Student e-NewsletterOSU/OHSU College of Pharmacy - Issue #22 Spring Quarter Week 3 - pharmacy.oregonstate.edu - April 17, 2009

1page 2: Project CHANCENews from Australia!

page 3: AnnouncementsScholarships

In this week’snewsletter

Calendar of eventsWhere the Stars of Pharmacy Shine:Highlights from the 2009 APhA-ASP National

Meeting in San Antonio, Texashe American Pharmacists Association Academy of

Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) Annual Meeting and Exposition was held April 3rd - 6th in San Antonio, Texas. Approximately 6,000 attendees converged on San Antonio representing all aspects of the pharmacy profession including not only student pharmacists, but also practitioners, scientists, technicians and representatives of the pharmaceutical industry. Over four days, attendees were able to participate in a variety of educational sessions, networking opportunities, and social events—all of which were done in true Texas style. While in San Antonio, OSU attendees got to experience the historic Alamo, the beautiful San Antonio Riverwalk, and the region’s legendary BBQ, in addition to getting up close and personal with a real, live (and very sedate!) Texas longhorn as well as a handful of curious armadillos. 2009 marked the 40th anniversary for ASP, the student governing body of APhA, which now has a membership of 30,000 pharmacy students nationwide. Oregon State was one of 110 schools of pharmacy represented at the meeting. Fifteen students from our chapter were in attendance. The OSU College of Pharmacy had notable representation in San Antonio by Sharon Shiraga (P3), APhA-ASP Regional Member at Large, who served as an alternate delegate for Region 7 in APhA’s House of Delegates, Ayla Johnson (P4), who served on the 2009 APhA-ASP Nominating Committee, Jackie Foster (P2), who served as a delegate in APhA-ASP’s House of Delegates, and Elva Van Devender (P2), who competed in APhA-ASP’s National Patient Counseling Competition. The biggest highlight of the meeting for our chapter, however, came during APhA-ASP’s Opening General Session when the OSU College of Pharmacy was

awarded one of 10 national APhA-ASP awards for Project CHANCE. The authors of the winning proposal, Pamela Levine, Ben Kong, Matt Leinbach and Elva Van Devender, were all in attendance to receive the award, and are very excited about launching their medication reconciliation project with the Community Health Centers of Benton and Linn Counties later this summer. In addition, Dr. Jeegisha Patel was awarded Best Poster Presentation Merit Award in APhA’s Community/Ambulatory Care section, the Oregon State Pharmacy Association (OSPA) was recognized nationally for their efforts to advance pharmacists’ involvement in immunizations through training activities and legislative initiatives, and OSU alumnus Brian Hille was recognized on behalf of the Safeway Corporation for the company’s work in increasing the availability of immunizations. Missed out on an armadillo cuddle this year? Want to be part of the action next year? The APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition is held each spring. Mark your calendars for the 2010 APhA-ASP Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C. March 12th -15th.

- Story and photos submitted by Jackie Foster and Elva Van Devender

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Elva Van Devender (left) and Jackie Foster (right) with some new friends.

Calendar of events also online at http://pharmacy.oregonstate.edu/news

April 21P3 Seminar

CV Writing WorkshopCHH 3rd Floor 11:30 a.m.

April 21-22“Countdown to Commencement”

OSU MU BallroomP4s: See COP graduation info page

for more information

April 28CVS Luncheon, 11 a.m.

CHH - 3rd floor classroom

May 1P4 Reunion 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Bowling 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Portland, Ore.

May 4White Box LuncheonFinancial planning

Noon to 1 p.m. Corvallis

May 8OSU COP Open House

Corvallis, OR 3:30 p.m.

May 21Rho Chi and Phi Lambda Sigma

Initiation Ceremony5:30 PM

Alumni Center – Library room

May 26Student Recognition Banquet

Alumni Center, Corvallis

June 4OHSU Graduation

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

June 12OSU COP Graduation

LaSells Austin Auditorium

GRADUATION: For details, see http://pharmacy.

oregonstate.edu/grad_info

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P4s Mercy Chipman and Ted Williams are currently on rotation in Melbourne Australia. Here is the latest from Ted: “We are on our ‘elective’ rotation for 6 weeks. We will be spending time in Melbourne working in a community pharmacy, attending a Pharmacy Guild meeting in Brisbane, hiking (or bushwalking as they call it here) across Tasmania, scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns, driving to the 12 apostles, and sightseeing in Sydney.”

- Story and photos

sumbitted by Ted Williams

Looking for students to perform in talent portion of Student Recognition

Banquet:I am writing to encourage anyone and everyone who might be interested in performing for the talent portion of the evening at the Dean’s Banquet to please contact me. For those of you who might not know - each year at the Dean’s Banquet pharmacy students get the chance to show the college their other talents besides being super smart pharmacy people. This could include singing, dancing, comedy skits, playing an instrument, etc. If anyone is interested please let me know ASAP - monroek@onid.orst.edu - so we can start planning and preparing for your wonderful performances.

- Submitted by Katie Monroe

News from Australia...

Celebrating a OSU College of Pharmacy Project CHANCE win (from left to right): Jackie Foster (P2), Sharon Shiraga (P3), Elva Van Devender (P2), Ben Kong (P1), Matthew Leinbach (P1), and Pamela Levine (P1)

At this year’s American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Antonio, the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy was one of only 10 chapters nationally to be awarded a Project CHANCE grant. Project CHANCE (Chapters Helping Advocate for Needy Communities Everywhere) in collaboration with the Pharmacy Services Support Center (PSSC) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is designed to help foster projects that promote delivery of pharmacy services to underserved populations. A group of Oregon State pharmacy students (P1’s Pamela Levine, Matthew Leinbach, and Ben Kong and P2 Elva Van Devender) put together a Medication Reconciliation Project proposal involving the Community Health Centers of Benton and Linn Counties (CHCBLC) to win the $2,000 award. The objectives of the proposal are to 1) improve patient outcomes by reducing harm to patients, decreasing medication errors, and increasing the amount of time healthcare providers are able to spend with patients by decreasing unnecessary paperwork, 2) educate patients about what medicines they are

taking and how to take them safely, and 3) provide opportunities for OSU pharmacy students to interact with patients in a real-world setting. OSU’s Project CHANCE grant will involve holding ‘brown bag’ type events with CHCBLC, interviewing patients, providing patients with portable, easily understandable medication lists/schedules, counseling patients, documenting drug interactions/ duplications, and surveying providers and patients. Work on implementing OSU’s Project CHANCE grant has already begun! Monthly events are being planned for the summer and early fall at CHCBLC with fall and winter events to be held more frequently. The operation should be fairly portable and could be implemented at various locations with minimal effort, and the Project CHANCE team is looking forward to taking this project “on the road” and expanding the reach of this program to a wider population of underserved communities in our state. Outreach opportunities, as they arise, will be posted on the wiki calendar. Project CHANCE will have its own webpage and will be linked to the College of Pharmacy homepage,

Facebook community, and the College of Pharmacy wiki site at http://pharmacy.oregonstate.edu/studentwiki/chance. If you would like to get involved with the Project CHANCE team, talk to Pamela, Matt, Ben, or Elva and/or e-mail Pamela at levinep@onid.orst.edu. The students of Project CHANCE would like to thank both Dr. Stacy Ramirez and Dr. Gary DeLander for all their help, support and guidance in putting together a proposal that will allow OSU students to make a positive difference in the community in which we live.

- Story and photos submitted by Elva Van Devender

College of Pharmacy Students Win National APhA-ASP Award for Project CHANCE

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Announcements

Congratulations! Dr. Jeegisha Patel received the APhA-APPM Presentation Merit Award for her poster at the APhA meeting. The Merit Award recognizes presenters of best practice-focused poster in Ambulatory/Community Practice section. The project was: Implementing a Cardiovascular Reduction Service in a Community Setting. Authors: Jeegisha Patel, Robin Traver ( P4), Richard McCloud ( Pfizer).

Project CHANCEWe would like to get a list of everyone interested in working on the Project CHANCE Medication Reconciliation project this summer. (See story on page 2). If you will be in the area and think you might like to be involved, please e-mail me at levinep@onid.orst.edu. We are planning to have events once a month (dates yet to be determined) and you would not need to be available for all of them. If you are interested in helping get the project off the ground over spring term, even if you won’t be around for the summer, please let me know that as well. If you are unable to volunteer this summer, there will be more opportunities in the fall. If you have any questions, please email or ask me, Ben Kong, Matthew Leinbach, Elva Van Devender or Dr. Stacy Ramirez. Thank you!- Submitted by Pamela Levine, Class of 2012

Pharmacy Ownership WorkshopFor anyone with any possible interest in owning a pharmacy there are a number of important events coming up. There will be a Pharmacy Ownership Workshop held in Seattle on August 21st to the 23rd. There is also a chance to visit the Nations Capitol May 11th through the 13th for the National Legislation and Government Affairs Conference. There is also a number of events for those of you interested in long term care. Details for these events can be found at: http://www.ncpanet.org/calendarncpa/index.php If anyone is interested in attending any of these events please contact me, Brennan Black at: blackbre.onid.orst.edu. If you are interested I will solicit funds from EC to assist with event costs.- Submitted by Brennan Black, NCPA President-elect, Class of 2011

MS Walk April 25thMy name is Amy Gin, a P2 and team captain of “Amy’s heroes” for the MS Walk that is taking place in Corvallis on Saturday, April 25, 2009 that begins at the MU quad. As a person who is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, I am hoping to keep spreading the awareness of MS. And this begins with YOU! The event is a 5K walk that is FREE registration and any donations would go straight towards the National MS society. The walk was a success last year, when there was more than half of the P2 classmates joining me for the walk. Registering for the walk is preferred. I am personally inviting you to join me for this worthy cause and to show support for a fellow classmate. Everybody that is in my life today has been a true inspiration for me to keep moving along, and you are considered a “hero” in my life. To join or donate: Please go to http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/ORCWalkEvents/749061376?px=6184378&pg=personal&fr_id=10498. This is the link that you can join my team, donate, or view my team!

Remember, ANY DONATION IS ACCEPTABLE and I know we are all college students. Please feel free to ask colleagues, family, or friends for any donation. Anything helps! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at ginam@onid.orst.edu or by phone 503-806-0191. Thanks again and hope to see you there!- Submitted by Amy Gin, Class Representative, Class of 2011

COP canned food drive the 20-24th of AprilBoxes are in the COP front office - It will also be a P1/P2 competition, so the boxes will be labeled accordingly. However, faculty and staff donations would also be greatly appreciated. Students can contact me with any questions.- Submitted by Andrea Gay, gaya@onid.orst.edu

Diversity Grant Available - Walgreens/College of PharmacyThe OSU College of Pharmacy has a strong commitment to diversity. To that end, this grant was created with a gift from the Walgreens Corporation. The purpose of this grant is to fund projects within the College and the community that emphasize diversity. Projects will be accepted based on the ability of the application to explain/show an effect in one of the following areas: - Increased diversity in the College. - Increased diversity in the profession of pharmacy. - Increased access for underserved or underrepresented population. - Increased awareness and acceptance of diverse groups. Guidelines Each section of the application should be completed in full. See full details and application at: http://pharmacy.oregonstate.edu/diversitygrant Complete applications must be received via e-mail by 5:00 p.m. on April 30, 2009. Or they may be mailed but they must be received (not just postmarked) by 5:00 p.m. on April 30, 2009. To e-mail please send it to: natalea.braden@oregonstate.edu. Or you may mail it to: OSU College of Pharmacy, Attn: Natalea Braden, Pharm.D. 1601 SW Jefferson St, 203 Pharmacy Building, Corvallis, OR 97331.

P1 and P2 Volleyball Compeition- UPDATEDWhat better way to know your classmates than some volleyball competition! The current schedule is every Wednesday at 3:30 pm at Dixon. - Submitted by Ben Kong, Class of 2012

New Scholarship: Roybal Foundation Scholarship The Roybal Foundation Scholarshipis for Hispanic students in health-related fields. Pharm.D. students are eligible to apply, but you’ll need to act quickly since the deadline is May 1, 2009. Information and application: http://roybalfoundation.org/

Scholarship Deadlines: Roybal Foundation Scholarship due May 1 Wolters Kluwer Health Scholarship due June 1