Brittanie Wieland

Her Story

Brittanie Wieland is a 2019 Pharm.D. graduate from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. Dr. Wieland finished her PGY1/PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership residency with The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, Kansas in 2021 and obtained her Master of Science in Pharmacy Practice at the University of Kansas in May 2021. After residency, she continued with The University of Kansas Health System as an Ambulatory Pharmacy Operations Manager. In this role, Dr. Wieland oversees the operations of three retail pharmacies, the discharging pharmacy concierge services, and ambulatory intern program. She is passionate about employee engagement and pharmacy technician career advancement.

She currently serves as an Ambulatory Pharmacy Operations Manager and has the opportunity to precept pharmacy student and residents.

Facility

The University of Kansas Health System has a flagship 780-bed academic, surgical, teaching, and general medicine hospital which is nationally ranked in 10 specialties by U.S. News and World Report and is both NCI and Magnet designated. The University of Kansas Health System also provides patient care through pharmacist involvement in 17 ambulatory clinics , 7 outpatient cancer care locations, 5 outpatient retail pharmacy sites including specialty pharmacy services, an ambulatory surgical center, a rehab facility, and psychiatric services. The pharmacy department is comprised of over 450 Pharmacy FTEs, including 24 pharmacy residents (PGY-1 and PGY-2).

Recent Significant Projects

As an HSPAL resident from 2019 – 2021, Dr. Wieland led a variety of projects with pharmacy leaders. She implemented drug-disease interaction alerts within the electronic health record for both myasthenia gravis and QTc prolongation. During her PGY-2 year, she evaluated and created a patient to pharmacist ratio to determine the most appropriate ratio for optimal patient care. She also worked to create a data-driven dashboard of pharmacy leaders to measure metrics and annual goals. More recently, she oversees the pharmacy concierge services and has expanded that service over 200 additional beds.

Initial Involvement in ASHP

As an active ASHP member since 2015, Dr. Wieland is currently a member of the Section of Pharmacy Practice Leaders Advisory Group on Frontline Leaders. In this group, she has been able to participate in the creation a podcast, “Managing Through Pharmacy Service Changes During a Pandemic”. She enjoys attending the ASHP Conference for Pharmacy Leaders and Midyear.

Why did you become involved in ASHP? 

Dr. Wieland initially became involved with ASHP during her first year in pharmacy school with an interest in pursuing a residency program. She became involved with ASHP to learn and collaborate with other pharmacy professionals to help make a difference within the profession, for patients, and for pharmacy team members. She greatly enjoys working with other pharmacy leaders to discuss innovative practices and ideas and looks forward to continuing to network and collaborate. 

Advice for Someone New to Specialty Area

I would highly recommend always being open to asking questions and receiving feedback. I have been able to learn so much from taking time to listen, explore, and dig deeper into my conversations with team members or projects with other leaders. This may seem intuitive but taking time to listen and ask questions allows you to learn so much more than you can imagine which has helped open my eyes to things I never expected to be so passionate about

I would also recommend finding a mentor outside of your area of work. Having someone to go to for career or project advice has always been beneficial to me by providing a new and welcomed prospective.

My last piece of advice is for pharmacy students. Believe in yourself! You have come so far and have worked so hard to get where you are at. If you are interested in residency, find someone that is currently in residency or recently graduated. Asking for guidance and feedback was beyond helpful in learning more about the various career paths pharmacy has to offer

How would you explain the value of ASHP to a friend or colleague?

ASHP is a professional organization that connects pharmacy professionals throughout the country. The opportunity to attend online educations, conferences and networking opportunities can provide mentors and colleagues for the rest of your career. The wide variety of resources provided by ASHP allow all disciplines within pharmacy not only an opportunity to grow and improve, but to share successes and creative ideas with others!

What is the value of ASHP for the profession?

ASHP strives to improve medication use, enhance patient safety, and offers a variety of resources for practitioners and leaders. With members in a variety of different specialties, ASHP offers best practice information that is applicable for many practice sites. ASHP ensures content is current and relevant to the profession and allows members to collaborate and utilize this content by applying it directly to their practice setting.