The groups returned to their workshop locations in October to give status reports on their projects and obtain additional feedback. This first Competitive Edge training cycle will conclude at ASHP's Midyear Clinical Meeting in Atlanta on December 8, where participants' final projects will be presented in a special poster session. Competitive Edge is part of ASHP's Project Catalyst, which is aimed at transforming pharmacy practice by helping build pharmacist's skills, creating practice leaders, and providing the tools necessary to implement pharmaceutical care. In 1998, the program will be expanded to two programs per year. One will begin in the spring and wrap up at the Annual Meeting '98 in June and the second will begin in the fall and conclude at the ASHP's Midyear Clinical Meeting in December.
Participants are responsible for their own lodging and transportation.
ASHP believes that the mission of pharmacists is to help people make the best use of medications. Assisting pharmacists in fulfilling this mission is ASHP's primary objective.