In this podcast episode of Educator Essentials, we talk with residency program directors and preceptors regarding the impact of COVID-19 on resident onboarding. Learn how clinical training variations affect incoming residents, and how to foster a positive culture amongst the challenges of the pandemic.
SPEAKERS
Gina Luchen, Pharm.D. serves as the Director of Member Relations at ASHP, serving as staff liaison to the Section of Pharmacy Educators and Section of Community Pharmacy Practitioners. In this role, Dr. Luchen leads the development and implementation of programs and resources related to pharmacy learners, schools and colleges of pharmacy, and pharmacy educators. She also leads initiatives related to community pharmacy practitioners and their impact throughout the care continuum. Dr. Luchen is a graduate of ASHP's Executive Fellowship in Association Leadership and Management in Bethesda, MD. She received her Bachelor’s in Pharmaceutical Studies and Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy and completed a PGY1 Community-Based Residency at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy in conjunction with Balls Food Stores in Olathe, KS.
Dr. Kevin Chamberlin is the University Director of Pharmacy Residency Programs at the University of Connecticut’s academic hospital. He maintains active adjunct faculty roles in the UConn Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, runs a clinical practice in Adult Internal Medicine, and is the pharmacist for the Connecticut Comprehensive Pain Center. He has received multiple awards for his clinical teaching excellence, including the 2019 Louis P. Jeffery Award for excellence in precepting and service to the profession.
Maria Giannakos graduated with her PharmD from Ohio Northern University. After residency completion, she held a variety of clinical leadership roles in academic medical centers. She holds certifications in Lean Six Sigma, Pharmacotherapy, and Sterile Compounding. Her current role is as Clinical Pharmacy Manager and Residency Program Director with Option Care Health, the nation’s largest home infusion provider. She oversees 8 residents across 7 different locations throughout the US.
Amy Henneman is an Associate Professor Pharmacy Practice at Belmont University and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in ambulatory care at Tennessee Valley Health VA Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Prior to this role she was an Associate Professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University where she was the PGY1 residency program director for 7 years and founding director of their PGY2 ambulatory care program which she led for almost 3 years.
