Pharmacy Handoff

Practical guidance for hospital pharmacists and pharmacy leaders.

Sourced articles on hospital pharmacy careers, staffing, communication and the judgment behind pharmacy operations, along with a weekly podcast and free educational games.

Written with practicing pharmacists. Wayne Thai, PharmD, BCPS, MBA, and a growing bench of collaborators.

Outbreak, an antimicrobial stewardship game Outbreak — educational gameFree

Career

What a decision costs over five and ten years: hours, titles, salary and the moves in between.

The profession

Precepting, reporting an error, speaking up, and the parts of the job nobody assigns you.

Operations

Staffing ratios, workload, night coverage, and making the case for a position.

Technology and policy

Informatics, ambient documentation, prescriptive authority and what they change.

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Outbreak

Cover the organism. Keep the patient alive. Don't go broke, and hold resistance back as long as you can. You will lose. How long you last is the score.

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Outbreak gameplay

Six episodes available

The podcast

Conversations with pharmacists about career decisions: applying for a role, leaving one, and moving from clinical practice into management.

Episodes run about twenty minutes.

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I'm an inpatient pharmacist, so that's the part I can teach properly. For community, ambulatory care, industry and the rest, I'd rather you heard it from someone who does that job every day. Your name, credentials and links stay on anything you make.

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  • An article about something you have run or changed
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  • A clinical review before something ships
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