Recap: CE Event

Continuing Education Recap:

Implementation of an AUC-Based Vancomycin Dosing Protocol

By Rey Wang, PharmD, Educational Affairs Co-Chair

After more than an entire year of virtual meetings and CE events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SBLBSHP successfully hosted our very first in-person event of 2021 at the Bluewater Grill in Redondo Beach!

On 8/25/21, we were honored to invite Dr. Daisy Lee, an ambulatory care oncology pharmacist at Kaiser Permanente South Bay, as well as Western University 4th-year pharmacy student, Stephanie Lee. In a tagteam effort, the dynamic duo presented on a relevant and potentially practice-changing topic for our profession - the implementation of an AUC-based dosing protocol for vancomycin to replace the traditional trough-based monitoring. A wonderful presentation combined with a beautiful venue with COVID safety precautions made for a memorable evening for our ~40 attendees. (continued on next page)

In addition, our Industrial Relations Committee welcomed 4 of our pharmaceutical industry partners to showcase at their individual booths prior to the start of the event: Biogen, Alexion, Incyte, and GSK, who provided valuable up-to-date developments in their respective fields to our members. To cap off the night, we hosted a fun raffle as a way of showing our appreciation for our attendees. Finally, a shoutout to the hard work of the Educational Affairs and Industrial Relations committee for making our first in-person CE event of the year a huge success! As the COVID pandemic continues to wax and wane, please continue to be on the lookout for potential future in-person events!