Champion Program

Introduction

ICHP is developing a network of members from hospitals and health system facilities to serve as a “point person” or “Champion” for the organization. The purpose of these Champions is to help ICHP improve the delivery of high quality services to its members; recruit, expand and retain members; and better connect the organization to the membership.

Click here for a list of Champion Program Site & Champions!

Champion Job Description (pdf)


Champion Home Study Webinars

Miss a Champion webinar? Need CE? All ICHP members can go online and listen to previously recorded Champion webinars for FREE!  Log in to CESally.com and Search for Champion Home Study.

Click here for a listing of current CE webinars and instructions on how ICHP members can access them!

For Live programming, see below.


Get To Know Them

ICHP Profile - Alicia Juska, ICHP Champion at Swedish Covenant Hospital
"Being an active member of ICHP allows you to build a network of pharmacists with whom you can share ideas in order to learn about the profession, what is new, and what challenges are facing us in the future. Also, it is fun to reconnect with friends from school or previous colleagues working at other organizations." - Alicia

ICHP Profile - Jennifer Splawski, ICHP Champion at NorthShore University Health System-Glenbrook
"
I think it’s very important to give back to the profession.  When I was a student, I had fabulous mentors who made me who I am today.  I wanted to give back to the profession in the same way that my mentors did.  In addition, by being part of a professional organization, we have an opportunity to create change.  It is easier to create change with a body of like-minded people than it is as an individual. Lastly, networking is also important in pharmacy.  Opportunities are not as plentiful as they once were and networking with people who have more experience than you can provide countless opportunities.
" -Jennifer

ICHP Profile - Dave Lamb, ICHP Champion at OSF Saint Anthony
"I think I owe it to my profession to be involved professionally in the organization and to support the organization. The benefits of being involved are being able to support and advocate for the profession, opportunity for continuing education, and having a voice to express an opinion of the needs of the profession." - Dave

Champion Live Programming

All sessions are half hour and worth 0.5 CEUs. Programs and CPE Instructions for our most recent and upcoming programs below.

Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 12:00 pm (Noon)
Stigma: Addiction or undertreated pain?  Stigma around patients with chronic pain
Speaker: Barbara Jolly, RPh, MPA, LDE
Target Audience: Health-System Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
Handouts
Sign-in Sheet
CPE Instructions



Previous Live Champion Webinars 

May 21, 2020
Review of New Asthma Medications (Handouts)

March 10, 2020
A Practice Change is Coming: Review of the 2019 Global Initiative for Asthma Report (Handouts)

January 23, 2020
A How-To for Fighting the Flu: Up-To-Date Antiviral Recommendations (Handout)

November 6, 2019 
Drug Diversion: Define, Recognize, and Prevent (Handout)

October 22, 2019
HIV Updates for the Pharmacy Technician (Handout)

August 14, 2019 
IBD Biologic Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (Handout)


Job Description of a Champion
  • Circulate/post regular updates highlighting ICHP activities  to pharmacy staff at their facility
  • Develop a space in the pharmacy department to post meeting announcements, membership applications, and other ICHP information / updates
  • Post information to this space when needed
  • Serve as the point person to facilitate audio-visual support for web based conference calls and educational programming
  • Promote “special membership deals”  i.e., Double Dose renewal programs
  • Personally invite new members to attend meetings
  • Join in one conference call with an ICHP committee to explore greater involvement for the Champion
  • Have an opportunity to serve as mentor or peer leader for students
  • Have the ability to provide input on future educational programming
Downloadable Files


Promoting an ICHP Champions Webinar at Your Facility

Listen to Champion, Ed Rainville, talk about how easy it is to set up a webinar for your location.  Webinars are held live at noon on the webinar day and are at a minimum every other month but sometimes monthly when we offer technician focused presentations.  All webinars are recorded so you can show past webinars at your institution at any time of day as home study.


Hear directly from ICHP Champion, Don Ferrill, how to organize and promote an ICHP Champions Webinar at your facility.


Resources Available to Champions
  • Regular membership lists of members from your institution (monthly or upon request)
  • Monthly ICHP news updates to post on institution bulletin board.
  • Access to a dedicated volunteer member of ICHP’s Division of Marketing Affairs to respond to questions or concerns.
  • Access to a dedicated ICHP staff member to respond to questions or concerns.
  • PDF files of all meeting registration forms e-mailed directly to you in advance of release to general membership.  Use to post or distribute to colleagues.
  • PDF membership brochure for rapid recruitment of new staff at your facility.
  • Advanced notice of any special campaigns for member recruitment or retention.


Champion News Briefs: October 2019, November 2019, December 2019, January 2020, February 2020March 2020, April 2020, May 2020, June 2020, July 2020

Champion Homestudy Webinars - Reminder

Miss a Champion webinar? Need CE? All ICHP members can go online and listen to previously recorded Champion webinars for FREE! 

Click here for a listing of current CE webinars and instructions on how ICHP members can access them!


Recognition

Champions will receive recognition from their peers by receiving name badge ribbons at all meetings that designate their special status. Champions will be introduced at meetings and a current roster of names will be published in KeePosted and on the ICHP Website.  Champions will earn the commensurate recruitment bonus in ICHP Bucks for each new member recruited.