Pharmacists
If you are looking for a supportive community to navigate ethical challenges while serving as a trusted guardian of patient safety and care… Come join us!
More Benefits of membership
Pharmacists are unsung heroes in our health system. You are the guardians of patient safety and value—trusted advisors who help us make sense of our conditions and teach us how to use our medications effectively. You are the bridge between prescribers and patients, juggling meds, health plans and co-pays. Pharmacists are also facing challenges to conscience, as some “treatments” are designed to do harm to a developing fetus, to alter the biological identity of an adolescent, or to hasten death for someone who has lost hope and wants an “out.” We need you! Join us, educate us, study and discuss medical ethics with us. Together, we are stronger in addressing these “shadows” in the practice of medicine.
Faith & Fellowship
We stick together! We are an immunization against isolation and burnout in today's secular health care environments. We work, pray and play together through our Annual Picnic, St. Luke's Mass, learning,
collaborative online projects and community-based activities.
We are faithful to our vocations within health care and to the teachings of our One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Faith.
Education & Advocacy
The practice of medicine has become a "team sport." Guild members are able to network and learn together with Catholic colleagues within your own discipline or through interprofessional collaborations.
Individual mentoring relationships help clinicians develop confidence and skills that help them grow within their careers and tackle greater complexity within their work settings.
Our Guild sponsors workgroups focused on: celebrating and encouraging clinicians with young families; serving vulnerable populations; educating women about the care of their fertility; protecting patients in clinical research; and witnessing to our Catholic faith within the realm of health care policy.
Guiding the Future
We offer opportunities to mentor students in our professions-they are our hope for the future. We have a Speakers Bureau for students, so they can hear from clinicians with experience and/or expertise. We also have a small network of clinical preceptors who teach & supervise students during externships.
Our Guild also sponsors scholarships for health professional students to attend the annual CMA Bootcamp, a week-long conference featuring spiritual development, an immersion in Catholic bioethics, and opportunities for leadership, mentorship and networking.
Issues of Conscience
Through our partnership with the National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), members have free access to the NCBC's online resources and individual consultation with a Catholic ethicist when needed. Free consultation with an attorney familiar with issues of moral and conscience rights in the healthcare workplace is available through the Alliance for Defending Freedom.
