Winners of the 2022 Pharmacy Practice Residency Award, sponsored by Pfizer Canada
British Columbia Branch (4 awards)
1. Hayley Hefford (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services, Vancouver area)
- Characterization of Pharmacologic Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis. Prescribing in Critically Ill Trauma Patients with Traumatic Brain Injuries
2. Caitlin Chew (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services, Vancouver area)
- Safety of cefazolin in pregnant patients with documented penicillin allergy: a retrospective cohort study
3. Brittany Gage (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services, Vancouver area)
- Comparison of Tetrasodium EDTA 4% to Sodium Citrate as Line-Locking Solutions at Two Tertiary Hemodialysis Centers
4. Nikolina Gacic (Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services, Vancouver area)
- Daily Ritonavir-boosted darunavir for Viral suppression in Pregnancy (DRV-P)
Alberta Branch (1 award)
5. Sarah Drost
- Shorter and Sweeter? Seven-day versus >7-day antibiotic treatment for gram-negative bacteremia: single institution retrospective study
Saskatchewan Branch (1 award)
6. Jenna Fan and Hersh Shukla (Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon Area)
- A Breath of Fresh Air for CF Care – Development and pilot of a cystic fibrosis admission order set, pharmacy care plan, and educational module at a tertiary care hospital
Manitoba Branch (1 award)
7. Cole Janke (Winnipeg Regional Health Authority)
- Inappropriate Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Residents of Long-Term Care Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Branches (1 award)
8. Mackenzie d'Entremont-Harris (Nova Scotia Health Authority)
- Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk Modification Therapies Amongst Vascular Surgery Patients Admitted with Critical Limb Ischemia or Tissue Loss
Newfoundland and Labrador Branch (1 award)
9. Shelby Currie (Eastern Health)
- Barriers and facilitators to ordering medical cannabis in an inpatient acute care service: Exploring the prescriber’s perspective
Ontario Branch (2 awards)
10. Aaron Zhang (University Health Network - General)
- Characterization of Ganciclovir Dosing for the Management of Cytomegalovirus in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Receiving Sustained-Low Efficiency Dialysis
11. Spencer Candy (Kingston Health Sciences Centre)
- Description and Evaluation of Impact of Hospital Pharmacist Written Interventions via Medication-Related Orders