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JULY 2021 ISSUE PAS Awards 2021
The PAS Awards The Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan is proud to celebrate exceptional service in our province, recognizing member pharmacists and others providing exemplary care to their patients and/or outstanding service in the profession. This year we celebrate our 2021 Award Winners! 2 | JULY 2021
Rizza and her staff regularly visit health
2021 PAS
centers, providing pharmacy services and
working with patients and their health care
teams. Rizza provides education and resources
Pharmacist of on a variety of topics including naloxone
training, general wellness, pharmacy scope,
the Year: Rizza and other services.
Rizza is a registered Diabetic Educator who
Pardillo
uses her training and expertise in her day-to,-
day work with patients, many of whom have, or
are at risk of developing, diabetes. Rizza is part
Rizza is the pharmacy manager and the only
of a multi-disciplinary team in Buffalo Narrows
pharmacist on her team at Northern Pharmacy
which meets weekly to discuss patient cases,
Buffalo Narrows. Rizza has served as a
and to identify ways to improve therapeutic
preceptor to a pharmacy intern. She provides
outcomes. Rizza feels committed to doing work
OAT and injection services to Buffalo Narrows
related to diabetic education in order to benefit
and its surrounding communities,
her community.
prescriptions for minor ailment and NIHB
Rizza is an empathetic and compassionate
pharmacist-initiated recommendations.
pharmacist who treats her team, her patients,
and the members of Buffalo Narrows and its
3| JULY 2021 surrounding area ,with respect, dignity and
cultural sensitivity.
Paraag performs community outreach by visiting
2021 PAS New
retirement facilities and providing hour long in-service
talks (pre-pandemic).
He is one year into his service as a PAS board member,
Horizon Award: continuing to be an outspoken advocate for the profession.
Previously, he served as the Canadian Association of
Paraag Trivedi Pharmacy Students and Interns National Finance Officer,
while completing his education at the University of
Saskatchewan.
Paraag is actively involved in kidney transplant
Paraag Trivedi is the Pharmacy
research, and he is part of a team aiming to improve
Manager at Shopper's Drug Mart #425 in
education for kidney transplant candidates and recipients.
Regina. He is a great ambassador for the
He is a co-author of a manuscript published in 2018
profession of pharmacy who embraces
resulting from this work. Paraag is a co-investigator for a
every opportunity to practice to the
research grant obtained from the Saskatchewan Health
fullest scope. He is committed to minor
Research Foundation (SHRF) and Saskatchewan Center for
ailment and vaccine prescribing,
Patient-Oriented Research (SCPOR), which involves testing
working with local physicians who are
the effectiveness of video education in a controlled trial.
willing to collaborate on prescriptive
Paraag's core philosophy is to be an advocate, ally, and
agreements.
resource, for his patients, profession, and community.
4 | JULY 2021
Matt has proven his dedication time and again. He truly
2021 Bowl of
epitomizes the term "community" pharmacist and he takes
his professional role seriously. Matt never hesitates to
Hygeia Award:
make himself available when dealing with a complicated
patient, or when a consultation around a complex
medication regimen is required. Matt goes out of his way
Matt Preston to ensure that barriers to medications for vulnerable
patients are reduced.
In addition to this, Matt has engaged within our larger
Matt is an extremely dedicated and community on a personal level. He has been instrumental
devoted pharmacist who cares deeply for the in the creation of the Boreal Outdoor Recreation
patients he serves. Whether it is opening the Association, as both a founder and a leader. Through his
pharmacy on Sundays during his personal work with BORA, Matt has dedicated countless hours to
time, providing support for some of our designing, building and organizing the construction of a
highest risk addictions patients on opioid large number of hiking, mountain-biking, and fat bike
agonist therapy, or whether he is sending trails throughout the community. His dedication to
updates on the progress of a particularly promoting healthy lifestyles and community connections
challenging patient, Matt is focused on his within this organization is appreciated and often
patients. underrecognized. Matt is extremely humble by nature and
often defers recognition of his accomplishments and
achievements in the community, preferring to profile the
5 | JULY 2021 hard work of others.
2021 Award of Paul was a Pharmacy Peer Leader with eHealth
Saskatchewan from 2012-2018. He also worked on the PIP
Merit: Paul
Quality Improvement Working Group from 2014-2018,
helping eHealth improve PIP data quality. Paul was the
Bazin
Saskatchewan representative for Canada Health Infoway's
Pharmacist Working Group which helped develop
programs to integrate technological solutions in pharmacy
practice across Canada.
Paul has contributed to the profession of
He has also been a preceptor and a pharmacist
pharmacy through numerous avenues. Most
assessor for IPG graduates. Paul has developed a
notably during his time as a PAS board
relationship with the local medical residency program in
member from 2014-2020, as Vice-Chair,
Swift Current, whereby medical residents spend time at
Chair, and Past-Chair. Paul is currently a
the pharmacy to learn the workflow, processes and
member of the PAS Advocacy Committee,
pharmacy systems.
Prior to his time on the PAS Board, Paul was
also involved with the PAS Professional
Practice Committee as member and
Committee Chair.
6 | JULY 2021
Rick has brought pharmaceutical care and
2021 Award of
services to the Shoal Lake Band including
Pakwaw Lake and the farming communities of
Merit - Rick
Smeaton, Arbourfield, and Choiceland, in
addition to his home community of Nipawin. He
works tirelessly, putting in long days and weeks,
Gaertner sacrificing family time and personal pursuits to
serve his customers.
Rick is dedicated to the Shoal Lake Band.
His satellite pharmacy is on Shoal Lake land
Rick Gaertner's career has improved the
where he serves generations of families. Rick has
health outcomes of residents throughout rural
always provided culturally sensitive care and has
northeastern Saskatchewan
given his clients the utmost respect. He has
earned his clients' trust, and their friendship.
Rick is truly "the most accessible health care
provider", leaving his dispensary every week to
bring pharmacy care to the community of
7 | JULY 2021 Pakwaw Lake.
2021 Award of
The Faculty of the College of Pharmacy and
Nutrition began the development of the Pharm
D program with Dean Hill and Linda Suveges,
Merit - Faculty who started the initial work. Further down the
road, the work continued with Dean Kishor
of the College of Wasan and Dr. Yvonne Schevchuk, Associate
Dean and Director of Rx Detailing.
Pharmacy and
There were many key players in the faculty
working to build the program, under the
leadership of Dr. Wasan and Dr. Schevchuk.
Nutrition Everyone involved worked tirelessly to build a
respected program, which began in 2018 and
saw its first graduating class in 2021. Thank you
to the Faculty of the College of Pharmacy and
Nutrition for helping to build Saskatchewan’s
Pharm D program.
8 | JULY 2021
2021 Professional Services Award -
Transcona IDA
Transcona IDA Pharmacy increased its
The team promotes blood pressure machines to
promotion of professional services in June 2020.
patients, and it obtains a physician prescription to
Pharmacy manager Shannon Appel and
enable billing. Shannon and Dawn educate patients
pharmacy assistant Dawn Goodlad recognized
about the shingles vaccine so that patients can get a
that there were many opportunities to
physician prescription and receive the injection.
proactively offer health services to more
Another very successful promotion has been the NIHB
patients. Shannon and Dawn are passionate
OTC list. The majority of the pharmacy's eligible
about assisting patients with their health care
customers now get vitamins, eye drops, Narcan kits,
needs.
thermometers, etc. The promotion has resulted in
Shannon and Dawn created a business plan
improved patient access to additional health care
for the year to increase the promotion of
products.
professional services. The plan focused on the
Shannon created a patient handout to bring
different professional services they could offer,
awareness of minor ailment prescribing, NIHB OTC
such as medication assessments for all eligible
recommendations, injection services, smoking
blister pack patients that had never had a SMAP.
cessation, prescriptive authority such as interim
This initiative increased compliance packaging
supplies, and compliance packaging. Minor Ailment
revenue from 43 billings to 196 billings. They
prescribing increased by 65% as a result of the
then began working on obtaining the necessary
initiative, and the number of professional fees has
SPDP approval for a dozen patients under the
increased by 57%.
mental health program.
Shannon and Dawn promoted flu shots using a
The Transcona IDA team offers new blood
callback program that targeted previous flu shot
glucose meters to all patients who would benefit
recipients and promoted the flu shot to all patients
from an upgrade.
who entered the pharmacy. The number of flu shots
9 | JULY 2021 given increased from 100 to 200.Interested in being a part of the PAS Awards
Committee?
Email donna.hudson@skpharmacists.ca and
find out how you can get involved!
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