Megan D.

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3242 Creekside Drive, Apartment 731
Evansville, Indiana 47715
Megan.Spence@ascension.org
(618)-445-1753
Education
Harding University College of Pharmacy August 2017 – May 2021
Searcy, Arkansas
Doctor of Pharmacy, Cum Laude

Harding University August 2014 – May 2018

Searcy, Arkansas
BS Health Sciences, Cum Laude

Frontier Community College January 2013 – May 2014

Fairfield, IL

Professional Training
PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency June 2021 – Present
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville; Evansville, Indiana
Residency Program Director: Christi Trimbath, PharmD, BCPS

Professional Experience
Pharmacy Intern May 2019 – May 2021
Unity Health Medical Center; Searcy, Arkansas
Supervisor: Shannon Hays, PharmD, BCPS

PGY1 Residency Experiences

Medication Safety June 2022
Preceptor: Deon Neal, PharmD, BCPS

Transitions of Care May 2022

Preceptors: Michael Berger, PharmD, BCPS; Robert Gold, RPh, MBA

Sterile Compounding April 2022

Preceptor: Heather Golding, PharmD, BCPS

Critical Care March 2022

Preceptor: Rebecca Konneker, PharmD, BCPS

Administration and Management February 2022

Preceptor: Don Julian, RPh, MHA

Cardiology January 2022

Preceptors: Carol Myers, RPh; Cassie Schultheis, PharmD, BCPS

Pediatric and Neonatal Care November 2021

Preceptor: Dan Schuster, PharmD, BCPPS

May 2022
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PGY1 Residency Experiences Continued
Nephrology October 2021
Preceptors: Jacob Nelson, PharmD, BCPS; Andrew Harpenau, PharmD

Infectious Disease September 2021

Preceptors: Rick McDowell, RPh, MS; Brian Chang, PharmD

Internal Medicine August 2021

Preceptors: Christi Trimbath, PharmD, BCPS; Kaylen Hohiemer, PharmD

Indiana Pharmacy Resident Teaching Certificate - Longitudinal July 2021 – June 2022
Preceptors: Cassie Schultheis, PharmD, BCPS; Bailey Pierson, PharmD, BCPS

Pharmacy Practice - Longitudinal July 2021 – June 2022

Preceptors: Jen Hoelter, PharmD, BCPS; Bailey Pierson, PharmD, BCPS

Drug Information and Medication Safety - Longitudinal July 2021 – June 2022
Preceptors: Joseph Weil, PharmD, BCPS; Deon Neal, PharmD, BCPS

Orientation July 2021

Preceptor: Christi Trimbath, PharmD, BCPS

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences

Inpatient Care Elective – Critical Care April 2021
Unity Health Medical Center – North Campus; Searcy, Arkansas
Preceptor: Lana Gettman, PharmD

Advanced Hospital – Pharmacy Practice Management March 2021

White River Medical Center; Batesville, Arkansas
Preceptor: Maggie Williams, PharmD, BCPS

Inpatient Care Elective – General Medicine February 2021

Baptist Health Medical Center; North Little Rock, Arkansas
Preceptor: Terrence Yarbrough, PharmD

Advanced Community – Patient Care January 2021

CVS Pharmacy #6386; Lawrenceville, Illinois
Preceptor: Eric Gay, PharmD

Advanced Community – Pharmacy Practice Management November 2020

Rigg FamilyCare Healthway Pharmacy; Albion, Illinois
Preceptor: Eric Rigg, PharmD

General Pharmacy Elective – Compounding October 2020

Custom Compounding Center; Little Rock, Arkansas
Preceptor: Mark Shinabery, PharmD

Patient Care Elective September 2020

White County Health Unit; Searcy, Arkansas
Preceptor: MaRanda Herring, PharmD, BCACP

May 2022
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Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences Continued
Ambulatory Care August 2020
Okmulgee Indian Health Center; Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Preceptor: Sam Hubler, PharmD

Inpatient and Acute Care General Medicine July 2020

White River Medical Center; Batesville, Arkansas
Preceptor: Melissa Shipp, PharmD, BCPS

Health and Wellness June 2020

Conway Regional Continuity Clinic; Conway, Arkansas
Preceptor: Melissa Max, PharmD, CDCES, BC-ADM

Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences

Advanced Skills – Acute Care Spring 2020
Baptist Health Medical Center – Springhill; North Little Rock, Arkansas
Preceptor: Shawn Turner, PharmD, MBA, BCPS

Advanced Skills – Ambulatory Care Fall 2020

OneLife Wellness Center; Searcy, Arkansas
Preceptor: Ellen Jones, PharmD

Ambulatory Care Spring 2020

PrimeCare Medical Clinic; Searcy, Arkansas
Preceptor: MaRanda Herring, PharmD, BCACP

Institutional Care Fall 2018

Unity Health – White County Medical Center; Searcy, Arkansas
Preceptor: Justin Piker, PharmD, BCPS

Community Care Spring 2018

Walgreens Pharmacy; Cabot, Arkansas
Preceptor: Michelle Isaac, PharmD

Teaching and Precepting Experiences

Precepting of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience Students January 2022
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Evansville, Indiana

Facilitating at TEACH! Interprofessional Event November 2021

Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana

Precepting of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Student September 2021

Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Evansville, Indiana

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Poster Presentations
Evaluation of Enoxaparin Dosing Regimens for Venous Thromboembolism December 2021
Prophylaxis in Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19
Megan Spence, Brian Chang, Andrew Harpenau
ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting

Medical Missions Curricular Tracks in U.S. Colleges of Pharmacy November 2019

Brooke Boston, Brittany Petty, Megan Spence, G. Scott Weston
Global Missions Health Conference; Louisville, Kentucky

Oral Presentations
Patient Case - Meningitis April 2022
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Audience: Pharmacists

Critical Appraisal: Milrinone as Compared with Dobutamine in the March 2022

Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Audience: Pharmacists

The Delirium Dilemma March 2022

Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Audience: Pharmacists

Medication Reconciliation: Current Practices and Future Directions February 2022

Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Audience: Pharmacists

Critical Appraisal: Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibition in Acute January 2022

Myocardial Infarction
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Audience: Pharmacists, Pharmacy Students

Patient Cases - Seizure Control in Pediatrics November 2021

Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Audience: Pharmacists

Stopping the Bleed: A Review of Reversal Agents for Direct Oral November 2021
Anticoagulants
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Audience: Pharmacists

Patient Case - Rhabdomyolysis October 2021

Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Audience: Pharmacists

Critical Appraisal: Baricitinib plus Standard of Care for Hospitalized Adults September 2021
with COVID-19
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Audience: Pharmacists, Pharmacy Students

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Oral Presentations Continued
Critical Appraisal: Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 August 2021
Infection: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Trial Sequential
Analysis to Inform Clinical Guidelines
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Audience: Pharmacists, Pharmacy Students

Research
Comparison of morphine and buprenorphine in the pharmacological Spring 2022
treatment of neonatal abstinence syndrome
Advisors: Andrew Harpenau, PharmD; Brian Chang, PharmD

Evaluation of enoxaparin dosing regimens for venous thromboembolism Fall 2021

prophylaxis in patients diagnosed with COVID-19
Advisors: Andrew Harpenau, PharmD; Brian Chang, PharmD

Medical Missions Curricular Tracks in U.S. Colleges of Pharmacy Spring 2019

Advisor: Scott Weston, PhD, MBA, RPh

Medication Safety Program Proposal Spring 2019

Advisor: Kaci Bohn, PhD, BS Fall 2018

Professional Organizations
National Community Oncology Dispensing Association (NCODA) January 2020 – Present
American Pharmacists Association (APhA) August 2017 – Present
American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) August 2017 – Present

Professional Activities
Clinical Skills Local Competition October 2020
American Society of Health-System Pharmacy
Top 3 Finalist
Northeast Arkansas Interprofessional Network Virtual Activity July 2020
NYIT/Arkansas State University
Night at the Roundtables Interprofessional Experience October 2019, March 2019
Harding University
Clinical Skills Local Competition September 2019
American Society of Health-System Pharmacy
Top 5 Finalist
Clinical Skills Local Competition September 2018
American Society of Health-System Pharmacy

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Licensures/Trainings/Certifications
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification November 2021
RQI 2025 Resuscitation Quality Improvement
Pharmacist License 26029323A July 2021 – Present
Indiana Professional Licensing Agency
Test2Learn Community Based Pharmacogenomics April 2020
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services November 2019
American Pharmacist Association
The Pharmacist and Patient-Centered Diabetes Care September 2019
American Pharmacist Association
Pharmacy-Based Immunization Certification September 2018
American Pharmacist Association
Protecting Human Research Participants January 2018
National Institutes of Health, Office of Extramural Research

Awards and Honors

Henry & Grace Farrar Award for World Missions May 2021
Harding University College of Pharmacy Dean’s List Fall 2019, Fall 2020
APhA-ASP Professionalism Achievement Award April 2018
Harding University Academic Scholarship August 2017 – July 2018

Leadership
APhA Generation Rx Committee Chair August 2019 – May 2020
HUCOP Class of 2021 Spiritual Wellness Committee Member January 2018 – May 2020

Service to the Community

Upward Bound Wellness Day February 2020, March 2019, April 2018
Community Healthcare Screenings November 2019, September 2019,
September 2018, October 2017
Generation Rx October 2019
Arkansas Department of Health Barbershop Event March 2019
Medication Safety Education March 2019
Nicaragua Spring Break Mission March 2018
Ronald McDonald House Volunteer October 2018
Elementary Health October 2017
Public Health Education October 2017
New Zealand and Fiji Summer Mission May 2017 – June 2017

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