APhA-ASP Low Country Boil

This year's 4th Annual Low Country Boil/Corn Hole Tournament will take place on Friday, March 20 from 6:00 – 10:00 pm at the Bailey Memorial Stadium on PC’s main campus. The corn hole tournament will begin promptly at 6:00 pm. Tickets will be sold for $15 each and $5 to participate per person in the corn hole tournament. Proceeds will be donated to the Center for Colon Cancer Research in Columbia. Come out and enjoy great food and compete in the corn hole tournament for your chance to win a prize! Tickets may be purchased online at the following website: Lowcountryboilapha.wordpress.com or during the week of the event from any ASP executive member. If you have any questions regarding the event, please contact Arathi Pillay (aapillay@presby.edu). 

CPFI

Our chapter meeting is this Monday, the 23rd, in room 104 from 12-1.  Dr. Johnson will be coming to speak to us about his missions.  We will be having Dempsey's lasagna and salad for lunch. 

Join us for bible study Wednesday morning 8-8:20 in room 141.  Breakfast will be provided!!

“Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when we has stood the test, he will receive the life that God has promised to those who love Him” –James 

Pharmacy Legislation

Colleagues, 

Bill S413 which covers the expansion of pharmacist-administered immunizations is set to be discussed by the Senate Medical Affairs Committee this coming week.  Check the link below to see if your senator sits on this committee, and if so, please consider emailing, calling, or writing him/her to support this bill.  I appreciate your help!

http://www.scstatehouse.gov/committeeinfo/senatemedical.php

Hydroponic Vegetable Garden Demonstration

On Monday (2/23), the Environmental Science class will help to kick off PC Green Week with a demonstration of their vertical hydroponic garden in Lassiter Hall Lobby, from 1:30 - 4:30 PM. Please stop by if you can. See attached flyer for details of this event and other events of Green Week. Link to flyer: Vertical Vegetable Garden Demonstration

ACCP Research Institute Futures Grants Program

The ACCP Research Institute (RI) Frontiers Fund supports clinical pharmacy researcher development and clinical pharmacy research advancement. Through its Futures Grants program, the RI Board of Trustees is especially interested in supporting the development of research skills among student, trainee, and early-career ACCP members with a goal of establishing sustained interest and careers in clinical pharmacy research.

All students, trainees, and junior investigators who are members of ACCP are encouraged to apply. Futures grants may range from $5000 to $40,000, depending on applicant eligibility and the proposal’s requisite budget. It is anticipated that up to $100,000 in mentored, developmental research awards will be granted through the Futures Grants program in 2015.

The notice of intent is due: April 1, 2015.  The online application is due: June 1, 2015.  For more information, check out the following link:  http://pbrn.accpri.org/surveys/?s=P6QMPAnjeN.

ACCP National Student Network Advisory Committee Applications Due June 12

Attention student pharmacists: Would you like to become more involved with the American College of Clinical Pharmacy? ACCP student members who want to develop leadership skills, expand opportunities for student pharmacists within ACCP, and introduce other students to the many facets of clinical pharmacy are encouraged to apply for appointment to the 2015–2016 ACCP National Student Network Advisory Committee.

The National Student Network Advisory Committee is an ACCP committee composed of members appointed each year by the ACCP president. Members generally serve a 1-year term, and the committee is typically composed of 8–12 members.

Leadership positions appointed by the ACCP president include the chair (1-year term), the vice chair (2-year term; serves first year as the vice chair and then assumes the chair position during the second year), and the secretary (1-year term). If you are a student interested in serving on the ACCP National Student Network Advisory Committee, in either a member-at-large or a leadership role, please visit http://www.accp.com/stunet/advisoryCommittee.aspx for more information about the committee and how to apply. The deadline for applications isJune 12, 2015.

AMCP Insurance Awareness Week

Our AMCP local chapter is hosting a trivia week starting Monday, February 23! Each day of the week, 1 or 2 new questions will be posted in both lecture rooms (104 and 271). Use the provided paper to answer the questions and be entered to win a $5 gift card, so make sure to include your name! Our goals is to provide students with a few facts concerning health care reform in 2015! Good luck and we hope to have lots of participation! 

PCCA Summer Boot Camp Schedule

PCCA is excited to inform you of our 2015 Summer Boot Camp Schedule!  The two-day Introductory Compounding Lab Boot Camp is tremendously popular.  It is designed to introduce students to the more unique and novel dosage forms that are utilized by today's compounding pharmacists, to enlighten them as to the reality and feasibility of opening their own compounding pharmacy, and to inspire them to think of compounding as a viable, rewarding, and fulfilling career pathway. 

Two full days of lecture and hands-on laboratory work provide a basic understanding of the skills, tools, and equipment used in Contemporary Compounding.  Students complete eleven dosage forms they take home with them, focusing on dosage forms such as lollipops, lip balms, troches, and transdermal delivery systems.  Lectures on various contemporary compounding topics, compounding as a career path, and patient case studies are also on the agenda.

Here are the 4 dates scheduled at our PCCA facility in Houston, TX: 

·        May 28 – 29

·        June 8 – 9

·        July 9 – 10  

·        August 6 – 7

For more information and to register for the course, please visithttp://www.pccarx.com/pharmacy-students/.

February Dress Down Day

The dress down day for this February will be on February 27^th (Friday before the start of Spring Break). The cost will be $2 and the money will be going towards the 2015 PCSP March On Health Event which will be held Saturday, March 21, 2015. 

PC School of Pharmacy 5K/Health Fair and Blood Drive

On March 21^st we will be having our 3^rd annual March on Health 5K/Health fair at the YMCA in Clinton. We will need 5 people to help with the clean-up of the health fair. You would be required to be there at 2pm until roughly3pm, or until everything is cleaned up. This will count as your non-pharmacy service hour! It would be great if a few of these people could have trucks because we will need to be able to transport tables from the YMCA back to the school. Please contact Paige Street (pnstreet@presby.edu) if you are interested in helping with this event. The first 5 people to send an email will be the ones to help.

10 volunteers are also needed to help set up the 5K. The first 10 people to email Caleb Staggs (castaggs@presby.edu) will be contacted to help with the 5K. This will also count as your non-pharmacy service hour!

There will also be a blood drive held at the YMCA during the health fair. They are in desperate need for blood and we are trying to gage the number of participants that we would have. If you have not already signed up for the blood drive, please click on the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WS9QK2L

For all of the runners in the school, please register for the 5K that will begin at 7:30am on March 21^st. Please visit the following link for registration and more information:

http://www.active.com/clinton-sc/running/distance-running-races/march-on-health-5k-and-children-s-fun-run-2015

Student Awards

Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy recognizes that our students contribute to our program, the College, the profession, and the community in myriad ways and the Scholarships and Awards Committee is privileged to annually recognize students via the attached list of student awards.  Please consider nominating a student for one of the awards online at:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/pcsp2015awards.  Nominations will be accepted until Monday, March 16 at 8:00AM. Click on this link to view a list of the student awards: List of Student Awards

PC School of Pharmacy 5K/Health Fair and Blood Drive

On March 21^st we will be having our 3^rd annual March on Health 5K/Health fair at the YMCA in Clinton. We will need 5 people to help with the clean-up of the health fair. You would be required to be there at 2pm until roughly3pm, or until everything is cleaned up. This will count as your non-pharmacy service hour! It would be great if a few of these people could have trucks because we will need to be able to transport tables from the YMCA back to the school. Please contact Paige Street (pnstreet@presby.edu) if you are interested in helping with this event. The first 5 people to send an email will be the ones to help.

10 volunteers are also needed to help set up the 5K. The first 10 people to email Caleb Staggs (castaggs@presby.edu) will be contacted to help with the 5K. This will also count as your non-pharmacy service hour!

There will also be a blood drive held at the YMCA during the health fair. They are in desperate need for blood and we are trying to gage the number of participants that we would have. If you have not already signed up for the blood drive, please click on the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WS9QK2L

For all of the runners in the school, please register for the 5K that will begin at 7:30am on March 21^st. Please visit the following link for registration and more information:

http://www.active.com/clinton-sc/running/distance-running-races/march-on-health-5k-and-children-s-fun-run-2015

AMCP

Our next chapter meeting will be tomorrow, Monday, February 16^th, 2015 from 12pm - 1pm in classroom 140. I am very pleased to welcome Dr. Sonja Grooms-Smith as our guest speaker regarding her career as a Medical Science Liaison with Actelion Pharmaceuticals Incorporation in Columbia.

February Dress Down Day

The dress down day for this February will be on February 27^th (Friday before the start of Spring Break). The cost will be $2 and the money will be going towards the 2015 PCSP March On Health Event which will be held Saturday, March 21, 2015. 

Pharmacy Times Parterns with Pharmacy Podcast

PHARMACY TIMES ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH PHARMACY PODCAST

TO BRING PHARMACY INDUSTRY INFORMATION TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Pharmacy Podcast episodes to be integrated into Pharmacy Times blog;

partners to co-create future content

PLAINSBORO, NJ (Feb. 9, 2015) — Pharmacy Times, an industry-leading media resource providing practical information to pharmacists, today announced a strategic collaboration with the Pharmacy Podcast Show, an audio blog for pharmacy owners and management teams, to strengthen dialogue and spur innovation around key topics regarding the pharmacy profession, health care, and pharmacy business. Pharmacy Podcast creator and host Todd S. Eury will work with Pharmacy Times to create future content and episodes of the podcast that will be integrated into the blog section of the Pharmacy Times website.

Pharmacy Times is sponsoring the podcast’s 200th episode, which launches online today. In this episode, Fred Eckel, R.Ph., M.S., editor in chief of Pharmacy Times, and Tighe Blazier, president of Michael J. Hennessy Associates, Inc., discuss trends in the pharmacy industry. Listen to this episode of Pharmacy Podcast at http://www.pharma

cytimes.com/blogs/pharmacy-podcast-show.

“We are honored to welcome Todd Eury and Pharmacy Podcast to the Pharmacy Times family,” said Ashley Hennessy Talamo, publisher of Pharmacy Times. “He has a widely respected voice and industry perspective that will be an asset to our readers.”

Eury interviews experts and shares perspectives on pharmacy technology, policy, business practices, marketing, and other related pharmacy business topics in episodes of Pharmacy Podcast. Since its inception in 2009, the audio blog has built an audience of more than 40,000 subscribers and listeners across more than 40 countries.

The existing blog content on the Pharmacy Times website is a blend of discussion, opinion and advice addressing pharmacy trends and challenges as well as broader relevant topics in health care. Integration of the Pharmacy Podcast audio blog is intended to bring pharmacy content to the next level in a “Read – Look – Listen” model serving each partner’s pharmacy audiences.

“I’m excited to join the conversations that are already under way on the Pharmacy Times blog. We’re taking two great pharmacy industry resources and integrating them in a way that opens the door for two-way communication among readers, listeners and content creators,” said Eury, a serial entrepreneur who has dedicated his initiatives to the business of pharmacy.

Full episodes of Pharmacy Podcast can be found at http://pharmacypodcast.com/category/podcasts/ or athttp://www.pharmacytimes.com/blogs/pharmacy-podcast-show.

About Pharmacy Times

Pharmacy Times is the industry’s leading media resource, providing practical, clinical information pharmacists can use in their everyday practices when counseling patients and interacting with physicians. Each issue contains articles and features covering medication errors, drug interactions, patient education, pharmacy technology, disease state management, patient counseling, product news, pharmacy law and specialty pharmacy. The Pharmacy Times Office of Continuing Professional Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Learn more at www.PharmacyTimes.com, write to info@pharmacytimes.com, call 609-716-7777 or visit us on Facebook orTwitter. Pharmacy Times is published by Michael J. Hennessy Associates, Inc., a leading provider of health care media resources, research, information and education.

Media contacts: 

For Pharmacy Times

Becky Taylor, 609-240-6886 or becky@btaylorpa.com; Tara Petersen, editorial director, Pharmacy Times, 609-716-7777, ext. 214 or tpetersen@pharmacytimes.com.

For Pharmacy Podcast

Todd Eury, editor in chief, Pharmacy Podcast Show, 412-585-4001 or Publisher@PharmacyPodcast.com.

Lost and Found

Found: ¼ inch bronze bangle bracelet. Can be picked up at Mrs. Cline’s desk.

Shopping Volunteer Opportunity

If you like shopping for clothes and doing it for a good cause then please keep reading. PSGA is looking for volunteers who would be willing to shop for children’s winter clothes which will be donated to charity.  PSGA will pay for the clothes, all you have to do is go out and buy them. Please contact PSGA before you go out buying children’s clothes. This will count as non-pharmacy related service hours.  If you are interested please email Amy Dupont(aldupont@presby.edu)  

APhA-ASP Legislative Day

APhA-ASP is preparing for Legislative Day on Thursday, February 19th in Columbia. Our policy committee is working diligently to get as many students involved in Legislative Day as possible.We are also encouraging students to decorate posters for Legislative Day. This Wednesday, February 11th from 12-1pm in Room 271 we will meet to decorate posters and potentially write letters to our legislators to deliver on Legislative Day. Those that decorate a poster and attend Legislative Day will be entered to win a $50 VISA gift card. 

For more information and to register for Poster Decorating or Legislative Day, please visit our Legislative Day webpage.

SNPhA

SNPhA (Student National Pharmaceutical Association)

Thank you for everyone who participated in Trivia this past week.

Congratulations to Turner Welborn winner for week one 

This week Trivia will be based off HIV awareness due to national awareness day being on February 7th 2015. Good luck this week

Diversity Circle:

Diversity Circle will be on Tuesday February 10th 2015 @ 6pm. We hope to see you there. Students will have the opportunity to share there cultures while having fun. Light refreshments will be provided.

Trivia Questions for Week 2:

1)      Which artist was known as the “godfather of gangsta rap” and belonged to the hip hop group (N.W.A.) before dying of AIDS in 1995?

A.      Soulja Slim

B.      Tupac

C.      Eazy-E

D.      Pimp C 

2)      Which All-Star MVP basketball player is presently living with AIDS and has partnered with Abbott Laboratories to publicize the fight against AIDS in the African American community, as well as advertise for GlaxoSmithKline Drug Company?

A.      Grant Hill 

B.      Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Jr.

C.      Shaquille Oneal 

D.      Larry Bird 

NCPA meeting

Chapter Meeting Monday 12pm-1pm Room 144 Guest speaker Dr. Jonathan Marquess PharmD, CDE, CPT President of The Institute for Wellness and Education, Inc. This is a meeting you do NOT want to miss. 

NCPA fundraiser

It’s that time of the year again!! NCPA Annual School Supply Fundraiser

·  Purchase hats, koozies, short or long sleeve shirts during lunch

·  Bake Sale all week

·  Chick Fil-A Biscuits Monday $3

·  Hot Dog Lunch Wednesday $5 (2 hotdogs, chips, cookie, soda)

 - Monday (2/9): If you ordered a Chic-fil-a biscuit see your class representative to pick up your biscuit! 

 - Wednesday (2/11): We will be having our hotdog sale downstairs outside on the patio by the free clinic.  $5 for 2 hotdogs, chips, cookie, and soda.  We will be taking cash, credit, or check.

 - Each day there will be bake sale goodies in the cafe area with a cup out to place your money in for the items you purchase. 

 - Lastly, we will be selling short sleeve and long sleeve pocket t-shirts, koozies, and hats.  There will be representatives from NCPA in the cafe area Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during lunch for you to purchase any of the items.

EMPOWER PROJECT:  Deadline has been extended till Friday, February 13th.  Sign up on the NCPA board upstairs.  For those of you who already registered you can still log any miles walked/run that were done February 1st.  HAPPY WALKING/RUNNING/EXERCISING!!

CPNP

Good news!! T-shirts have arrived and are in your mailboxes! If you ordered one and don't see it in your box or the wrong thing was placed in your box, please email Courtney Daniel to fix the issue. 

Water bottles are scheduled to arrive on Monday and will be placed in mailboxes as soon as we get them. Look for an email about when those are ready. Thanks again to everyone who participated! 

Immunization Expansion Legislation

Great news!  Senator Cleary filed our immunization expansion legislation on Wednesday and it has been referred to the Medical Affairs Committee.  The bill number is S.413.  If passed, three very important changes to pharmacy practice law will occur:

1.       An interprofessional committee will decide what vaccines pharmacists can administer without a prescription (no need for further legislation!)

2.       Pharmacy students can administer vaccines provided they are certified and are directly supervised by a pharmacist

3.       Pharmacists can administer flu vaccine to patients down to the age of 12 years without a prescription

In order for S.413 to pass we need your help!  Please contact your senator and ask for his/her support for Senate Bill 413.  Click the link below to find out who your senator is and how to contact him or her; as well as to find out more information about the bill: http://www.scrx.org/pharmacy-vaccine-expansion-legislation

I have attached a link to a document that provides examples of a phone message and an email or letter.  Please feel free to copy or edit based on your own thoughts about the bill.

Link: phone message/letter script

This would be a HUGE win for pharmacy and I would really appreciate your help in getting it passed!

Let me know if you have any questions.  A big thank you to Dr. Patti Fabel with South Carolina College of Pharmacy for providing templates to use for communication.

Thanks!

Dr. Shealy

PC School of Pharmacy 5K/Health Fair and Blood Drive

Many members of the pharmacy school envisioned a day in which we could serve the community with an event that promoted healthy living and activity. This event has become known as the March on Health Wellness Fair and 5K. On this day, we celebrate those individuals who take the first steps in training for a 5K race. We celebrate those who are willing to make a change in their current lifestyle in hopes of maintaining or restoring good-health. We want members of our community to take an active role in caring for their health and we stand with them to encourage this change.

Our 3rd Annual March on Health event will be held in Clinton on March 21, 2015. This event will involve a 5K race, run or walk, at Bailey Stadium-Presbyterian College. Shortly following the race, an extensive health fair focusing on health and wellness will be held at the YMCA- Clinton, from 10am-2pm. Here, trained pharmacy students will be available to provide FREE health screenings for everyone. There will also be educational sessions available from guest speakers and our trained pharmacists, as well as FREE healthy food options.

 As part of this event, due to the desperate need for blood, we also plan to hold a blood drive. The Blood Connection bus can only come if we have a large enough number of participants. Please indicate via the Survey Monkey link below, if you would be willing to donate.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WS9QK2L

For more information or questions about the Health Fair, please visit our website at: http://pharmacy.presby.edu/march-on-health-5k/ or contact Lizzy Robinette at peholden@presby.edu.

For more information or questions about the 5K, please visit our website at:http://www.active.com/clinton-sc/running/distance-running-races/march-on-health-5k-and-children-s-fun-run-2015 or contact Dr. Sarah Wagner atshabrams@presby.edu.

Lizzy Robinette