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Residencies made a difference in hospital; fellowships in industry. We need Walgreens to create more residencies especially in specialty pharmacy.

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Expansion of technician ratios and technician scopes of practice.

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Need interoperability for EMRs to allow community pharmacy to have access to the data they need to improve outcomes

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Need interoperability for EMRs to allow community pharmacy to have access to the data they need to improve outcomes

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Have more community based practitioners on staff in pharmacy schools.

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We have to have a different payment model

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There is a tremendous opportunity to accelerate digital experience for requesting services , submitting questions and engaging opportunities with pharmacists .

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Credentialing and required educational updates.

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How to communicate with and motivate our constituents to encourage them to be agents of change

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The regulatory environment for retail chain pharmacy is a big challenge

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While it’s important to learn from the past, I think it’s also good to reimagine the future. The challenges of healthcare system are different today than they were in the 60’s when the inpatient clinical evolution occurred.

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We need expanded roles for technicians.

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Focusing on the quality of patient care, integrating techology.

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Provide co-funded or fully funded faculty positions in community care

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Provide co-funded or fully funded faculty positions in community care

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How can an am care model cross into community? Even without a payment connection.

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Remote work and flexible telehealth opportunities

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Provision of high level community practice sites with clinical services for APPE rotations

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Provision of high level community practice sites with clinical services for APPE rotations

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The interactions between pharmacists and other healthcare providers isn’t necessarily innovative, but it advances patient care significantly. The trust physicians and other providers have in us based upon what we bring to the table is immense. We need this in the community settings.

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Pharmacists to have more time for patient counseling opportunities. Building relationship with patients based on their needs (indiferent pharmacy es thirige on this)

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Do we need a higher level of pharmacy licensure similar to nurse practitioner and RNs?

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Do we need a higher level of pharmacy licensure similar to nurse practitioner and RNs?

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Educational support from employers so that pharmacists can get specialty certifications.

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Need to command more “respect” which can be done through increased cognitive services than commodity delivery.

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Connection to care teams as way to build rapport

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Hospital pharmacists were able to differentiate from the dispensing workflow and be recognized for cognitive contributions

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Get away from bright line, shift to scope of practice regulatory approach

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It would be nice to have a board certification (BPS) in community pharmacy practice.

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Get rid of regulations, move to standard of care.

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Too many regulations pigeonholes us into a box

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Increase the roles of techs so that pharmacists can do different types of work.

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Transition to standard of care regs

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Tech ratio expansion

Centralized service expansion

Allowing remote pharmacist work

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We need to bill for current services, not just chase new ones.

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Eliminate language that limits the pharmacist ability to use their clinical knowledge and training to take care of patients

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Increase the scope of pharmacy practice at the community setting. 

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Increase the scope of pharmacy practice at the community setting. 

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Allow universal licensing vs state specific

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Reimbursement for pharmacist services across all sectors

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Remove the redtape to regulate the central fill. Maximize the potential for technology.

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We need to be paid for all our services.

We also need to allow more tech enabled solutions , virtual counseling via video on phone in all states . Providing new services with reimbursements that correspond

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Expand the central fill process that Walgreens has initiated.

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Expanding role of technicians, such a product verification, to free up pharmacists to provide more clinical services.

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Reimbursement and scope of practice issues

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Regulatory approach aligned with practice needs to follow alignment of NAPLEX with educational standards…we can’t shift away from what we teach (therapeutics) without shift in licensure exam

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Boards of pharmacy need more progressive thinking. Board appointments need to be less politically influenced.

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Shift the skills training that goes on. Get rid of the mock pharmacies and switch to small office/clinic training settings that can be incorporated inside community pharmacies.

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Think differently about licensure and licensure exams 

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Think differently about licensure and licensure exams 

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National law exam
Law exam as an application-based exam

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Support community pharmacists to transition to a more clinical care model so that they can precept students and give the reinforcement of the skills taught in class, and help them see examples of how patient care can be integrated into real life as a pharmacist.

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Communicate more effectively

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Building state level working coalitions comprised of academia, boards of pharmacy, and pharmacy associations to craft and execute legislative strategies.

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Provide retooling programs for already licensed community pharmacists

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Provide retooling programs for already licensed community pharmacists

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Unite to create a sustainable model for community practice. We need to unite that pharmacists are paid for their value and their services to the healthcare system.

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Modify model practice act to reflect modern practice

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Modify model practice act to reflect modern practice

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Provide teaching opportunities.

Invite for CE presentations and professional development events.

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Create and offer elective course offerings at schools that prepare graduates for work in your community pharmacy model

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Provide tailored training to help practicing pharmacists overcome barriers to providing non-dispensing services (need to go well beyond immunizations/MTM and think about practical skill build)

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We all want similar things for (sometimes) different reasons. What can we only do together? It can’t be “everything”.

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Are we even teaching students what they will ultimately be doing?

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Are we even teaching students what they will ultimately be doing?

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Better experience for IPPE and APPE students during community rotation.

More community based pharmacists involved in academia

More robust soft skills courses in the curriculum

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We need to change the image of community pharmacy. They should be a provider instead of dispenser.

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We need to change the image of community pharmacy. They should be a provider instead of dispenser.

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Work with preceptors, it is a privilege to mentor students can we have more clear expectations?

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Provide retooling program/training for already licensed community pharmacists

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The pharmacist needs to be interacting with patients. Use technology and technicians for the technical aspects of providing care.

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Better align legislative advocacy efforts.

Increase efforts toward meaningful practice change/innovations dialogue and action plans.

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Steal Megan Smith’s model from UAMS and intentionally use APPE students to implement practice change programs at community pharmacies

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Three groups work together to modify model practice act to reflect modern practice

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Co-funded faculty positions/specialist in community pharmacy

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Hiring more community practice faculty in pharmacy schools by crafting smooth promotion and tenure policies for these faculty members

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Teach students to be agents of change

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Intentionally tackle the negative perception of faculty/academia towards community practice

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Have more faculty presence in community practice settings.

Create more opportunities for PGY1 community pharmacy positions

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Standard of care not “bright line” regulations.

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Develop core expectations and heuristic examples for the use of AI as related to patient care (ie therapy, insurance, future roles/functions needed)

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Get rid of the state law exam.

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Provide them with cutting edge information that they may not be getting in practice. For example how many practicing community pharmacists know the potential impact of AI, we are teaching these aspects already to our students.

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As Walgreens rolled out new technology, consider sharing it with schools to incorporate into practice labs. This saves schools money and keeps our curricula current.

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We need to create “excitement” about community practice that has gone away and recent stories do not help the cause. Central fills and how pharmacists can be used with their lower workload for other cognitive services can be one solution towards this.

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Change the negative language around dispensing-centric positions 

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Change the negative language around dispensing-centric positions 

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Increase implementation training to encourage students/new pharmacists to be change agents and not accept the status quo 

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Increase implementation training to encourage students/new pharmacists to be change agents and not accept the status quo 

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Need for better ambassadors of the practice setting

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Exposing students to the various roles for pharmacists by thinking strategically about IPPE and APPE placements.

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Increase preceptor development so that they can integrate the newest models of practice in their pharmacies, so that students can continue their skills training off campus on rotations.

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improve the experience they have as experiential education students in community settings. It is a workplace satisfaction issue!

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Support community based residency program.

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Keep students updated about the emerging practice models at community setting. Increase community practice pharmacist presence in the classroom

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Keep students updated about the emerging practice models at community setting. Increase community practice pharmacist presence in the classroom

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Soft skills training such as leadership and change management

Problem solving within a finite time

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Positive messaging on community practice and the impact pharmacists have . Many students think their institutions think community practice isn’t good enough and they need specialized training and specialized residencies

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Reevaluate how we teach interdisciplinary approach. What does it look like to be prepared to practice in a community single market setting?

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We need our standards to be more flexible so we can be creative with education…curricular bloat is driven by the standards and results in us not being able to add instruction on things critical to community (especially practice advancement)

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We need our standards to be more flexible so we can be creative with education…curricular bloat is driven by the standards and results in us not being able to add instruction on things critical to community (especially practice advancement)

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We need to remove the negative stigma associated with community pharmacy. All the negative press has applicants asking more and more about how to become a “clinical” pharmacist rather than a community pharmacist. We all need to work together to change that stigma.

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Making the contemporary and advanced practice models visible (in classroom settings and experiential) and more widespread so that it is the norm and not a niche.

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Expose more clinical faculty to community pharmacy practice through exposure/professional development and enrichment programs.

Create more opportunities for collaborative research projects between academia and community pharmacies involving students.

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Tell more exciting stories of the unsung heroes in community pharmacy. Create more community pharmacy services, such as health fairs.

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Sharing the strategic thinking (that was presented to us this morning) with students. Collectively we need to get students thinking about owning their practice rather than being just an employee.

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See answer regarding implementation training under question 3

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Make the community residency program standards more realistic and less time/paperwork intensive

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Make the community residency program standards more realistic and less time/paperwork intensive

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Thinking about the diversity scholarships that Walgreens offers, could you consider modifying the program to be a Walgreens Scholars Program and work with the recipients to offer various IPPEs and APPEs and paid internships to expose a few students to the multiple roles pharmacists can play at Walgreens

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APPEs exclusively in high quality sites that have advanced nondispensing services so students learn best practice

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APPEs exclusively in high quality sites that have advanced nondispensing services so students learn best practice

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there needs space to be able to innovate.

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Train students in advocacy and standard of care regulation

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Train students in advocacy and standard of care regulation