THE CLASS OF 2014 TABLOID

Tips for a successful DPH-4 year from a recent graduate: Dr. Endries. Congratulations! You have officially made it to the final year of the Doctor of Pharmacy program. There is much to be said for all the hard work that got you to this point, but let’s be honest, how much information do you actually remember from the past three years (aside from taco salad Wednesdays and that power hour runs from 9PM-10PM)? Now that you are already well into your fourth year, it’s time to learn what it really takes to be a pharmacist. The following is a brief guide from a recent graduate that will help you to get the most out of your final year of being a baby pharmacist. No one likes being told what to do, but here is some valuable information that would have been helpful one year ago: What  you  should  do:   What  you  should  NOT  do:  Show  up  on  time,  professionally  dressed,  with  a  positive  attitude,  and  well  aware  of  what  YOU  are  supposed  to  achieve  over  the  next  seven  to  8  weeks  

Show  up  late,  dressed  like  a  slob  (or  any  other  outfit  that  deserves  a  trip  to  human  resources),  and  expect  that  your  preceptor  knows  what  you  are  required  to  do  

AN OPPORTUNITY TO "COUNT OUT" AN INTERESTING POINT YOU MAY LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOUR FELLOW FUTURE PHARMACISTS.

HELLO FELLOW FUTURE PHARMACISTS!

Congratulations on successfully completing block one! We are now just FIVE rotations away from our doctorate degree. Our goal with this all new class newsletter, The TABloid, is to keep us connected during clerkships. By continuing to learn together, we will continue to further advance the profession as future practitioners. We hope that you enjoy reading our first issue, and hope that you will be interested in writing articles in the future!

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Editors-in-Chief: Ed Portillo and Brittany Schleicher

The TABloid 5555 Count by 5's Avenue

Pharmacity, Wisconsin, 12345

CLASS OF 2014

BLOCK 1, 2014

Madison Region! Night @ the Terrace: Top Row: Nick Cox, Brittany Schleicher, Seung-ri Lee, Bryant Schobert, Thomy Singh, Kerry Allen, Ed Portillo, Bottom Row: Suthana Ying, Brian Konkol, Wangui (Kui) Nganga

What  you  should  do:   What  you  should  NOT  do:  Find  an  organizational  system  that  works  for  you  and  figure  out  when  you  will  complete  all  requirements  (note:  most  things  will  take  longer  than  expected).  Think  about  what  is  required  to  fully  complete  your  tasks  so  that  you  are  able  to  schedule  any  necessary  appointments  ahead  of  time    

Wait  until  the  last  minute  and  miss  deadlines.  It  becomes  much  more  difficult  to  remember  when  your  type  A  friends  from  pharmacy  school  are  not  sitting  next  to  you  to  remind  you  

Be  honest  about  what  you  know  and  what  you  don’t  know  

Guess-­‐  always  look  up  anything  that  you  are  less  than  100%  confident  on.  Guessing  will  ruin  any  credibility  that  you  have  and  is  extremely  dangerous.  8  weeks  becomes  an  eternity  when  you  have  burned  bridges  with  other  healthcare  providers  because  of  something  you  thought  you  knew    

Take  advantage  of  your  preceptors’  experience  and  expertise-­‐  when  you  have  a  question  or  want  to  know  a  good  resource  for  more  information  just  ask!    

Wait  until  after  graduation  to  realize  that  you  should  have  done  this  

   Make  a  list  of  what  you  want  to  get  out  of  every  rotation  

Sit  at  your  desk  doing  the  same  task  over  and  over  again  because  you  didn’t  inform  your  preceptor  that  you  wanted  to  see  a  CABG  procedure,  or  shadow  the  respiratory  therapist,  or  work  in  the  heart  failure  clinic  

   Keep  your  future  in  mind  and  always  be  professional  

-­‐ You  will  likely  need  some  good  preceptor  references  for  job  applications  in  the  very  near  future!  

-­‐ Treat  each  rotation  like  a  7-­‐8  week  job  interview  

-­‐ Inform  your  preceptor  of  any  pre-­‐planned  absences  (i.e.  job  interviews,  etc.)    

Ruin  your  chances  at  a  future  position  because  you  thought  you  would  never  be  a  pharmacist  at  this  rotation  site.  (This  can  be  a  wide  variety  of  things  including:  poor  attitude,  poor  attendance,  lack  of  professionalism,  the  aftermath  of  “thirsty  Thursday”,  etc.)  Pharmacy  is  a  very  small  profession!  

Remember  the  pharmacy  board  exams!    

Over  the  course  of  the  year  review  various  topics  that  you  are  unfamiliar  with  (it  is  much  easier  in  small  chunks)    

Wait  until  the  week  before  your  NAPLEX/MPJE  to  review  the  material  

Most  importantly:  Have  fun  and  appreciate  each  rotation  for  what  it  offers  (both  good  and  bad),  you  will  never  again  have  this  type  of  opportunity  and  the  flexibility  it  offers    

Have  a  poor  attitude,  complete  the  bare  minimum  for  graduation  and  complain  about  the  practice  site.  (Preceptors  are  less  likely  to  buy  you  lunch  when  you  do  this)  

   

Hopefully this will help you have a fantastically successful fourth year! Good luck and be sure to postmark all materials by the Monday following the end of the block!

-Mike

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!"-Audrey Hepburn

BLOCK 1 BIRTHDAYS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Nick Cox with his large catch of the day!

"Happy happy birthday, from our whole class to you. We wish it was our birthday, so we could celebrate too!"

CONGRATULATIONS TO LISA ALBRECHT ON HER ENGAGEMENT!!!!

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”-Albert Einstein 14

BIG CATCH! Bryan Konkol and I would occasionally fill our Block 1

evenings with a canoe trip to Lake Wingra to unwind after a long day of saving lives. Our primary goal was to relax, swap stories, and have a good time (it is in our class honor code, after all). We accomplished the primary goal every time without fail. This was fairly easy to do given that the sun was warm, the drinks were cold, and Bob Uecker was telling us exactly what has just happened. The secondary objective was to put some bass in the boat. We both fished with the same type of rubber worm, but hooked in a slightly different manner. The best story came out of warm Tuesday night in which the fields were too wet to play softball. Bryan casted up next to a fallen tree and hooked a nice bass, while I sat and watched him reel it in. Just as he fought his fish close to the boat, a 32 inch musky hammered my bait and took off. I was using light tackle for bass so I had little control over the fish. It was very strong, so it literally pulled us around in the canoe like we were a horse and cart. This whole ordeal must have appeared very humorous to fishermen that actually have an idea as to what they are doing. After quite some time, we got the fish in the boat, snapped a few pictures and put her right back where she came from :) -Nick-

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BLOCK 1, 2014

May: 28: Kristina Bennwitz, Kara Risseeuw

June: 1: Kody Schmidt 6: Amanda Klos 7: Melissa Moore 8: Adrienne Luebke 17: Jafar Ahmed 26: Becca Lukanich 29: Emma Sturm

July: 4: Jaimi Swenson 5: Dennis Reckelberg, Erin Keyes 6: Adam Post, Hanna Knurr 8: Rebecca Carnahan 10: Lisa Albrecht 12: Ed Portillo 14: Trevor Schmidt

HEY EAU CLAIRE! The Eau Claire region consists of Emily W, Jaimi and Emily Z. We meet on Wednesdays for seminar at Mayo Clinic Health System. We have been fortunate enough to have an equal number of non- UW students with us at these meetings: a student from Creighton, Minneapolis- Duluth, and Concordia University Wisconsin. We have not had a lot of opportunity for social events with different schedules, etc, but we do chat via facebook and at seminar. I think that we all agree, Eau Claire is a beautiful place to spend the summer!

I have been practicing at Naresuan University Hospital and Buddhachinaraj Hospital in central Thailand. Naresuan is a 200 bed teaching hospital on the NU campus and the internal medicine ward runs similarly to the US, with medical students, interns, attendings, pharmacists and pharmacy students. Rounds and medical charts are a mixture of Thai and English, so a pharmacy resident translates for me. There are usually 2-5 patients per room and families do most of the care-taking while in the hospital, as opposed to nursing staff in the US. Only a couple of the rooms are air-conditioned, so I nearly passed out the first day on rounds in my UW white coat with thick knee-length material and long sleeves. I quickly traded that in for a lightweight, short-sleeved jacket. On Thursdays, a monk comes to each ward in the hospital to accept donations and give blessings. So it’s not unusual to see medical staff remove their shoes, kneel, and bow their heads in the middle of the hallway while the monk prays over them. Buddhachinaraj Hospital is a much larger public hospital in the main city. It has about 1,000 beds and 50 pharmacists on staff. There, men and women are separated into separate wards and there are approximately 30 patients per room. Any extra patients have their beds arranged in the hallway outside the ward for a total of about 50 patients per ward. In both hospitals family members perform most of the daily cares for patients, as opposed to nursing staff in the US. Other interesting differences about pharmacy practice include: strong pain medications such as morphine, fentanyl and hydrocodone are not available in community pharmacies; it’s believed that if they are in that much pain, they should be in the hospital. Also, prescriptions are not necessary for the majority of medications sold at the community pharmacy. Pharmacists can diagnose and dispense antibiotics for illnesses such as strep throat and refill chronic disease medications like metformin without contacting the prescriber.

I’m very grateful to the medical staff and fellow pharmacy students at both hospitals for their kindness and hospitality.

WHAT'S GOING ON IN LACROSSE!

The five of us in La Crosse have had a good time during our first rotation! Most of us have spent some time volunteering at the St. Clare Health Mission pharmacy--it is a good way to network with pharmacists, techs, and health providers from the area while helping out grateful patients. We are getting together for an end of block dinner at Dublin Square in order to socialize, share information about our rotation sites and to look forward to next block. It's amazing how fast this first block has flown!

Bored on Tuesday Nights? Come watch these guys play softball!!!

Good Luck with Block 2!!!!!!

The Thailand

Experience!!!!

• Rebecca cuddling with a tiger!

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BLOCK 1, 2014

WHAT'S GOING ON IN MILWAUUKEE!

During the early months this summer, a few classmates decided to pool their knowledge in trivia. Although we were unsuccessful in taking victory, we enjoyed catching up and seeing each other in non-pharmacy settings. We are looking forward to getting together again!