Saturday, October 12, 2024 from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM MST at Convention Center North Building / Meeting Room 122
Available for 1.50 hours of CPE creditActivity Number: 0217-0000-24-127-L99-PActivity Type: A Knowledge-Based ActivityThis PRN session aims to empower clinical and academic pharmacists with the knowledge and skills needed to engage in meaningful global partnerships. The pharmacist’s role in influencing and shaping healthcare policies at both the national and international levels has never been more important. This session aims to provide today’s clinicians with effective strategies for addressing local and global health challenges. By focusing on building partnerships, navigating policies with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government organizations, and establishing on-the-ground community collaborations, participants can contribute to advancing equitable pharmacy practice, improving preventive and medical service, on a local and global scale. Learners will engage with presenters through case examples and live polling over three presentations.
Learning Objectives1. Identify how global collaborations advance pharmacy practice and addresses the unmet healthcare needs of global populations.
2. Discuss strategies for establishing and nurturing partnerships with international pharmaceutical organizations, academic institutions, and professional associations.
3. Define the role of pharmacists in influencing and shaping healthcare policies at both the national and international levels to improve preventative and medical services.
4. Discuss the potential impact of partnerships with NonGovernmental Organizations (NGOs) and government agencies on policy development and implementation.
5. Describe effective strategies for pharmacists and the significance of communitybased pharmacy initiatives in addressing local and global health challenges.
6. Highlight characteristics of successful collaboration models that enhance clinical and academic outcomes to improve overall community well-being to promote global health equity and access.
 | | Moderator: | Martha Ndung'u, Pharm.D. | | Assistant Professor of Global Health and Health Equity
University of Pittsburgh Global Health PGY2
Pittsburgh, PA | | View Biography |
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The Importance of Partnerships for Global Pharmacist Engagement3:30 PM to 4:00 PM | | Speaker: | Alexandria Taylor, Pharm.D., BCPS | | Clinical Pharmacist, Family Medicine & Geriatrics & Director PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program
UPMC St. Margaret, Department of Medical Education
Pittsburgh, PA | | View Biography |
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The Pharmacist’s Role in Policy Making & Community Collaboration4:00 PM to 5:00 PM | | Speaker: | Sonak Pastakia, Pharm.D., Ph.D., MPH, FCCP | | Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Purdue University
Indianapolis, IN | | View Biography |
|  | | Speaker: | Imran Manji, MPH | | MS, Bpharm, PgDip Clin Pharm
Senior Principal Pharmacist
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH)
Eldoret, Kenya | | View Biography |
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