Xiaojuan (Carol) Yuan

• Created positive and safe learning environment for students by setting and enforcing classroom code of conduct.
• Taught Pregnancy and Lactation.
• Taught Pediatric Pharmacology.
• Created excitement and enthusiasm in classroom by delivering engaging subject matter.
• Established open lines of communication with students and being accessible via email for questions or concerns outside of class time.

• Created positive and safe learning environment for students by setting and enforcing classroom code of conduct.
• Taught Diabetic Mellitus 2 Pharmacology class.
• Created excitement and enthusiasm in classroom by delivering engaging subject matter.
• Established open lines of communication with students and being accessible via email for questions or concerns outside of class time.

Administrative Functions:

• Provide supervision to pharmacy staff, fostering a collaborative team environment and ensuring active participation within multidisciplinary teams.
• Co-chair the Pharmacy and Therapeutic committee, create meeting agenda, conduct bi-monthly P&T meeting and finalized meeting documentation with minutes.
• Created customized care plans, working with hospital staff and families to assess and meet individual needs.
• Established and maintained effective communication with staff, physicians, nurses and administration to promote high quality patient care.
• Collaborate with prescribers to formulate effective treatment plans to enhance patient care quality and maintain cost-effectiveness.
• Established strong relationships with healthcare providers to facilitate timely communication regarding medication-related concerns or issues affecting patient care outcomes.
• Manage pharmacy drug purchasing, conduct cost analyses, and implement cost containment initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with state and federal regulations, as well as organizational standards, by monitoring and updating pharmacy policies and procedures.
• Maintain compliance with accreditation standards, such as TJC/CMS, by providing staff trainings to all level licensed healthcare professionals and updating policies accordingly.
• Promoted employee engagement and professional development by providing regular feedback, recognition, and opportunities for growth within the pharmacy team.

Clinical Specialties:

• Conduct 2nd opinion psychopharmacology consultations to lack of progress patients. This includes conducting comprehensive patient interview, evaluate current medication regimens, initiate new medication regimen, modify existing medication regimen, monitor treatment progress, and order pertinent labs.
• Conduct nursing in-service sessions on multiple disease states, and medication management hospital-wide.
• Develop multiple clinical protocols. Implement and train all level clinical staff on various protocols.
• Offer ongoing drug education to prescribers on various subjects.
• Provide direct supervision for pharmacists delivering clinical services, including evaluating their work such as psychopharmacology consultations.
• Lead or supervise daily medication groups for all level severity of patients.
• Provide education programs for social workers, therapists, psychologist interns and nurses on clinical topics.

Teaching Responsibilities:

• Precept Pharm.D students (IPPE and APPE), MD students, PGY-1 & PGY-2 psychopharmacology residents. Supervised up to 6 individuals per rotation block.
• Provide didactic sessions to pharmacy students, medical students, and pharmacy residents.
• Provide ongoing feedbacks to students and residents throughout their clinical training.

• Review and verify prescription.
• Screen drug-drug interaction, drug-disease interaction, drug-age interaction.
• Provide medication consultation to patients.
• Resolve medication related insurance and billing issues.
• Provide drug information to physicians.
• Oversee workflow to ensure team efficiency.
• Manage workflow to ensure member satisfaction on wait time.

• Counsel patients on medications, appropriate dosage, potential side effects and management of side effects.
• Evaluate drug therapy to drive appropriate medicine use.
• Vaccinate patients to provide immunity against influenza, pneumonia, and other diseases.
• Mentor and train new pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, fostering a supportive work environment focused on professional growth.
• Manage drug and supply inventories.
• Perform medication therapy management programs, resulting in improved patient adherence to prescribed medications.
• Maintain appropriate drug records and completed reports as necessary.
• Provide consultations and answer inquiries from patients, healthcare professionals and physicians regarding drugs, potential side effects, and specified use.
• Remain knowledgeable about health insurance and other third-party payment programs to facilitate medication approval.

• Achieve a ranking within the High Desert District's top 3.
• Oversee pharmacy department operations with a focus on increasing prescription numbers, ensuring quality assurance, enhancing pharmacy sales, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
• Supervise pharmacy employees to ensure adherence to company policies and procedures, and maintain proper licensure.
• Manage prescription inventory for cost-effectiveness and accuracy, minimizing orders from third-party suppliers.
• Optimize workflow to ensure work efficiency, provide quality and compassionate services to patients.