NEUROCRITICAL CARE NEWS FRONT News FrontMast Head: NEUROCRITICAL CARE NEWS FRONT By Gretchen Brophy, PharmD, BCPS, FNCS News Front By Gretchen BrSummer is fi nally here! I hope you haveFNCSophy, PharmD, BCPS, planned a great vacation for you and your This year the “Get Involved with NCS!” campaign questionnaire family. Vacations are a great time to refresh was more than a survey—it was a way for our members to speak Summer is finally here! I hope you have planned a great vacation for you and your family.directly to the NCS leaders and share their thoughts, concerns,and rejuvenate, so make it a priority and enjoy Vacations are a great time to refresh and rejuvenate, so make it a priority and enjoy it while youand interests with us. We heard you and now we will work evenit while you can. Summer also means it’s can. Summer also means it’s time for our residents and fellows to move on to their new careersharder to help our society grow and transform with your inputin mind. Again, we want to send a heartfelt thank you to all thattime for our residents and fellows to move onto their new careers in neurocritical care. We participated. wish them all the best and hope that they will in neurocritical care. We wish them all the best and hope that they will continue to be involved in the NCS for years to come.continue to be involved in the NCS for years to come. On another note, we need your selfi e videos! The NCS Membership Committee would like to request your help with I would like to sincerely thank all of those who participated in creating video vignettes to post on our website. We are creating’s recent “Get InvolvedNCSthose who participated in theofwould like to sincerely thank allI the NCS’s recent “Get Involved with NCS!” campaign. This year’s a collage of testimonials from our members stating why NCS isThis year’s campaign was a great success, and we were overwhelmed bywith NCS!” campaign. campaign was a great success, and we were overwhelmed by the important to them. If you have time to contribute, please create a insightful feedback and support from our members. Overall, we video answering one or more of the following questions:eceived 115rOverall, wethe insightful feedback and support from our members. received 115 multidisciplinary members who responded to oured to our call for volunteers (see Table).multidisciplinary members who respond call for volunteers (see Table). 1. Why did you join the NCS? Why is now the best time to join the NCS? Get Involved with NCS Campaign attending the NCS Annual Meeting?2. What do you value most about 3. How do you benefi t from the networking opportunities available 5% MDs through the NCS?7% 5% 4. What is the most valuable perk of NPs being an NCS member? Nurses 11% 5. How does belonging to the NCS PharmDs improve your knowledge base and help you care for your patients? Other or Unspecified 72% 6. As the NCS is multidisciplinary, what are the benefi ts of collaborating with other specialties? 7. Why choose the NCS over other professional societies? What makes the NCS special? We are now in the process of analyzing and forwarding the data to the appropriate committees We are now in the process of analyzing and forwarding the data 8. What does being a member of the NCS mean to you?pating on specific committees,those of you who expressed interest in particiForand leadership. who expressed interest in participating on specifi c committees, owever, if there is an immediate needHow has it helped you?e appointments begins in July. Hthe process for committe to the appropriate committees and leadership. For those of you the process for committee appointments begins in July. However, 9. How did you learn about the NCS and what were theyou may be contacted before then.,for your assistance if there is an immediate need for your assistance, you may be factors that led you to join? contacted before then. Each committee chair has established a rotation schedule for their current roster to ensure a10. What do you fi nd exciting about the NCS? Each committee chair has established a rotation schedule for hairs will also be reviewing participation ofThe cntation on the committee.balanced represe their current roster to ensure a balanced representation on the are still11. What would you like the NCS to become?Theavailable to participate.membersother committee members to ensure that all committee. The chairs will also be reviewing participation of other committee members to ensure that all members are still 12. What potential does the NCS have as it grows?resident for finald replacements to the NCS pecommendehairs will send their rcommittee c available to participate. The committee chairs will send their NCS committees.It is our goal that no one member serves on more than twoapproval. recommended replacements to the NCS president for fi nal 13. How can the NCS support and promote career ambitions approval. It is our goal that no one member serves on moreand chairs will serve two-year terms. Allor professional development now and in the future?termsyear-fourCommittee members will serve than two NCS committees. Committee members will serve four- eeting.gin at the NCS Annual Mtments officially becommittee appoin year terms and chairs will serve two-year terms. All committee appointments offi cially begin at the NCS Annual Meeting. After you complete your video, please send it to info@ If you missed your chance to sign up for the Get Involved campaign, no worries, you can still. We are also encouraging neurocritical careneurocriticalcare.com If you missed your chance to sign up for the Get Involved teams to submit videos of their ICUs and how the NCS has helpeds input’We are always looking for volunteers and value each and every onehelp in many ways. campaign, no worries, you can still help in many ways. We are them improve the care to their patients. always looking for volunteers and value each and every one’s input in achieving the mission of the NCS. Please contact our NCS staff Once again, congrats to all of our members who are moving up at info@neurocriticalcare.com and let us know how you would and moving on to new careers in neurocritical care. We look like contribute your time. forward to your continued contributions to NCS. 13
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