Pharmacy Practice

EDUCATION

• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT
• Pharm.D., Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY

COURSES TAUGHT AT ACPHS

• Pharmacy Skills III and IV
• Basic Integrated Problem Solving
• Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) certification
• APPE-Institutional
• IPPE-Institutional

PRACTICE SITE

• Ellis Hospital, Schenectady, NY - Inpatient Family Medicine

AWARDS

• ACPHS Preceptor of the Year 2018-2019
• ACPHS Professional Organization Advisor of the Year for 2018-2019 and 2020-2021
• ACPHS Club Advisor of the Year 2021-2022

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS

• American Society of Health System Pharmacists
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy - Lab SIG Chair-Elect 2022-2023
• Phi Lambda Sigma National Pharmacy Leadership Society
• Rho Chi Honor Society

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

• Willson MN, Bach K, Candelario DM, Srivastava S.  Drug Information: A new investigation bringing standardization to an expected skill for matriculation.  American Association College of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Virtual.  July 2021. 
• Seo SW, Bach K, Cleary J, Cabral K. Weaving lifelong advocacy into the fabric of students: APPE student consortium.  A roundtable presentation.  American Association Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Virtual.  July 2021.
• Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT): Alcohol and Substance Abuse.  ACPE Accredited Continuing Pharmacy Education.  ACPHS Timely Topics Webinar.  November 2019.
• Management of Biologics with Surgery.  ACME Accredited Continuing Medical Education.  Ellis Hospital Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department Meeting; Schenectady, NY.  June 2019.
• Climbing the Pyramid: Pharmacy Layered Learning.  ACPE Accredited Continuing Pharmacy Education.  ACPHS Preceptor Development Series Webinar.  April 2019.
• Pitt R, Withycombe B, Johnson K, Bach K, Estep P-Continuing Education.  Development of a Professional Poster Presentation.  ASHP webinar.  April 2018.
• Prevention and Treatment of Herpes Zoster.  ACPE Accredited Continuing Pharmacy Education.  Pharmacists Association of the Southern Tier.  April 2018.
• Prevention and Treatment of Herpes Zoster.  ACPE Accredited Continuing Pharmacy Education.  ACPHS.  May 2016.
• Ins and Outs of Warfarin Therapy Management-Continuing Education.  Presented at Pharmacists Association of the Southern Tier.  April 2015.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• Bach K, Seo SW, Fenton F, et al. Promoting Life-long Advocacy Among Pharmacy Students Through Student Leaders and Certificate Program.  American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting; Virtual.  December 2021. 
• Leffler R, Bach K, Boyd J, Cleary J.  Evaluation of pharmacy students’ knowledge and perceived impact of SBIRT on their own professional development.  American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting; Virtual.  December 2021.
• Bach K, Briceland LL. Utilizing Entrustability Levels for Self-Assessment of Pharmacy Operations and Practice Skills Performance on Institutional IPPE.  American Association Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting; Virtual.  July 2021.
• Seo SW, Bach K, Cleary J, Cabral K. Weaving lifelong advocacy into the fabric of students: APPE student consortium.  American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting; Virtual.  July 2021.
• Briceland LL, Brewer J, Bach K, Veselov M.  Professional Identity Formation Development in P1 Student Pharmacists: Laying the Groundwork for a Running Start American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting; Virtual.  July 2021.
• Frears D, Caimano C, Bach K, Yacobucci M, Zhou Y.  Effectiveness of a virtual combined inpatient/institutional advanced pharmacy practice experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.  American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting; Virtual.  July 2021.
• Bach K, St. John T.  Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on Pharmaceutical Costs.  American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting; Virtual.  December 2020.
• Kim E, Bach K, St. John T.  Perceptions of healthcare providers regarding antimicrobial stewardship in a community teaching hospital in the United States.  American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting; Virtual.  December 2020.
• Briceland LL, Bach K, Rosa SW, Martin Z, Brewer JM, Grabe D.  Beyond the white coat and professionalism: Engendering professional identify formation in student pharmacists.  American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting; Virtual.  July 2020.
• Bach K, Hopsicker A, St. John T, Morgan F, Bassi S. Proton pump inhibitors utilization and hospital acquired Clostridium difficile infections in a community teaching hospital.  American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting, Anaheim CA, December 2018.
• Bach K, Dietrich L, Volpe A.  Impact of tranexamic acid in total knee arthroplasty at a community teaching hospital. Poster.  Eastern States Residency Conference; Hershey, PA, May 2014.

PUBLICATIONS

• Kiser SN, Peterson C, Steers R, Bach K.  Rural Pharmacy Practice Offers Professional Satisfaction with Rewarding Patient Relationships.  New York State Pharmacist Century II.  2019; 93 (4): 15-17, 24.