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MACY PHARM 4567 Cunningham St ♦ Vancouver, BC ♦ V9B 5P6 ♦ (778) 987-1234 ♦ macy.pharm@gmail.com OBJECTIVE • Student Summer Employment at Canada Safeway Pharmacy in Vancouver, B.C.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 2nd year UBC Pharmacy student with an 80.6% average • Over 3 years of community pharmacy experience at Pharmasave and Safeway Pharmacy • Proficiency in Kroll developed through UBC lab practice and Pharmasave assistant work • 2 years of peer crisis counselling experience • More than 5 years of customer service and cash register experience • Fluent in Spanish and French

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Pharmasave #056 Pharmacy Assistant August 2011 – present • Counselled patients on proper blood pressure measuring techniques, and the effects of

smoking and diet on cardiovascular health • Used Kroll for filling prescriptions and patient data entry • Observed pharmacists educating patients in diabetes and foot screening clinics

Safeway Pharmacy #390 Volunteer Pharmacy Assistant July 2009 – August 2011 Located on Broadway/Cambie, over 200 prescriptions processed per day • Compliance packaging for 4 nursing and 2 transition homes • Gained familiarity with generic and brand names and common indications of medications • Observed pharmacists counselling patients on their prescriptions and making OTC

recommendations • Developed medical jargons in French and Spanish through translating counselling sessions

UBC Speakeasy Peer Counsellor July 2008 – April 2010 • Over 50 hours of training on empathy, suicide risk assessment, boundary setting, and

confidentiality • De-escalated the emotions of distressed students through active listening and providing

referrals from the Red Book Vancouver General Hospital

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Job Shadowing May 2009 • Observed medication review sessions where pharmacists counselled patients on proper

drug administration techniques and lifestyle measures to help manage chronic diseases • Recognized the restriction of hospital formularies require changing patients’ medications to

alternative drugs or dosage forms • Observed clinical pharmacists working alongside with doctors to properly dose warfarin in

the anticoagulation department

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE Vancouver Aquarium Admission Cashier August 2006 – June 2010 • Secured 35% more membership sales than all other staff members • Balanced sales and deposits of $6000-$8000 per 8-hour shift with no records of

discrepancies • Selected by the manager to be cross-trained as a science facilitator due to positive

customer feedback UBC Nutrikids Workshop Presenter September 2009 – April 2010 • Delivered 1-hour workshops to classes of 30 children (grades 3-5) that empowered them to

participate in a 14-day healthy recess snacks challenge • Guided the children’s understanding of a balanced diet through interactive games

Starbucks Cashier & Barista March 2006 – May 2009 • Responsible for opening and closing the store on weekends • Balanced sales of up to $5000 in cash with 97.6% accuracy

EDUCATION University of British Columbia Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) September 2010 – May 2014 INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES Violin: Kiwanis Festival Silver (2006) and Bronze (2007) for school orchestra Photography: http://www.facebook.com/macyphotography Tae Kwon Do: 7th Kup green belt Dragon boat, ceramics, sewing