All You Have To Do Is Ask: Making Your Own Case For Self-Advocacy

All You Have To Do Is Ask: Making Your Own Case For Self-Advocacy

The HOPA Now Podcast is back! Matt and Peter chatted with patient advisory panel member and cancer survivor Kathryn Redden to learn about her effective methods for self-advocacy, and how it can benefit the practitioner as much as the patient.  Interested in contributing to a future episode? Got a topic suggestion? We'd love to hear from you. Email us at communications@hoparx.org [communications@hoparx.org]

HOPA Off-Script: Hobbies, Side Hustles, and How Members Make It All Happen

Matt and special guest co-host Jeremy Whalen sit down with HOPA members to discuss their unusual hobbies, how they strike a successful work-life balance, and explain how their side-hustles have actually helped them in their careers. Classical Hindustani vocalist Divya Khandekar; Professional Carolina Shag dancer and small business owner LeAnn Norris; and Harp-playing Past President LeAnne Kennedy joined us onstage for a fun and fascinating chat, followed by a lively audience Q&A. You can watch some of Divya's performances on her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@musicroomchicago Interested in contributing to a future episode? Got a topic suggestion? We'd love to hear from you. Email us at ⁠communications@hoparx.org⁠ [communications@hoparx.org]

Inside Healing, Optimism, Pharmacy, and Advocacy: Stories and Perspectives from Oncology Pharmacists

HOPA wrote a book! Healing, Optimism, Pharmacy, and Advocacy: Stories and Perspectives from Oncology Pharmacists is the brainchild of President Robert Mancini and a dedicated task force headed by Kristen McCullough and Latha Radhakrishnan. This collection of 30 contributions from oncology pharmacists across 5 continents provides some incredible viewpoints and experience – some moving, some profound, and all designed to share what it’s like to be part of our unique profession.   Peter and Matt sat down with Robert and one of the contributing authors, ISOPP member Gisele Fraga Moreira, who joined us from Boise and Brazil, to discuss their contributions to the publication, and offered a preview of what readers can expect from it.   It will be available onsite to everyone attending this year’s HOPA Annual Conference in New Orleans – not registered yet? It’s not too late! Check out rates and more at https://hopa.cventevents.com/x9y7R3 [https://hopa.cventevents.com/x9y7R3]    And if you’re going, why not join us for the first ever live episode of HOPA Now, in front of an audience? It’s taking place on Friday March 27 @ 5.30PM in Rooms 388-90.   Kristen McCullough’s article can be read here: https://ascopubs.org/do/do-you-see-me-candid-message-pharmacist-physician [https://ascopubs.org/do/do-you-see-me-candid-message-pharmacist-physician]   Joseph Kalis’ article can be read here: https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/the-chemotherapist [https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/the-chemotherapist]  Interested in contributing to a future episode? Got a topic suggestion? We'd love to hear from you. Email us at communications@hoparx.org [communications@hoparx.org]

What I Wish I Knew Then: A Conversation Between Students and Residents

One of the most common pathways to becoming a hem/onc pharmacist is through pharmacy school, followed by residency. It’s a path many of our members have undertaken. But what’s it like to experience that journey now?   Peter and Matt explore the student-to-resident pipeline with members who are currently undertaking it - LB Mason, a final-year pharmacy student at the University of Georgia in Athens; Tyler Vaglivelo, a PGY1 resident at the University of Connecticut; and Megan Wolff, a PGY2 resident at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC.  Our roundtable discussion covers everything from the best advice they can share with others in their position, and tips for improving patient interactions, to decompress through cooking.  Interested in contributing to a future episode? Got a topic suggestion? We'd love to hear from you. Email us at communications@hoparx.org [communications@hoparx.org]

AI in Cancer Care: A New Era or New Error?

Sick of hearing about AI in every aspect of your life? Want to know where it's actually needed, and where it can make a real difference in oncology pharmacy? Matt and Peter cut through the noise to figure out where it really fits into the future of Cancer Care in a special roundtable episode. They’re joined by experts in their field – Alan Yee, PharmD, MS, Research Pharmacist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN; and Nada Alsuhebany, PharmD, BCOP Chairman of Clinical Trial Management at King Abdullah International Medical Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and Ravi B. Parikh, MD, MPP, FACP, Medical Director of the Winship Data and Technology Applications Shared Resource, and Director of the Human Algorithm Collaboration Laboratory at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.  Learn the essentials; discover the key differences between types of AI; consider its role in education; understand the intricacies and guardrails of patient privacy; assess whether it’s a threat to the pharmacy workforce; and so much more.   RESOURCES MENTIONED  You can access FIP’s AI Toolkit for Pharmacy here: https://www.fip.org/file/6202 [https://www.fip.org/file/6202]   Open Evidence: https://www.openevidence.com/ [https://www.openevidence.com/]   JAMA AI: https://jamanetwork.com/channels/ai [https://jamanetwork.com/channels/ai]   https://sdaia.gov.sa/en/Research/Pages/EducationIntelligence.aspx [https://sdaia.gov.sa/en/Research/Pages/EducationIntelligence.aspx]  https://snih.gov.sa/en/ [https://snih.gov.sa/en/]  https://www.sfda.gov.sa/en [https://www.sfda.gov.sa/en]  https://ecsme.ksu.edu.sa/en [https://ecsme.ksu.edu.sa/en]  https://lean.sa/index.html [https://lean.sa/index.html]  https://executive.mit.edu/course/artificial-intelligence-in-health-care/a056g00000URaaTAAT.html [https://executive.mit.edu/course/artificial-intelligence-in-health-care/a056g00000URaaTAAT.html]  https://xpro.mit.edu/courses/course-v1:xPRO+AIHCx+R1/ [https://xpro.mit.edu/courses/course-v1:xPRO+AIHCx+R1/]  https://execonline.hms.harvard.edu/artificial-intelligence-in-health-care-from-strategies-to-implementation [https://execonline.hms.harvard.edu/artificial-intelligence-in-health-care-from-strategies-to-implementation]  https://online.stanford.edu/programs/artificial-intelligence-healthcare [https://online.stanford.edu/programs/artificial-intelligence-healthcare]      HOPA does not endorse any of these resources, and these recommendations reflect the individual opinions of our guests.  Interested in contributing to a future episode? Got a topic suggestion? We'd love to hear from you. Email us at communications@hoparx.org [communications@hoparx.org]