and Technicians by Thuy Nguyen Pharm.D. 48 Museum Quarterly Long Term Care Weekend 14 MTM in Pediatric Services by Sarah Hur, Pharm. D. 52 Continuing Education: Collaborative Practice September 27-28, 2008 20 RSV Season is Here! by Jaspreet Bains, Pharm. D. for Pharmacy-Based Immunization Courtyard Marriott Pasadena by Jeff Goad, Pharm. D. Pasadena, CA EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE REVIEW 68 Publications & Products Objective reviews of published, evidence-based research For Managed Care Pharmacists 69 Classified Advertising AMC Educational Day studies, to provide practicing pharmacists with analyses they 70 CPhA Master Calendar September 27, 2008 can use in their everyday practice setting with other health care Courtyard Marriott Pasadena Pasadena, CA providers and patients.. For Leaders in the Profession 30 Esprit Trial: by Khanh Nguyen 2010 Pharm.D. Candidate, (by invitation only) Caterina Equinozio, 2009 Pharm.D. Candidate, and Synergy 2008 Craig Stern, Pharm.D., MBA. November 8-9, 2008 Sacramento, CA For ALL Pharmacy Professionals California Pharmacist (ISSN 0739-0483) is published quarterly on or about January 15, April 15, July 15, October 15 by the California Pharmacists Association, 4030 Lennane Drive, Sacramento, 2008, California Pharmacists Association CA 95834. California Pharmacist is distributed as a regular membership service, paid for through allocation of membership dues. Subscription rate is $80 per year domestic; single copies are $20. 4030 Lennane Drive, Sacramento, CA 95834 Outlook 2009 The international rate is $100 per year, $30/ single copy. Subscriptions are not available to non-member pharmacists, licensed and practicing in California. Periodicals postage paid at Sacramento, Phone (916) 779-1400 February 19-22, 2009 California. 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ISSN0739-0483 For more information, or to register California Pharmacist, the official publication of the California Pharmacists Association, is a professional journal devoted to informing pharmacists and enabling them to better serve the health and for any of the events listed above, call welfare of the general public. CPhA at 1-800-444-3851. Online registration will be available closer to each event. Winter 2008 CALIFORNIA PHARMACIST 5 CEO & PRESIDENT At the Helm Action and Leadership Lynn Rolston, Chief Executive Officer and Paul Lofholm, 2008 President ever more than today is the combined to pay for performance, then expect the drug strength of all of our voices needed distribution system to deteriorate further and Nto impact the profession’s future. for the pharmacist employee’s working con- During the 2008 legislative session, it will be ditions to worsen. All pharmacists in Califor- vital for pharmacists to speak out, contact nia must advocate for quality pharmacy ser- their legislators and participate in CPhA vices for their patients by assuring reasonable grassroots efforts. In this issue, we provide working conditions and fees commensurate you with contact information for CPhA with the pharmacist’s services. leadership in order to allow you to provide Health Care Reform offers opportunities Leadership starts with student pharma- feedback and ideas easily. I urge you to be- for pharmacists to provide expertise in drug cists. CPhA will continue to support efforts come more active in one of the CPhA Com- therapy, disease coaching, and appropriate to provide opportunities for student phar- mittees or Academies listed in this issue. By utilization of medications. I am interested in macists and their professional colleagues to volunteering, you will be closely matched writing pharmacists into the mainstream of develop leaders. CPhA has a responsibility with other volunteer members who share heath care delivery. The pharmacist role goes to bring the issues of the day to the campus- your interest in a specific area or on a given beyond providing drugs to the community; es of California, to debate the issues, to form Academy. Your opportunities are great and pharmacists can provide better outcomes if House of Delegate Policy and to strengthen varied. Wherever you choose to serve, you given the incentives, mandate and resources the profession. I am committed to develop will be working to advance and protect the to deliver care, CPhA must be the advocate student leaders and association leaders. profession of pharmacy. There’s no better for this level of care. CPhA is as strong as its Local Associa- time than NOW to get started. Pharmacists at the