Message from the TPA President

Leaders Sculpt Three-Year Plan for the Future of TPA

FROM THE TPA PRESIDENT

The year is passing quickly! Since June, your 2020-2021 TPA Board of Directors has been hard at work seeking to create and execute a three-year vision for the future of TPA. I am so proud of our TPA leaders and their commitment to this important undertaking. In September, we held an onsite Strategic Planning Workshop facilitated by Vista Cova, LLC, and I’m excited to share the four priority areas that emerged from our collective work!

First, let us focus on ADVOCACY. We have seen great success of late in this arena, and we desire to continue advancing and promoting the profession of pharmacy in Tennessee through legislative efforts. While engagement at the state level is always important, we have also committed to improving the work of TPA’s House of Delegates. If we are stronger within, we will be able to amplify our external efforts.

Secondly, we commit to a focus on ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE. In an effort to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency, the TPA Board of Directors is taking an intentional look at organization demographics, structure,

engagement, lead- “ ensure that our state culture of shared practice development and association remains enhancement.ership development pipelines, committee structure, communication processes, and quality assessment procedures to measure effectiveness. I will be convening a task force to examine and address this theme purposefully over the next two to three years.

Thirdly, we focus on YOU through an intentional look at MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT and SUPPORT. Members remain the primary catalyst for the organization’s mission, vision, and goals. Without you, change would not happen. This theme aims to cultivate a more engaged membership, at all levels of the organization. It is my personal desire to create an atmosphere of expectation in our six colleges of pharmacy—an expectation that graduates will join and serve TPA upon graduation. We desire to improve the leadership on-boarding and transition experience and are excited about expanding our communication processes to not only be more innovative, but to also be timelier for all members. Finally, we expect the organization to continue to serve as a hub for generating and disseminating the information necessary to create and maintain innovative pharmacy practice models. With a focus on PRAC-

TICE, EDUCATION, and CLINICAL

SUPPORT, we hope to create a space where members can both serve and inform one another, as we collectively provide evidence-based, future-directed care to the citizens of Tennessee. We envision a space, both online and physical, where pharmacist and technician members can collaborate in a spirit of advancement, mentorship, and engagement. We anticipate that changes to our website, and even We must remain in our meeting programming, will be great unified in our efforts, to first steps to establish a on the forefront of Each of these four advancing and priority areas will be grounded in a spirit of protecting the health diversity, equity, and inof Tennesseans. clusion. It is the desire of the Board to ensure that this concept permeates each aspect of the organization’s work in the years to come. Therefore, it does not exist as a stand-alone theme, but rather as a central pillar housed in each of the four priority areas. “From those to whom much is given, much is expected” is a statement you’ve likely heard. I think we can all agree that TPA has provided much in our respective pharmacy careers. However, our work is not done. We must remain unified in our efforts, to ensure

Kim Jones, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP

that our state association remains on the forefront of advancing and protecting the health of Tennesseans.

I hope this glimpse into our organization’s forthcoming strategic plan excites you! The Board of Directors hopes that we can share a finalized version of the Strategic Plan during the 2022 Winter Meeting in Nashville, February 26 – March 1, at the Hilton Downtown. If you haven’t registered to attend yet, please do so now! Some of the changes alluded to in this message will be happening there, with a new venue and changes to programming. Come experience what TPA has to offer, in person! To learn more, visit tnpharm.org/winter22.

As I’ve said before, all it takes is ONE—one professional meeting to spark a desire to improve your practice, or one conversation with a peer to prompt you to volunteer for a leadership position. Let us build upon the individual and collective successes we have had to date, supporting ONE another, as ONE profession, ONE TPA.

See You in Nashville!