The Edutainer with Dr. Erin L. Albert

Happy Monday!

Here's some phun stuff for your pharmacy consideration: 💊

1. Pharmacists and Climate Change - how do these fit together? https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6842805832032280576/

2. The Triple Threat: The Pharmacy Degree, the MBA and the Law Degree - for career consideration at the Patreon Superfan blog: https://www.patreon.com/TheEdutainer

3. NOMINATE your favorite pharm-nomenal pharmacist or CPhT for our October 31 days of Pharm-nomenal Pharmacists Podcast Miniseries coming in October! https://forms.gle/aK6RBvLPUj5jmWmd8

Today - fulfilling a tiny request from the universe and giving the superfans access to something they can ONLY get from the Patreon page for a limited time: https://www.patreon.com/TheEdutainer. After all - Labor is not free right now...

Also - here's the article with the 3 lists if you want to boost your job with more stuff that is your jam: How To Fall In Love With Your Job in Three Steps.

ENJOY your Labor Day! 

Recently, I pulled out my pharmacist social media influencers list and did an analysis of the top 50 male and female pharmacists to see how the growth was going at LinkedIn for each of them. Then, I looked at the top 10 women and men pharmacists with the highest percentage annual LinkedIn tribe growth.

What are they doing differently?

Tune in and find out!

Also, what's up with this learned helplessness out there when pharmacists complain there are no gigs? Here's one case with a 5-step workaround, just for the BS pharmacists out there: https://erinalbert.medium.com/the-bs-in-pharmacy-is-not-bs-5-steps-to-your-dream-gig-without-a-pharmd-ecfcb6f6519f.

And - consider joining the Pharmacy MTMS group if you qualify - so you can get a great gig in 2021/22 if you're looking! https://www.linkedin.com/groups/761417/.

Have a great week!

Another week - done! MADE IT!

Here's some goodies in the realm of pharmacy law:

1. Pharmacy MTMS group - CARA goodies there - join us if you're a pharmacist or certified pharmacy tech: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/761417/

2. ASPL Podcast has dropped! The inaugural episode at: https://anchor.fm/aspl/episodes/The-American-Society-for-Pharmacy-Law-Podcast-32nd-Annual-Pharmacy-Law-Seminar-Miniseries---Brooke-Salazar--JD--PHR-e167h96

3. And why not register for the ASPL annual meeting? Agenda at: https://www.aspl.org/annual-conference

4. Apex Benefits - Employers are Asking - about the COVID vaccine boosters.

5. FreeCE.com - shoutout for hosting a pharmacy law panel!

6. Guest of the week: Melissa Murer Corrigan on the CAE.

7. Guest last week: Mary Beth Kohart - be sure to pop back into her episode if you'd like to get involved in her growing community of Type 1 Diabetics wearing insulin pumps.

That's all I got this week - peace, health, and happiness! ✌️🏃‍♀️😄

Are you out there leveling up on your careers through education? Need a little inspiration?

We've got that with today's guest. Melissa Murer Corrigan just completed a BIG professional credential - the Certified Association Executive or CAE. 

In honor of Melissa's big accomplishment, I'm giving all of y-o-u a discount on the over 300 professional certifications/certificates in healthcare list and Melissa's story! Head on over to the tracker before Aug 31, https://payhip.com/b/Y56v, use the following discount code: DIBMDRWVA0 and get 10% off your own list - and to the best part - LEARNING!

Bio: Melissa Murer Corrigan (LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissamurercorrigan/) was founding Executive Director and CEO of the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) in Washington, D.C. from 1994-2011. She also is an innovator in credentialing and pharmacy workforce initiatives. Under Melissa’s leadership the PTCB program had exponential growth and certified over 430,000 pharmacy technicians working across the United States in large chains such as Walgreens and CVS, health-systems and independent community pharmacies. PTCB certified technicians serve millions of patients annually.

In 2012, Melissa joined educational assessment leader ACT in Iowa City as an executive leader for the Workforce Development Division and then progressed in senior strategy roles to serve as Vice President of Social Impact for ACT’s Center for Equity in Learning. Her current chapter includes leading the healthcare and credentialing consultancy Manville Heights LLC. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the American Institute for the History of Pharmacy and on the APhA Foundation Women in Pharmacy Committee. Murer Corrigan currently hosts the MelisRxScripts, a podcast where guests from health care, pharmacy and beyond share stories and lessons on life and leadership. Murer Corrigan recently earned the Certified Association Credential (CAE) from the American Society of Association Executives.

Melissa has served as adjunct faculty with the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy since 2013. In 2015, she was named a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and in 2016 Melissa was named a Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association. Also in 2016, she received the Honorary Alumni Award from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. She had the honor of being the commencement speaker for the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 2013 and Drake University College of Pharmacy in 2014.

Passionate about both leadership and encouraging women leaders, Melissa provided the vision for the inaugural Zada Cooper Leadership Symposium. This now annual event features women in pharmacy leadership roles and celebrates the legacy of Zada Cooper. Locally in Eastern Iowa, Melissa has been recognized as a Woman of Influence and has served on the Board of Directors for Corridor Women Connect.

Melissa is a graduate of Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She received the 2010 Weaver Medal which is Drake University College of Pharmacy’s highest honor. Melissa is a past president of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence and received the association’s distinguished Certification Industry Leadership Award in 2008. She has served as President of the Board of Directors for the Council on Credentialing in Pharmacy. Melissa also received the Henry Cade Memorial Award from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy in 2012.

Today - we're back to our summer miniseries to talk with Mary Beth Kohart about Type 1 Diabetes...and a new project she's working on to help out others with insulin pumps.

Link to sleepwear with Insulin pump survey: https://iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8wv8j5EaCuZs6lU

Connect with Mary Beth at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-beth-kohart-5a59293/

Mary Beth's new website featuring her sleepwear: https://www.loveofpockets.com/

This Mindful Monday is just for my pharmacist friends out there.

Job postings are at:

Pharmacy MTMS group over at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/761417/

and

The Edutainer Podcast Superfans Patreon Blog: https://www.patreon.com/creator-home

And regardless of your college major or profession - today's challenge is to think bigger and bolder! :)

📚 Books books books...and one small ask.

Have a great week! 🙌

Happy Friday, everyone!

All the goodies and recaps I've mentioned today are over at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinalbert/

I'm dancing away to my weekend now! 🩰

On this mindful Monday - here's a post that I wrote way back in 2017 - but it's still (even more?) relevant today:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/erinalbert_pharmacy-school-extreme-makeover-activity-6827599245927878656-5fEj

Let's transform pharmacy and healthcare - together!