Arizona Pharmacy Podcast Network

Matt Bertsch is the Director of Education in Pharmacy for Sun Life Health. He oversees the organization's education strategy, including the four pillars, which are:

• Education of Future Health Care Workers
• Education of Ourselves
• Education of Our Communities
• Education of Our Patients

Host Kristen Snair dives into a series of topics with Matt, including: The role of a 340B Pharmacy, the value of a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), and what inspires him personally and professionally as a leader in this industry?

Today's guest is Ryan Burke, Senior Director of Professional Affairs at PTCB. He serves as a liason to state and national pharmacy associations, state boards of pharmacy, and technician organizations. Ryan closely follows state legislation and regulatory changes that may impact pharmacy technician practice, while also monitoring trends related to education, training, and certification requirements.

Host Kristen Snair explores a variety of topics with Ryan, focused on the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) and frequently asked questions surrounding it.

Get to know the AZ State Board of Pharmacy. Join President Lorri Walmsley, RPh, FAzPA and Executive Director Kam Gandhi, PharmD as they share more about the role of the Board and key topics that are important to us all.

Join Michael Baxter, vice president of government affairs at the American Pharmacists Association and Dianne McCallister, AzPA lobbyist and partner at Public Policy Partners in Phoenix to better understand how you can make your voice heard to benefit the pharmacy profession in AZ.

Tim's journey has taken him from academia to becoming co-founder and CEO of Your Financial Pharmacist. In this episode, Tim Ulbrich explains various topics relating to finance and the pharmacy profession. He helps us navigate through periods of difficult financial situations, financial intentions, and describing contraindicated financial decisions.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timulbrich/

Website: https://yourfinancialpharmacist.com/

Bio:

Tim Ulbrich, PharmD

Tim Ulbrich is the Co-Founder and CEO of Your Financial Pharmacist. Founded in 2015, YFP is a fee-only financial planning firm and connects with the YFP community of 15,000+ pharmacy professionals via the Your Financial Pharmacist Podcast podcast, blog, website resources and speaking engagements. To date, YFP has partnered with 75+ organizations to provide personal finance education.

Tim received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Ohio Northern University and completed postgraduate residency training at The Ohio State University. He spent 9 years on faculty at Northeast Ohio Medical University prior to joining Ohio State University College of Pharmacy in 2019 as Clinical Professor and Director of the Master's in Health-System Pharmacy Administration Program.

Tim is the co-author of Seven Figure Pharmacist and host of the Your Financial Pharmacist Podcast which has more than 1 million downloads. He has presented to over 200 pharmacy associations, colleges, and groups on various personal finance topics including debt management, investing, retirement planning, and financial well-being.

Dr. Adam Martin, the fit pharmacist, explains his mission to assist pharmacy leaders to find their own fire. He helps develop pharmacy leaders by changing their mindset through viewing every situation as gains. Further, he describes 3 simple tips to making quality decisions in the pharmacy. Listen in for more great help!

Find more information about Dr. Adam Martin at

Instagram: @thefitpharmacist

LinkedIn: Dr. Adam Martin

Facebook: The Pharmacist Growth Group (free community)

Email: [email protected]

Listen how President of the American Pharmacists Association Sandra Leal's passion for preventive health care, serving the underserved populations, and advocacy helped her lead the profession of pharmacy to new avenues. Through her involvement in leadership roles she has assisted pharmacist to change the way they practice. She achieve this by volunteering, empowering, mentoring, and succession planning with her colleagues.

Listen how Michael's passion for independence and retail pharmacy helped guide him through his extensive experience as a pharmacist. His leadership by example mindset with his business and political activities has garnered a fulfilled career.

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Kristen Snair's leadership story begins from a pharmacy cashier and through her consistency mindset she will eventually become a governor appointed member of the Board of Pharmacy. Join us as we listen how she thrives being "comfortable while being uncomfortable" while moving forward and staying true to her own ethical compass.

In this episode, Dr. Jenny Bingham will discuss pharmacy professionals role and value in telehealth. We'll also examine opportunities to overcome barriers to implementing telehealth services. Finally, we'll discover ways pharmacist can become advocates for telehealth reimbursement models.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennybinghampharmd/