Winners of the 2021 Pharmacy Practice Residency Award, sponsored by Pfizer Canada
British Columbia Branch (4 awards)
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Caitlin Gordon (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services)
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Effectiveness of Very Low Dose Alprostadil for Achieving Ductal Patency (CIRCULATE)
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Jamil Devsi (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services)
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Describing Intravenous Extravasation Injuries in Children (DIVE2 Study)
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Kate McDougal (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services)
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Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Vancomycin AUC/MIC Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
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Shelby McGraw (Northern Health)
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Primary care pharmacists’ perceived confidence and efficacy in managing patients with suicidal ideation – An assessment of a pilot educational module
Alberta Branch (1 award)
5. Jordan Kelly (Alberta Health Services)
• Current UTI Antibiotic Prescribing Practices in a Pediatric Emergency Department: Is it a problem worth Cefix-ing?
Saskatchewan Branch (1 award)
6. Caitlin Dempsey (Saskatchewan Health Authority, Regina Area)
• Assessment and Prevention of Burnout in Canadian Pharmacy Residency Programs
Manitoba Branch (1 award)
7. Deanna Flaten (Winnipeg Regional Health Authority)
• Risk of Prosthetic Joint Infection Treatment Failure: A Retrospective Chart Review in an Outpatient Intravenous Program
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Branches (1 award)
8. Erin Ring (IWK)
• Evaluating Barriers and Facilitators to Delivery of Hospital Pharmacy Services to Women, Children, and their Families During a Pandemic
Newfoundland and Labrador Branch (1 award)
9. Rebecca Norman (Eastern Health)
• The use of Aspirin for Thromboprophylaxis Compared to Alternative Anticoagulants in Elective Total Hip Replacement: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Ontario Branch (4 awards)
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Danielle Porter (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
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Evaluating the Influence of Intravenous Ketamine on Post-operative Opioid Use in Surgical Patients at a Tertiary Care Centre
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Marie-Claire Savoie (The Ottawa Hospital/Montfort Hôpital)
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Incidence and potential harm of medication discrepancies upon inter-facility patient transfer
12.
Giovanni Iovino (Windsor Regional Hospital)
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The Impact of Decreasing Antibiotic Treatment Duration to Five Days for Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD) and Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
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Hatf Sohail (Trillium Health Partners)
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Raising the Bar: Impact of increased colony-count threshold on rates of antimicrobial prescribing for asymptomatic bacteriuria/candiduria in hospitalized patients
British Columbia Branch
Mattie Bakker
Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services
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A pharmacokinetic assessment of extended-interval aminoglycoside dosing in neonates
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Andrea Feere
Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services
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Evaluation of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
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Julia Ho
Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services
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Safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in extremely low birth weight infants: a retrospective cohort study
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Brittney Mathers
BC Cancer
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Use, response and outcomes of second line chemotherapy in patients with advanced biliary tract cancers
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Alberta Branch
Thomas Brownlee
Alberta Health Services, Calgary Zone
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Patient Factors Associated with Intravenous Iron Prescribing (INFeRX): A Descriptive Study
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Saskatchewan Branch
Janelle Kraft
Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon Integrated Service Area
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Implementation of Pharmacy Services to Identify and Evaluate Processes for Improving Admission Medication Reconciliation in a Pre-Assessment Clinic
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Manitoba Branch
Katarina Popovic
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
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Pharmacist-Initiated Intravenous to Oral Antimicrobial Therapy Conversions in Adult Inpatients
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Ontario Branch
Joseph Blommesteyn
Unity Health Toronto
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Opioid Prescribing at Discharge for General Surgery Patients: A Prospective Study
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Samantha Polito
University Health Network – General Program
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Evaluation of a Patient Self Medication Program in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
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Elsa Purivatra
Windsor Regional Hospital
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A Quality Assurance Evaluation of Hydromorphone Adverse Events Post-Implementation of a Safety Initiative
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Jessica Ragazzo
University Health Network – General Program
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Development and Validation of a Uremic Pruritus Treatment Algorithm in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD)
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New Brunswick & Nova Scotia Branches
Krysta Spencer
Nova Scotia Health Authority, Central Zone
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Roles and Perceptions of Pharmacists as Immunizers of Adult Patients in Tertiary Care Academic Hospitals: An Environmental Scan of Canadian Hospital Pharmacists
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Newfoundland and Labrador Branch
Heather Williams
Eastern Integrated Regional Health Authority
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Evaluating the necessity of ciprofloxacin use in hospitalized patients and the impact of a prospective targeted antimicrobial intervention
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