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Member Benefits

As a member of CSHP, you connect not only to a strong professional organization, but also to a dynamic and growing network of your hospital pharmacy colleagues . When you join CSHP, you instill fresh energy into your national association for expanding and improving programs and services.

Advocacy

Be heard by elected officials, senior public servants, chief executives of hospitals and regional health systems, and health care and pharmacy stakeholder organizations across Canada. CSHP leads advocacy campaigns on your behalf to advance hospital pharmacy practice.

Awards Program

Be recognized as a practitioner who makes significant contributions to a specific field through scholarly papers and original research.

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Canadian Hospital Pharmacy Residency Board

Promote excellence and innovation in Canadian pharmacy residency training. The Canadian Hospital Pharmacy Residency Board accredits Canadian residency programs and matches applicants to residency positions through its Residency Matching Service.

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Continuing Education

Learn and teach about up-to-the minute information on the latest therapeutic trends and practice developments at CSHP’s three annual education programs, the Professional Practice Conference (PPC), the Summer Educational Sessions (SES)* and the Banff Seminar.

*formerly known as the Annual General Meeting (AGM)

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Fellows Program

Be honoured as a CSHP fellow. CSHP confers this status to members who, through their practice activities and contributions to the Society and the profession, are worthy of recognition that signifies outstanding leadership, dedication and commitment to practice excellence and professional growth.

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Partner Discount Programs

• Professional liability/malpractice insurance plan
• Group home & automobile insurance plan
• Car rental discount
• Hotel discount
• Discount on flowers & gift baskets

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Pharmacy Specialty Networks (PSNs)

Connect with pharmacists who share similar areas of interest, practice, education, research and/or management, and exchange your outstanding daily contributions to pharmacy. CSHP offers groups such as Cardiology, Infectious Diseases, Paediatrics, and Primary Care.

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Products and Publications

Keep abreast of the profession with the following tools and resources:

• Annual print subscription to the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (6 issues).
• Reduced registration fees for CSHP continuing education programs (PPC/SES/Banff Seminar).
• CSHP eBulletin (semimonthly electronic newsletter).
• CSHP products and publications at a reduced cost, including the collection of CSHP’s Official Publications on DVD (standards, statements and guidelines), Direct Patient Care Curriculum, Canadian Investigational & Special Access Drug List, Care Beyond Cure, 4th Edition, and more.
• Access to the online version of CSHP's Official Publications.
• Discounted online ordering of ASHP and Pharmaceutical Press publications.
• Registration at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) educational events at the member rate and its publications at a reduced cost.
• Access to the members’ area of the CSHP website.

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Professional Liability/Malpractice Insurance

Enjoy preferred premiums when you purchase liability/malpractice insurance through CSHP. Our liability/malpractice insurance is competitively-priced and compliant with the licensing requirements of a number of provincial colleges of pharmacy . If you are not a current individual member of CSHP, we offer special introductory membership rates that may save you money when you combine a CSHP membership with our liability/malpractice insurance plan. New Active and Supporting level members will save 50% of their membership fee in the first year and 25% of their membership fee in the second consecutive year of membership. Refer to the CSHP New Active/Supporting Member Discount Program for details.

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Research and Education Foundation

Obtain funding for research projects and targeted education programs that will improve the delivery of patient care.

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For more information about CSHP member benefits, please contact:
Robyn Rockwell
Membership Administrator
Tel: 613-736-9733, ext. 222
Fax: 613-736-5660
Email: rrockwell@cshp.ca