Dr. Erin L. Albert - Fridays

I guess the #SaveSandition fans want more from our tiny podcast on The Edutainer around Sanditon? You ask, we deliver! Send me a PM on Twitter if this is you! @ErinLAlbert --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer/support

Hey y'all - I do weekly 5-minute video updates over at LinkedIn of my nerdy little world of pharmacy law, pharmacy benefits and career development - but I do have a face for radio - so here's the audio-only! All the links that are referenced are at: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6771450356393132032/ Happy weekend! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer/support

Thought I forgot you - no way! I was a little busy today listening to the FDA Vaccine & Biologicals Advisory Committee all day on the J&J COVID-19 vaccine - onward! Happy Weekend! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer/support

It is Thursday - right? Anyway - this week has been crazy! Thanks, Sun Life - and here's ImageThink: https://www.imagethink.net/ First, here's the link for the Nova Southeastern Rho Chi students - go grab your bonus while it's still hot! https://tinyurl.com/NSERhoChi Second, did you vote yet for #Pharmatology (western division)? https://forms.gle/JozuDtktvahvzixF8 Also - grab the 2021 healthcare certificates, certifications tracker if you want to pick from one of over 300 professional educational programs now!  One and done version: https://payhip.com/b/Y56v Subscription updates version: https://payhip.com/b/NZVj Is it Friday yet?

First 16 voting ballot through 2/28 at 11:59 PM at: https://forms.gle/EhrCdB2v8smFkCuu9 Patreon SUPERFANS - have you checked out who the top 20 women and men #pharmacist social media influencers are of 2021 thus far? The list is up for a limited time just. For. You! https://www.patreon.com/TheEdutainer Let's keep it safe and warm out there! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer/support

I'm feeling Hoth-ian at this point...but happy Friday! Hopefully, everyone out there braved the snow and cold this week! Goodies: Pharmatology is back for 2021! Did you check out the top 32 certificate nominees yet? They're over at Pharmacy MTMS Group on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/761417/ BTW - did you want a copy of the 2021 Certificates, Certifications and Professional Designations for Healthcare List? We've got two flavors: 1. One and done list: https://payhip.com/b/Y56v 2. Subscription updated list throughout the year: https://payhip.com/b/NZVj Did you hear the one about the Indiana General Assembly? School House Hoosier style? Our chat with Jeff Papa is here.  Apex 2021 Benefits Benchmarking Survey - participate at: https://apexbg.com/what-we-do/employee-benefits/benchmarking/ ASPL pharmacy law fans - did you sign up for the 3 webinars coming up yet? Check your inboxes for more on pharmacy law! www.aspl.org Stay warm and safe out there!

Our good friend Jeff Papa is back to share more on the Indiana General Assembly! As current General Counsel/Chief of Staff at the Indiana Senate, Jeff shares with us the process/timing and scenarios on how a bill gets through the Indiana State legislative process. Our former conversation with Jeff on Immigration for Pharmacy Students is here. Here's Jeff's LinkedIn account. Enjoy! And wherever you are - learn more about your own state and/or local legislative process! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer/support

Happy Presidents' Week! Hope you had a good one. But before we look at Indiana State Government this week - quick shout out to the 2021 Pharmatology Nominees! HINT: if you want to see the top 32 nominees, you can peek by requesting access early to our top 32 list here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qe6cWW4-wPZii6w-ykk8yvmSg51xkyN0MXI58gRwuhc/edit?usp=sharing Stay safe this week! Brrr! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer/support

Happy Friday! Made it another week! Just in time for the holiday extravaganza of Galentine's, Valentine's and Presidents' Day weekend! Our Apex Benchmarking Survey is at: www.apexbg.com. Thanks to our N of 1 guests - and sneak peek of next week on the podcast front! Have a phenomenal holiday weekend. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer/support

Today, I'm going to share my own experiences in rolling solo as a pharmacist, and recap some of the themes I took from each of the 3 guests and what soft skills you may want to consider in order to evolve your own healthcare career moving forward. Thanks to Victoria, Priyal and Jason for sharing their wisdom with us for this magnificent podcast miniseries! That and - Pharmatology is back! Nominate your favorite certificate programs in healthcare during 2020! https://forms.gle/VprbHcBCZV4y47oeA --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer/support

We continue our N of 1 Podcast Miniseries today with Victoria Reinhartz, PharmD, CPh - she is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, LECOM School of Pharmacy and Consultant Pharmacist, Manatee County Community Paramedicine Program Bio: Dr. Reinhartz is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice with LECOM School of Pharmacy in Bradenton, FL, and has been notably awarded the honors of Professor of the Year and Preceptor of the Year in this role. She has served in clinical roles as a Pharmacist-In-Charge for Target Corporation and within the Florida Department of Health in Manatee County. In 2016, Dr. Reinhartz established a Practice Site within Emergency Medical Services, and is the Consultant Pharmacist for the Manatee County Community Paramedicine Program. Within this role, Dr. Reinhartz and her pharmacy students resolve medication issues or disease factors which are contributing to frequent 911 use, ER visits, or hospitalization. For her work in EMS, Dr. Reinhartz has been recognized with a Chief’s C

**CONTAINS PROMO LINKS** Happy Friday!  ❤️ Today is GO RED day for heart disease! Be sure to wear your red and bring about more awareness of heart disease as it is still a huge killer in the US. https://www.goredforwomen.org/en/get-involved/give/wear-red-and-give ❤️ Also - bring your Pharmatology nominations for healthcare education or continuing education CERTIFICATES: https://forms.gle/dBL6xav8T3aY1XnHA ❤️ Check out the new book on panels from Kristin Arnold! Book: https://amzn.to/3oPaYI0 Discussion Guide: https://powerfulpanels.com/10-question-discussion-guide/ Have a great weekend! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer/support

The N of 1 miniseries continues, where we explore pharmacists that roll solo at work! Today, we chat with Dr. Priyal Popat, a second-generation pharmacist, but first generation in her family in the US. Her bio: As a research pharmacist, Priyal Popat strives to ensure a high level of care and accuracy to patients enrolled in clinical trials. After she graduated with her Doctor of Pharmacy in the US, she joined Orlando Immunology Center as the pharmacist for the covid-19 vaccine trials; Some of her responsibilities include implementing protocols from sponsors according to state and federal regulations, Investigational Product (IP) preparation and maintaining IP accountability. In 2013 Priyal attained her Bachelor of Pharmacy in South Africa where she was born and raised. Her decision to pursue a career in pharmacy was influenced by her mother who is a pharmacist and an independent pharmacy owner. One of the things she found most appealing about pharmacy was the many different career paths you can take as a phar

Most pharmacists are surrounded by other pharmacists during their education - but what about the working world? In this new miniseries, we explore being the ONLY pharmacist, particularly in a nontraditional pharmacy setting. Our first guest and N of one pharmacist is Dr. Jason Kwan. Jason Kwan has a dual bachelor’s degree in finance and molecular biosciences/biotechnology. He earned my PharmD at the University of Arizona. Throughout undergraduate and graduate school, Jason pursued entrepreneurship training and created his own startup, LinkX. He also completed a managed care residency at Aetna Medicaid, gaining full competency in prior authorizations, formulary management, clinical quality, clinical outreach programs, and shadowing the pharmacy directors and executive director. He proposed a blockchain project on medication adherence and our team was runner up in the company-wide competition for innovative ideas. Jason's current role is as the population health pharmacist at Arizona Care Network. He analyzes t

Anyone else out there in patient advocacy and medication access? If so, check out this new organization formed to address these topics with co-founder and president, Elizabeth Johnson. More on Elizabeth: Elizabeth Johnson is currently the Lead Biologics Coordinator at Allergy Partners, PLLC, the largest single-specialty group in the United States. She is also the CEO and Principal Consultant at 5015 Consulting. Elizabeth is a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) with a rich background in patient care and holds the Certified Professional Coder (CPC) certification and Prior Authorization Certified Specialist (PACS), exemplifying her knowledge of some of the most integral parts of the revenue cycle. Combining this knowledge with her love of training, Elizabeth has been able to successfully and consistently educate physician practices on various methods of acquisition for injectable and infused biologics and biosimilar medications. Her efforts have resulted in millions of dollars of unrecognized revenue for medical pra

Once upon a time, before I went to law school (but after pharmacy school) I researched and wrote a book about Life Science Lawyers: https://amzn.to/2LK76dP. That was now over a decade ago - so I thought it was time for a follow-up and check-in with some of the healthcare lawyers in the book! Today, we recap our miniseries AND share what's NEXT?!? Thanks to our series professionals: Episode 1: Joe Fink Episode 2: Alan Spies Episode 3: Bart van Wezenbeek Episode 4: Jennifer Ruby Also - here's a new article on the intersection of pharmacy and law for careers at GoodRx: https://www.goodrx.com/blog/dual-degree-in-pharmacy-and-law/ Patreon Fans: There's more on this story and show notes at the Patreon Page, behind the counter! https://www.patreon.com/TheEdutainer Thanks for listening ! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer/support

Once upon a time, before I went to law school (but after pharmacy school) I researched and wrote a book about Life Science Lawyers: https://amzn.to/2LK76dP. That was now over a decade ago - so I thought it was time for a follow-up and check-in with some of the healthcare lawyers in the book! Today, we continue this series off with a Life Science Lawyer outside of healthcare, but still heavily into biology and STEM: Jennifer Ruby. Jennifer's bio is at: http://www.ruby-law.com/jennifer.php and LinkedIn. Also - here's a new article on the intersection of pharmacy and law for careers at GoodRx: https://www.goodrx.com/blog/dual-degree-in-pharmacy-and-law/ Patreon Fans: There's more on this story and show notes at the Patreon Page, behind the counter! https://www.patreon.com/TheEdutainer Thanks for listening ! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer/support

Once upon a time, before I went to law school (but after pharmacy school) I researched and wrote a book about Life Science Lawyers: https://amzn.to/2LK76dP. That was now over a decade ago - so I thought it was time for a follow-up and check-in with some of the healthcare lawyers in the book! Today, we continue this series off with our only life science lawyer outside the US to appear in our original book: Mr. Bart van Wezenbeek. Bart's bio is at: http://www.millipede.biz/web/en/who-are-we and LinkedIn. Also - here's a new article on the intersection of pharmacy and law for careers at GoodRx: https://www.goodrx.com/blog/dual-degree-in-pharmacy-and-law/ Patreon Fans: There's more on this story and show notes at the Patreon Page, behind the counter! https://www.patreon.com/TheEdutainer Thanks for listening - and we have more to come! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer/support

We made it another week, friends - but BRRRRRR! It's cold out there! Staying busy regardless: 1. Next week - another week of Life Science Lawyers! 2. Work front - Apex COVID-19 vaccines in the workplace webinar - 1/28 - don't miss it! 3. American Society for Pharmacy Law - Rutledge vs. PCMA meet up - 1/27 - don't miss that either! I'll be getting out my books and staying cozy this weekend. Hope you can too, wherever you may be! ☕️ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer/support

Once upon a time, before I went to law school (but after pharmacy school) I researched and wrote a book about Life Science Lawyers: https://amzn.to/2LK76dP. That was now over a decade ago - so I thought it was time for a follow-up and check-in with some of the healthcare lawyers in the book! Today, we continue this series off with another pharmacy law rockstar - Alan Spies! Alan's bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-spies-97835b9/  Also - here's a new article on the intersection of pharmacy and law for careers at GoodRx: https://www.goodrx.com/blog/dual-degree-in-pharmacy-and-law/ Last - here's more on ASPL or the American Society for Pharmacy Law: www.aspl.org. Patreon Fans: There's more on this story and show notes at the Patreon Page, behind the counter! https://www.patreon.com/TheEdutainer Thanks for listening - and we have more to come! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer/support