Tsuruha Group Academic Presentation Meeting

September 23, 2023 15th Tsuruha Group Academic Presentation Conference

The Tsuruha Group Academic Presentation Conference, which began in 2009, will reach its 15th milestone in 2023. Previously, the 13th and 14th events were held online, but this time it was held at Asti 45 (Sapporo, Hokkaido) in a hybrid format that combined on-site and online events. On the day of the event, there were approximately 70 local participants, and online viewing was conducted by in-house pharmacists at approximately 240 locations nationwide.

At this competition, 17 presentations were made, mainly those selected from a total of 45 presentations from the research seminar, which was the preliminary round. The presentation will discuss pharmaceutical care for specific diseases, collaboration with hospitals through documentation and monitoring of side effects, and women's health consultation to examine the need for pharmacist intervention in women's health issues. A wide range of research results were reported, including examples of attempts to establish counters.

Furthermore, at this conference, a report was presented on the ``Survey on awareness of universal design ^*1 in insurance pharmacies and the current state of implementation.'' It was shown that in the future, it is necessary to consider not only measures aimed at those with less awareness, but also the creation of stores that take universal design into account and the establishment of an information dissemination system.

After all presentations had been submitted, awards were given after a strict examination by eight external judges. In addition, taking advantage of the hybrid format, we have selected the ``New Pharmacist Audience Award'', which is chosen by voting by new Tsuruha Group pharmacists who participate online. Furthermore, based on Tsuruha Holdings' management philosophy of ``providing affluence and comfort in the lives of our customers,'' we awarded the presentation that most closely aligned with the philosophy with the ``Tsuruha HD President's Special Award.''

From the university professors who participated as judges,
``There were a wide variety of themes, but each one had a way of reaching patients, whether indirectly or directly.”
``There have been many presentations that will lead to expanding the professional capabilities of pharmacists, and I hope that these presentations will continue and reach a higher level.'' ”
We received comments such as:

After taking into account the questions and opinions received from the judges, we will first make a presentation at an external academic conference.

At Tsuruha Group, we will continue to strive to improve the quality of our pharmacists and strive to become a pharmacy where we can treat each patient and community member with care and respect every day.

September 18, 2022 14th Tsuruha Group Academic Presentation Conference

At the last conference, we were able to take on the challenge of holding the conference online, which was a new format, and it was a great success that we were able to provide an opportunity for in-house pharmacists, who would normally have difficulty coming to Sapporo, to participate. After careful consideration from the perspective of preventing the spread of infection, we decided to hold the 14th event online.On the day of the event, it was streamed in real time on YouTube, and was viewed by in-house pharmacists at over 150 venues nationwide.

At the conference, 17 presentations were made, including presentations selected from 51 presentations at the research seminar held as a preliminary round and presentations recommended by the Group Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Affairs Department. Presenters were also selected from Drug Eleven Co., Ltd., with which we formed a capital alliance in May 2020, making it a memorable event as all eight operating companies gathered together for the first time.

This conference will include presentations in the field of chemical pharmaceutical sciences that examine changes in composition during pulverization, as well as presentations on trending tracing reports and RMP ^*1, and presentations for patients with specific diseases such as cancer and diabetes. A wide variety of presentations were made, including efforts to improve the health of patients.One of the presentations was ``The usage status of cedar pollen fever desensitization therapy drug (^Cedacure®) ^*2 and how pharmacists should be involved.'' There was an announcement.

Desensitization therapy for cedar hay fever is a drug that improves the symptoms of cedar hay fever by administering a small amount of the drug containing an extract made from cedar pollen and gradually getting the body used to it. Due to its characteristics, it is necessary to continue taking the drug every day for a long period of time.This study revealed the period and number of years during which it is easy to stop taking the drug.This allows pharmacists to decide when to start and continue taking the drug. This suggests that it may be possible to take into account the number of years and place more emphasis on responding during periods when the dropout rate is high.

After all presentations have been completed, awards will be given through a strict examination by seven external judges, and, as in last year, the winners will be determined by votes from new Tsuruha Group pharmacists who are attending the lecture online, taking advantage of the online event. A "New Pharmacist Audience Award" was established, and one person was selected for the Audience Award. Additionally, as a new initiative, based on Tsuruha Holdings' management philosophy of ``providing affluence and comfort in the lives of our customers,'' we awarded the presentation that most closely matches the philosophy with the ``Tsuruha HD President's Special Award.''

From the university professors who participated as judges,
``I would like pharmacists to also disseminate evidence of their contribution to drug treatment. We have confirmed that some of the presentations this time can be submitted to academic journals. I would love for you to post it.''
``Many of the presentations were focused on interpersonal work, and I felt that many of them were in line with the trends of the times. I feel that this is the Tsuruha Group's commitment.''
We received comments such as:

After taking into account the questions and opinions received from the judges, we will first make a presentation at an external academic conference.

At Tsuruha Group, we will continue to improve the quality of our pharmacists and strive to create pharmacies that patients and local residents can use as their family pharmacies.

September 18, 2022 14th Tsuruha Group Academic Presentation Conference Program

October 24, 2021 The 13th Tsuruha Group Academic Presentation Meeting

July 14, 2019 The 11th Tsuruha Group Academic Presentation Meeting

Contribute to the further improvement and development of pharmacist work by finding interesting themes in daily work, actively conducting research and research, and announcing the results.,and, Active questions and discussions not