145 - Advancing the Profession: Contraceptive Prescribing by Pharmacists in Illinois
HelixTalk - Rosalind Franklin University's College of Pharmacy Podcast
Sean P. Kane, PharmD, BCPS
5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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In this episode, we bring in two guests to discuss the impact of professional advocacy and resulting professional advancements in the state of Illinois. These guests were the front-line agents of advocacy which resulted in pharmacists' ability to prescribe hormonal contraceptives for patients in Illinois (HB 135). We take a deep dive into their efforts to make this change possible, how it will impact patient care, and its implications on possibilities for further advancement of the pharmacy profession all the while highlighting the importance of professional advocacy.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Helix Talk, an educational podcast for healthcare students and providers covering real-life clinical pearls, professional pharmacy topics, and drug therapy discussions. |
| 0:11.0 | This podcast is provided by pharmacists and faculty members at Rosal Franklin University College of Pharmacy. |
| 0:17.0 | This podcast contains general information for educational purposes only. This is not |
| 0:22.0 | professional advice and should not be used in lieu of obtaining advice from a qualified |
| 0:26.0 | health care provider. And now on to the show. Welcome to Helix Talk, episode 145. I'm your |
| 0:34.9 | co-host Dr. Kane. I'm Dr. Patel. And today in this special episode |
| 0:39.9 | named Advancing the profession contraceptive prescribing by pharmacist in Illinois, we have two |
| 0:45.3 | important guests who are here to discuss the impact of professional advocacy and resulting |
| 0:50.2 | professional advancements in the state of Illinois. These two guests have been at the forefront of the agents of advocacy change and that has |
| 0:58.0 | resulted into pharmacist's ability to prescribe hormonal contraceptives for patients in Illinois |
| 1:04.0 | according to the bill, which is now a practice act in the law, and we will take a deeper |
| 1:09.0 | dive into their efforts to make this change possible |
| 1:11.6 | and how it will impact the patient care in Illinois and probably its implications |
| 1:16.6 | and you know on possibilities of further advancement of pharmacy practice |
| 1:20.6 | all the while highlighting the importance of advocacy from the very beginning when you're a student pharmacist. |
| 1:26.6 | So why don't we go ahead and introduce our guests here? So I'll introduce our first guest advocacy from very beginning when you're a student pharmacist. |
| 1:31.9 | So why don't we go ahead and introduce our guests here? So I'll introduce our first guest. |
| 1:37.2 | Garth Reynolds is an alumnus of the University of Health Science and Pharmacy in St. Louis College of Pharmacy in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Business Administration Program. |
| 1:42.8 | He's worked in a variety of community practice settings, |
| 1:44.9 | including independent, regional, and national chains. Mr. Reynolds is also an adjunct clinical assistant |
| 1:51.1 | professor at SIOE School of Pharmacy, Teaching Pharmacy jurisprudence, pharmacy advocacy, and |
| 1:57.2 | leadership development, healthcare technology, pharmacy and healthcare regulation, drug diversion, |
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