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American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, Vol. 67, Issue 3, 231-238
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Special Feature

Symposium on roles of and cooperation between academic- and practice-based pharmacy clinicians

 Kimberly K. Birtcher, Stephanie Mallow Corbett, Steven E. Pass, Elizabeth A. Coyle, Rosa F. Yeh, Joyce Tipton, Kevin W. Garey for the Academic Pharmacy Symposium

KIMBERLY K. BIRTCHER, PHARM.D., M.S., is Clinical Associate Professor; and STEPHANIE MALLOW CORBETT, PHARM.D., is Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences and Administration (DCSA), University of Houston College of Pharmacy (UHCP), Houston, TX. STEVEN E. PASS, PHARM.D., is Associate Professor, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Dallas; when this article was written, he was Clinical Associate Professor; DCSA, UHCP. ELIZABETH A. COYLE, PHARM.D., is Clinical Associate Professor; and ROSA F. YEH, PHARM.D., is Research Assistant Professor, DCSA, UHCP. JOYCE TIPTON, M.B.A., is Chief Pharmacy Officer, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; when this article was written, she was Director of Pharmacy and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, DCSA, UHCP, and Administrative Director of Pharmacy, Texas Medical Center, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (SLEH), Houston. KEVIN W. GAREY, PHARM.D., M.S., is Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Sciences and Administration, UHCP, and Clinical Specialist, Department of Pharmacy, Texas Medical Center, SLEH

Address correspondence to Dr. Garey at the Department of Clinical Sciences and Administration, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, 1441 Moursund Street, Houston, TX 77030 (kgarey{at}uh.edu).


Purpose. The findings of an academic symposium as they relate to the history and role of the academic pharmacy clinician, the strengths and limitations of the academic pharmacy clinician model, and the framework for future synergistic work relations among clinical pharmacy practitioners are summarized.

Summary. On April 23, 2008, a symposium was convened to bring key thought leaders together to discuss the relationship of the academic-based pharmacy clinician and the practice-based pharmacy clinician. Participants included clinical faculty and administrators from two colleges of pharmacy, practice-based clinical pharmacists and pharmacy managers from seven health care institutions, and representatives from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Symposium participants discussed the roles and expectations of clinical pharmacists based on primary affiliation within the contemporary practice model for academic- and practice-based pharmacy clinicians and identified sources of conflict for academic- and practice-based pharmacy clinicians. Symposium participants agreed that in order to succeed, the academic-based and the practice-based pharmacy clinicians must function in a true partnership as each individual has strengths, resources, and benefits to bring to the relationship. Furthermore, knowledge, consideration, and an understanding of the potentially different goals and objectives of each institution are critical.

Conclusion. A symposium attended by clinical faculty members and administrators from two colleges of pharmacy, practice-based clinical pharmacists and pharmacy managers from seven health care institutions, and representatives from three national pharmacy organizations was conducted to discuss the roles of and cooperation between academic- and practice-based pharmacy clinicians.

Index terms: Clinical pharmacists; Clinical pharmacy; Education; pharmaceutical; Educators; Meetings; Models; Organizations; Professional relations

 

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