Summary: River's Edge Specialty Grocery

This pharmacy catered to the local community. Some customers that came into this particular pharmacy were college students, middle- aged individuals, and elderly patients. I interacted with college students and elderly patients. Some prescriptions that were often filled included medications for hypertension, oral contraceptives, and controls.

As future pharmacists, we are going to face with not only the medications but also the patients, which the former ones are our tools while the latter ones are the people we use correct tools to care about. We are required to combine our pharmacy knowledge among medications with patients’ different health conditions to create the patient-centered care and provide the best outcomes. However, this care trend is in transition now, from professional-orientated to patient-centered.

As the medical field is growing at a very fast pace, one must always remember that the patient always comes first. After all isn’t helping individuals get healthier in their time of sickness the sole purpose of becoming apart of the medical profession? As a practicing pharmacist, my sole purpose will be to aide all my patient’s needs in whatever way that they need to be assisted in.

During the two and a half years of my pharmacy journey, I have been thinking what can a pharmacist do within the healthcare interprofessional team to better help the patients in order to achieve the best health outcome. I work in a clinic as well as inpatient pharmacy, additionally, I had my rotations at CVS and Regions Hospital. all these experiences shape my version of the pharmacists at different settings. Therefore, in various pharmacy settings, pharmacists can work differently with the whole healthcare team. The recent PED-Rx events inspired me how important pharmacists can play roles in when working in a team.

Ashley Huerta Osores is a successful pharmacist, who focused her career on community service. Her journey began in the City of Baltimore, where she attended both undergraduate and professional school. Within her community, she was dedicated to serving the underprivileged. For years, she immersed herself in aiding the neighborhood. In her undergraduate years, she volunteered at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC); while in pharmacy school, she participated in local health fairs by giving flu shots, and she worked at a local pharmacy. Additionally, Osores was enrolled in a duel degree program, earning the Doctor in Pharmacy (PharmD) and Masters in Public Health (MPH) degree. For her, becoming a pharmacist was not enough. She felt it important to understand policies, regarding healthcare, so that she could help implement change in wide communities.

My interest in the PGY1 Residency Program at Kaiser Permanente Orange County has been sparked by my attraction to the field of hospital pharmacy. More specifically, I am interested in an inpatient hospital pharmacy experience that the Kaiser Permanente provides. During summer 2017, I was an intern pharmacist at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, and I learned a lot about the pharmacist’s role in a hospital setting. After completing that rotation, I hoped I could learn more about the pharmacist’s role in a hospital setting. The reason I am more interested in residency program at Kaiser Permanente is many different kinds of experiences that Kaiser provides, such as Ambulatory Care, and Drug Use Management.

Zack has submitted resumes to a long-term care pharmacy, and a mail order pharmacy. These work environments have similarities and differences. Long-term care, home infusion, and mail order pharmacy have specific patients with special needs that have to be addressed.

Grocery, Inc. Grocery, Inc. is a retail grocery store chain based in Any State; U.S.A. Grocery has stores throughout the United States. Grocery has written contracts with many different vendors to purchase the products they sell in their stores. Vendors range from individuals to international corporations. Tom works as the produce manager for the store in My Town, U.S.A. Jeff, 17 years old, is spending his summer vacation working for Tom in the produce department.

Our pharmacy policy and advocacy journey continued on to Anaheim, California, where the APhA-ASP Midyear Regional Meeting was held. The purpose of this gathering is to provide an opportunity for APhA-ASP Chapters across our region to share with one another various proposals on how we can advance the profession of pharmacy. This year, our Chapter suggested the following resolution:

My IPPE Institutional was at St. Joseph Mercy Health System, a part of Trinity Health. I was fortunate to be assigned to this location and with my preceptor as it has impacted the way I view hospital pharmacy and the profession as whole. My preceptor is the director of the hospital’s Pharmacy residency program and she has an established curriculum/schedule for IPPE and APPE students from Pharmacy Colleges in South East Michigan and some part of Ohio. As part of my experience, I shadowed and had some hands on experience in inpatient pharmacy, oncology pharmacy (Chemotherapy department), investigational drug department, aseptic compounding, and drug acquisition and distribution. I also went on rounds with Surgical Intensive care team, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department and attended various inter-professional committee meetings, ground round, policy review meetings and medication safety meetings.

The report confirms that some institutions are using paid pharmacy interns and students in the IDS Pharmacy to assist with a variety of different tasks. Assessing the impact of using pharmacy interns in the research pharmacy was not the focus of the survey. However, establishing a paid pharmacy internship program within the IDS pharmacy department has the potential for cost savings. Moreover, it can also provide an opportunity for the pharmacist to spend more time engaging in direct pharmacist responsibilities,

Relating the internship to the pharmacy curriculum, there are two classes which had the most influence towards understanding over-the-counter medications: Drug Action II and Self-Care. During one of the site visits, my preceptor

Dr. Joanna Hudson is my role model in pharmacy practice field. Dr. Hudson has been recognized with awards including the UTHSC Student Government Association Executive Council Excellence in Teaching Award and the UTHSC College of Pharmacy Class of 2007 Teacher of the Year Award. She is the current president of the National Kidney Foundation of West Tennessee and is actively involved in various organizations related to pharmacy and nephrology. She has all the qualities of a great mentor in her personality, her knowledge, and her achievements. Dr. Hudson guided me throughout my nephrology rotation and even afterward to make a better version of myself. She shaped me to be an independent clinician and educator. In addition, she taught me how to

The IDS Internship program is a two-year program designed to prepare pharmacy students interested in clinical research for postgraduate education and careers in oncology and pharmaceutical industry. The internship program is a full-time position during the summer where interns are expected to work 40 hours per week and then a minimum of 8 hours per week during the school year. The first year of the internship program will be dedicated to learning the basic operations of the IDS pharmacy, focusing on a basic understanding of regulatory procedures and drug development process, and mastering pharmacy technician skills. Activities would include but not be limited to dispensing study drugs, preparing chemotherapy, and managing inventory. As the

As a first year professional program student, I had the opportunity to intern at Winn-Dixie at Crawfordville for three Thursdays starting from September 24th to October 8th for my first Introductory Pharmacy Practice (IPPE) . I was able to work with two pharmacists, Dr. Kris, a 2004 Florida A&M University Pharmacy School Graduate, and Dr. Curtis, from whom I was able to learn the different perspectives of pharmacy due to his experience in the pharmacy field.