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Az-ASHP State Affiliate News
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Az-ASHP State Affiliate News
AzPA Health System Special Interest Group (AzSHP)
I am honored to serve as the Director of Health Systems Pharmacy for the Arizona Pharmacy Association. This group is Arizona’s state affiliate chapter for ASHP and exists to serve and represent all pharmacy professionals practicing in Arizona hospitals and health-systems. We are currently a small group, but there are exciting things in our future! There are a number of ways to get involved. Interested members can:
1) Join our monthly calls
We meet the third Friday of every month from 12:30pm-1:30pm to discuss issues related to health systems practice in Arizona and nationally. This is a great way to become familiar with the group, network with leaders in pharmacy in Arizona, and find out about other opportunities to get more involved.
2) Serve in a leadership position in AzSHP
Are you a pharmacist, technician, or student? Are you interested in legislative affairs? Education? Membership? Convention Planning? If so, please let us know if you are interested in serving in a leadership position within our group! Appointments are one year and typically require attending 1-2 meetings per month
3) Serve as a Delegate to ASHP’s House of Delegates
Are you a pharmacist who is interested in helping to shape ASHP policy? Consider running for election as a delegate to ASHP’s House of Delegates! The House of Delegates amends and votes on ASHP policy and serves to steer the organization. Arizona has 3 delegates and several alternative delegates. We are looking forward to the Spring Clinical meeting, where we will be hosting a number of non-traditional, interactive sessions focused on providing high level education for advanced practitioners within the state. If you have an idea for a topic or a session, please keep an eye out for our call for education proposals, coming soon. There are so many great ways to get involved with this awesome organization and we look forward to working with you soon! All the best,
Christopher J. Edwards, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP AzPA Board of Directors-Health System
Christopher J. Edwards, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP
AzPA Board of Directors
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