Spill The Pills! PCP News April 13, 2023
April 13, 2023
Fundamental of the Week (FOW) This weeks FOW was written by Dr. Bingham. Check it out HERE!
Events and General Announcements
Summer Professional Elective Opportunities! University of Florida, College of Pharmacy, is offering an online Veterinary Pharmacy course during the summer. Click HERE for more information. If you are interested in either of these courses, please contact Academic Specialist Steven Domignuez at sdominguez@sju.edu for instructions on how to gain transfer credit for these courses. You must request permission prior to transferring any course. Posted by Mr. Dominguez. 4/13
Two electives for PharmD students offered by the University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy! Asynchronous Online Electives Available Summer 2023 (June 12-August 2, 2023). The University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Practice is pleased to offer two Pharmacy Practice electives, “Introduction to Specialty Pharmacy” and “Spanish for Pharmacists”, available to PharmD students in summer 2023. Check out more information on the courses HERE. Each course is a 2-credit hour asynchronous online elective that will be offered during an 8-week session from June 12-August 2, 2023. The cost of each course is $1040. Please contact Steven Dominguez, sdominguez@sju.edu prior to enrolling in either course. Posted by Mr. Domiguez. 4/13
ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge! We are looking for students who would like to represent Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Clinical Pharmacy Challenge. This competition starts with online rounds and the semifinals and finals are held live during the ACCP Annual Meeting in Dallas in November. If we get to the live rounds, ACCP pays the registration for students and the school can kick in an extra $2000 (per team of 3) to defray travel expenses. In order to select the team, we will hold a short virtual exam on an evening in May, and select the top 4 scores. If you are interested in participating, please complete the interest form by 4/25. Please direct any questions to Dr. Pullinger (bpullinger@sju.edu). 4/13
Volunteers Needed: HawkHUB End of the Year Drive! HawkHUB is looking for volunteers for our End-of-the-Year Drive, which will take place from May 5-13. If you have some time on any of those dates, willing to volunteer, and able to transport donations from one of the residence halls (LLC and Osol) to Alumni Hall 108, fill out the following Google form and we'll be in contact to schedule an information session. Please contact Loryn Walker (lw20833611@sju.edu) with any questions. Check out the flyer HERE. 4/13
ACA & AMCP presents our annual RESUME WORKSHOP! Need some tips on how to brush up your resume/CV in order to land YOUR next internship or job interview? Come join us in our resume building workshop hosted by Professor Viggiano. This event is taking place on MONDAY APRIL 17th, 2023 @6pm on ZOOM. You can scan the QR code located on our flyer to JOIN. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Kayla Skinner (ks20642287@sju.edu). We hope to see you all there! 4/13
Pharmacy Museum Interns - Summer and/or fall 2023! Dr. Melissa Chakars, Professor and Chair of History at SJU is interns for the summer and/or fall of 2023 to work with researching and organizing the pharmacy collection in artifacts in the Marvin Samson Center for the History of Pharmacy (Griffith Hall). Students will enroll in the POL 491 Philadelphia Area Internship course and will need to complete 130 hours of work for the 3 credit class. Students could do this over the summer and get the credits in the fall or they could do all the work in the fall. Interested students should contact Dr. Chakars at mchakars@sju.edu. Current PCP interns are Anna Nahirnyak and Charlotte Ye - reach out to them for insight! Posted by Dean Foote. 4/13
ASCP ELECTIONS! ASCP will be holding elections for the 2023-2024 school year on April 20 at 1PM in PTC 140! If you are interested, you need to apply by April 13. If you have any questions, contact Kavitha Sukumar (ks20828278@sju.edu). Check out the flyer HERE for how to apply. 4/13
SCCP E-Board Elections! Are you interested in clinical pharmacy? Academia? Research? Student Society of Clinical Pharmacy is opening up applications for executive board positions. Applications will be due on Monday, April 24th by 11:59 PM, and elections will be held on Thursday, April 27th time TBA. Click HERE for the link to the application and overview of the positions. For more information, contact Abdallah Elbready at ae20635026@sju.edu or Maggie Jones mj20843184@sju.edu. 4/13
You could be an Infectious Diseases Pharmacist! Learn more via SIDP! Interested in becoming an ID pharmacist? Don't even know what an ID pharmacist does? The Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) is hosting a virtual info session discussing the professional pathway of becoming an infectious diseases pharmacist on Wednesday, April 26th at 6pm ET. Open to pharmacy students of all levels! Register here. Reach out to Dr. Garcia at bgarcia@sju.edu with any questions about the event (or if you are interested in talking outside the event). 4/13
Intern and Job Positions
Pharmacy Student Opportunities in Central Pennsylvania at UPMC Harrisburg. For more information, click HERE.
Events and General Announcements
Annual Research Day! Please join us for the Annual Research Day that will be held on Thursday April 13 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm in the ARC. This is a great opportunity to learn more about SJU's research and scholarship and to support your colleagues who are presenting a poster. Posted by Dr. Jasmin. 4/6
You're invited to the Black Excellence Gala! There's an opportunity for you to attend the Black Excellence Gala which is hosted by Philly Student Doctors. This is an organization that was started by black dental students at Temple and black medical students at Drexel. The Black Excellence Gala will take place in Center City on Saturday, May 6th. It’s open to all PCP students and allies who are age 21 and older. PCP will cover the cost of your ticket if you register below. Check out more info here. Please register here by Fri, April 28th if you’d like to attend. If you have questions about the event or organization, please reach out to Kanayo Akosa (P4) at ka20636876@sju.edu or Nadara Bacon (P2) at nb20841562@sju.edu. This will be a great inter-professional networking opportunity for you. We hope you will attend! Posted by Dr. Motley. 4/3
Naloxone Training April 13! Learn to identify and respond to an opioid overdose! Naloxone (Narcan) recently was approved for over-the counter sale, so everyone has the ability to save someone's life! Join @sju_recovery and @unityrco for naloxone training on the Hawk Hill campus, President's Lounge, 5:30-7:00pm on Thursday, April 13. Register at this link. Posted by Dr. Waite. 4/3
Intern and Job Positions
Rite Aid Fairmount Ave is HIRING! Rite Aid Store #3434 at 1924 Fairmount Ave has a couple positions open for interns! The position requires you work at least 1 evening shift a week and some weekends. Store is mid volume and their customer base is very friendly! Interested in this position? Contact Ina Pajo - PCP Alumni and Pharmacy Manager: inapajo@yahoo.com. Posted by Professor Thomson. 4/6
Intercept Pharmaceuticals - Medical Research Internship (May 22, 2023- August 25, 2023)! Paid Summer internship where students will learn about the roles of medical affairs, safety/pharmacovigilance, health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), real world evidence (RWE), epidemiology, and investigator initiated research (IIR) in the pharmaceutical industry. Check out more information HERE. 4/6
Walgreens Has Scholarships! Any intern who is working with Walgreens is eligible for $5000 scholarship per year and $10,000 their final year (potential total of $25,000). The scholarship money is not required to be paid back provided the student pharmacist works for Walgreens as a pharmacist for the number of years they accept the Scholarship. See attached brochure. Questions? Reach out to Jim Reed, Area Healthcare Supervisor at jim.reed@walgreens.com or 215 836 0128. Posted by Dean Foote. 4/6
Mission Statement
The mission of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy is to educate and develop students to become leaders and innovators in patient care, research and business who are differentiated by their professional and ethical values.
The College is distinguished by its leadership role and impeccable professional ethics establishing a global reputation for impacting the profession of pharmacy though advocacy, excellence in patient care, interprofessional collaboration, developing innovative practice models, research and development, and healthcare business.
Vision Statement
The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy will be globally recognized for developing learners who excel in innovative, compassionate, collaborative, evidence-based patient care, scientific and practice advancements, research and healthcare business.
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