Smart Goals For Pharmacy Education

Dr. Arlett Seijo Perez has been working in a pharmacy since she was 18 years old, first as a pharmacy technician, and then for the last 35 years she has been working as a valuable pharmacist. While working as a technician, with the help and guidance of Michael Escudero, which at that time was her manager, she decided to apply to pharmacy school. She graduated from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) where she earned her degree as a Doctor of Pharmacy (pharm D) . For the first 20 years after she graduated she worked in CVS Pharmacy, a job she loved since she was always passionate about helping patients and having the interaction of pharmacist to patients. After several years, she decided to look for other options, to experience a different

Topics covered include the top 200 drugs; drug information resources; drug regulation; language of pharmacy; prescription process; compounding labs; orphan and investigational drugs; alternative medicine; compounding sterile preparation; hands-on preparation during variety of laboratory sessions; and preparation for the national Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE).

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.

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.

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.

Studying at the West-Mec Pharmacy Technician program will eventually help me reach my long term goal of becoming a hospital pharmacist. This program will give me the benefit of hands-on training and will teach me the necessary skills that are required for a pharmacy technician. I want to have a career as a pharmacist in the future and I understand that becoming a pharmacy technician is not required, but it is a huge benefit. Pharmacists dispense medication and other remedies. They need to understand the importance of doses, allergens and other chemical reactions that may cause harm to the patients. Because of this, pharmacists are important to the medical field. I chose a pharmacist as my career because I want to ensure that my patients

Many Chapters felt that our proposition upheld APhA-ASP’s mission to “provide opportunities for professional growth” because, if adopted, our resolution will allow pharmacy students nationwide to engage in enriching learning experiences earlier on. The next step in the APhA-ASP Policy Process is for our proposal to be presented at an open hearing during APhA Annual for APhA-ASP Chapters throughout the nation to

In my NUR-301 Class, I had the opportunity to practice on Interprofessional Education. Our nursing student team was partnered with first year pharmacy school students to learn about each other professions and to study on how we could work in a team of healthcare professionals to attain a common goal. As this was my first time experience to meet other students from a different department of Notre Dame of Maryland University, I was not sure what to expect from our discussions. Even if I have some experiences working both in hospitals and in a pharmacy, I was no fully aware of the responsibilities of a pharmacist directly to the patient or to the healthcare field specialists.

My strongest impetus for the study of this major is pegged on the personal urge to improve the lives and health of those around me. I would only be able to serve the health of others when I am fully acquainted with the knowledge of pharmacy, which to me is one of the noblest professions. I am deeply concerned about the welfare of others. My experiences, especially as I visit hospitals form a significant part in influencing my choice to study pharmacy. At one point, I felt very bad when a pharmacist in a hospital I had visited was very indolent in serving a patient. All human beings would feel adored and valued when they are given appropriate attention in regard to their health. The health profession has a mission geared towards safeguarding people's health and that mission is perfectly in sync with my desires. I want to be exceptional, to do my best in caring for people, and attend to their interest to the best of my knowledge. I admire nourishing hope to desolate patients and always give them a reason to

My academic SMART goal for this semester was to keep getting help from Mr. Pathe and Mr. Thomson in order to get good grades for my writing and math assignments. I have been consistent about meeting with Mr. Pathe and Mr. Thomson. Therefore, I have been getting good grades for my writing assignments. Sometime, I edit the paper myself, but I always get higher grade if Mr. Pathe edits my work, so I knock on his door most of the time. However, I am still struggling with my math. Although, I have been scoring pretty high on my math homework, I tend to score low on my tests. It is probably because when I work on my math problems, I am not necessarily enjoying it but rather working to get the assignments finished. However, this semester has been

I believe it is very important to have personal goals and strengths; to always have a positive mindset for yourself, your environment; and the people around you. Growing up, my parents instilled, what I think, are good morals and values such as: integrity, determination, professionalism, discipline, time management, leadership, and teamwork. As a certified pharmacy technician of almost five years, it is very important to display these traits in the workplace making sure my job is done correctly and efficiently, as I have people’s lives in my hands. My learning strengths consist of hard work, dedication, willingness to learn, and the ability to teach others. I have some weaknesses as well, but my biggest is having a loose tongue. Knowing your

As a future Howard graduate, my main goal after completion of my undergraduate Pharmacy Degree, is to continue to push past boundaries, jump over obstacles and fight through hardships to shape my community for the better. I would continue to work endless on advancing my education by finishing my graduate degree at Howard. I will strive to not only accomplish the best grades, but to understand the material like never before. I would also make sure I am actively involved in the Howard University community, just like I was in my school community. After I complete my graduate degree of Pharmacy I plan to start off in a hospital setting. As I learned in my experience of the prestigious Summer Pharmacy Program (The BESt Program), diversity is key

As I reflect on my experience of a pharmacy practice, I realize how much of my personality has changed in only few months. The experiences I gained during my first rotation at Walgreens were particularly rewarding, especially those gained while working as a team to achieve a common goal of a patient’s well-being. I did not have any previous experience in the pharmacy setting, therefore I was determined to take advantage of this opportunity to grow and develop skills that are vital to be a good pharmacist. During the rotation, I performed many activities that were assigned by the preceptor, learned new skills and competencies, identified my strengths and weaknesses, and made plans for continued development throughout the journey of pharmacy practice.

Today in the 21st century the roles of pharmacist have expanded tremendously. Before pharmacist had the role of solely dispensing drugs. Pharmacists were limited to only being regulatory or clinical pharmacist. Back then they were called medical purveyors who were much like today’s regulatory pharmacist and hospital pharmacist who are similar to hospital pharmacist. Now pharmacists carry many roles in healthcare. Pharmacist can play roles in public health, community, health systems, state, and federal government.

Educators in contemporary pharmacy education are facing challenges for the development of effective pedagogical strategies to cater the needs of net-savvy internet generation (Net Geners) students 1. Student pharmacists belonging to this generation are increasingly visually oriented and favor visual learning modalities. There is growing evidence that as a teaching modality, use of visual instructional aids improves students understanding and retention of topics in courses such as pharmaceutics 2 and pharmacology3. One such visual instructional aid is use of videos in for classroom teaching. Specifically, in the field of pharmacy education, use of videos as instructional aids was proven quite advantageous. Dunham et al (2012), utilized video modules and video clips as instructional aids in a drug assay course and assessed students perceptions and performance in the course after addition of video-based instructional aids. The results have shown that students perception of the course improved significantly after the introduction of the video based instructional tools 4. Similarly, Haines et al (2010) reported that an internet-based vidcasting project which involves utilization of public health information video increased pharmacy students’ self-esteem, respect for peers, creative and critical-thinking abilities, and importance of pharmacists providing accurate public health information1. Therefore, use of simulated oral solid dosage form (OSD) manufacturing videos