Pharmacist Day Experience

I completed my second Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience at Walgreens Pharmacy in Tallahassee, FL. Over the course of three weeks, I worked under the supervision of Aisha Wilder, PharmD, R.Ph. I also worked alongside two pharmacy technicians and one pharmacy intern.

Thank you Lord! I am very grateful to be able to successfully finish my third rotation at Walgreens pharmacy in Wellington, FL. My preceptor was Dr. Andrew Guvetis, a graduate from Nova Southern University and he has been working with Walgreens for a little over 2 years. During the first day, I noticed that this Walgreens was somewhat different from the others. It was designed like a wellness clinic where the pharmacist can spend some time during the day sitting on a desk right outside the pharmacy check-out counter and be accessible to answer any questions patients may have. It also had a big consultation room with comfy seating, a table including a sink and counter where a pharmacist can prepare immunizations or perform several screening tests. Walgreens offers health tests every day which help determine possible risks for heart disease or are looking for convenient ways to manage diabetes or high blood pressure. Some of the services offered include: cholesterol and blood pressure tests, body composition test and a comprehensive medication review. Test results are provided within minutes and it includes a pharmacist consultation as well.

The purpose of this assignment is to choose a legislative proposal regarding health care access and discuss the current program as well as ways the new legislation will improve access. The proposal chosen for this assignment is, State Senate Bill 810 authored by Senator Mark Leno; a Democrat from the city of San Francisco and presented in March 2011 as The California Universal Health Care Act. This landmark legislation establishes a modern universal health care system to cover

I have spent my time as a student pharmacist learning about opportunities within clinical pharmacy and making certain that I was equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed. In my pursuit, I became an active member of pharmaceutical organizations, held multiple leadership positions, attended clinical conferences, established research projects, participated in community service events, and other initiatives. I excelled academically, which was manifested in not just a high academic standard but also in tutoring fellow classmates and arranging sessions with other pharmacy students to help them improve time management and study skills. I shadowed pharmacists and residents before my advanced pharmacy practice experiences commenced to discover which areas of clinical pharmacy I found intriguing. I have obtained valuable pharmacy practice experiences in five specialties thus far including inpatient internal medicine, long term acute care, geriatrics and telehealth, and primary care. Through these rotations, I built upon the knowledge I acquired from my didactic courses but also developed patient-centered approaches and strengthened my clinical skills. I enjoyed many aspects of my rotations, including contributing pharmacotherapy recommendations, providing patient education, attending rounds and interdisciplinary team meetings – all of which have solidified my desire

The idea behind our proposal stems from a monumental event that occurred two years ago where student pharmacists from our College were able to successfully lobby Hawai`i state legislators to allow pharmacy students to receive their intern license at the beginning of their first year of school. Prior to this, the Hawai`i Board of Pharmacy dictated that student pharmacists could only receive their intern licenses upon completion of their first year. Members of the local APhA-ASP Chapter felt that the lack of an intern license hindered their professional development. In hopes of changing current legislation, they decided to initiate a project to gather information regarding pharmacy intern laws across all 50 states. This data was compiled together and presented to Hawai`i Board of Pharmacy members. It was discovered that Hawai`i was one of 9

The Medical Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 is one of the most expensive bills that has been placed before the House of Representatives (Singer, 2007). It was written by the pharmaceutical lobbyists and was over 1,000 pages long (Singer, 2007). The House received the bill that morning and it was voted on at 3am (Signer, 2007). When asked why did the voting take place at 3am, San Burton, A Republican Representative from Indiana stated: “Well I think a lot of the shenanigans that were going on that night, they did not want on national television in primetime” (Singer, 2007). At this hour most people have already gone to bed and went to sleep.

Led by our chairs Nils Tran and Julie Samreth, our Voting & Legislation initiative has worked to break the barrier between the community and issues regarding pharmacy. They have done so by educating students and members of the community about active bills in session that impact patients and pharmacists.

This reflection about my rotations I did my first year in pharmacy school. It was at a long term care facility. My partner was Kelsey Duerson and we went to every other Thursday. This activity did not increase my awareness about my culture. it showed me how geriatric population are treated in this part of the country. I feel like when you get old and you have medical conditions, because we are very busy with our lives we have to take seniors to a facility where they all live in order for health care professionals will successfully take care of them. This is different from my culture because it is not what we do in Nigeria. We take care of our parents when they get old. We do not take them to any facility. They stay home with us. My perception

Conclusion: Ultimately, a pharmacist’s role would greatly expand with the Provider Status law. In the future, all states should adapt a form of the Provider Status law. Pharmacists should be utilized to their utmost capabilities, they endured four years of education studying medications, their uses and the effects. A pharmacist’s expertise is very vital to a patient’s treatment. Eventually, pharmacists should be granted the right to prescribe

OTC course was a course designed to allow students to experience how a pharmacist in a community pharmacy like a Walgreens pharmacy would gather information and counsel patients on over the counter medications (OTC), i.e., nonprescription medications. In fact, the purpose of this course was to provide us with a fundamental understanding of community pharmacy practice and to foster a sense of community involvement through service learning. In my opinion, through this course we have developed the foundation we need to provide patient care, companionship, medication-related services and screening for medical problems. Importantly, the Spring OTC class was presented by a group of

In the month of June, I served my third Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) at a CVS Pharmacy. This particular pharmacy was located in a very busy area of Tampa, Florida and served as a major healthcare figure in the community. With the help of my preceptor Philip Lowe, and the helpful pharmacy technicians, I was able to learn about the many important aspects of being a community pharmacist.

The purpose of this bill was to make alterations to the Social Security Act allowing pharmacists to be recognized as healthcare providers. Pharmacists would practice, under the direction of CPAs, with in the Medicare Program (part B) (U.S Surgeon General Report 2011). The legislation motion illustrated the value of pharmacists at the lawmaking level. The bill was cleared from the books. There was a second attempt in August of 2001. The bill was referred to a subcommittee on health but eventually was also cleared form the books. In August of 2004, a new bill, the Medicare Pharmacists Practitioner Service Coverage Act was presented to the House of Representatives. The goal was also to allow pharmacists to provide practitioner services within the part B Medicare program. There was some progress with this bill because the modification that would add pharmacists to the lists of non-physician practitioners that are currently being reimbursed for services was considered. Unfortunately just like before, the bill was referred to the subcommittee of health and there was no further actions taken. Since July of 2011, there have been three pharmacy‐related bills that have been introduced into the 112th Congress, 1st Session (Appendix 2). All of the bills push to allow pharmacists to be more involved in clinical care through the expansion of their current scope of practice. The Medication Management Therapy Benefits Act of 2011(H.R. 891) is a bill that was designed again to propose a change to the part D Medicare portion of the Social Security Act. This act suggests that medication therapy management (MTM) and prescription drug plans (PDP) be handled by qualified medical professionals including pharmacists. In order for this to happen, pharmacist would have to be recognized as healthcare

I work as a Governmental Hospital Pharmacist, my responsibilities: dispensing medications, checking prescriptions to make sure there are no errors , implementing prevention strategies and promoting healthy behaviors and activities (e.g:vaccination) in cooperation with other governmental

For our second interview we were assigned to interview somebody on campus that had an interesting career, and a common core interest. I am currently still deciding on possible career choices, but one possible choice is working for a non-profit or doing missionary type work. I am still debating on whether or not I want to make that a possible career or not, but I did find someone on campus with that same love to help others. I decided to interview Bailey, she is currently in her last year in pharmacy school at KU, I met her through an internship program that was actually at my job and once talking to her I realized we had a lot of similar core interests. While we are going to school for different things we would both like to do similar things

When elementary teachers ask their pupils what they want to be when they grow up, they expect to get answers such as: astronaut, firefighter, or teacher. I was obviously not your typical ten year old. I wanted to become someone who helped sick people feel better. I was stuck between a doctor and a pharmacist. Because I do not do well with blood, I chose to become a pharmacist. Sure a pharmacist was not as “cool” as an astronaut, but I had a great reason on why I wanted to become a pill pusher. When I was eight years old my mother passed away from a liver disease. No one knew she had this disease, no one except for her. She had gone to the doctor and they told her everything was fine. Clearly everything was not fine. Maybe, just maybe, if