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STUDENT PRACTITIONER NEWSLETTER | NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION Spring 2019 Student Practitioner Newsletter Spring 2019 HELP YOUR PATIENTS HELP YOUR PROFESSION INCREASE YOUR KNOWLEDGE EXPAND YOUR NETWORK Highlight of Past Events IN THIS ISSUE University of the Sciences Page Temple University Page Long Island University Page Fairleigh Dickinson University Page Touro College of Pharmacy Page 13 Committee Members Page 14 CEO Elise M Barry, MS, CFRE President James Ward, RPh Chair Aakash Gandhi, PharmD NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION 760 Alexander Road PO Box Princeton, NJ 08540 www.njpharmacists.org Page STUDENT PRACTITIONER NEWSLETTER | NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION SPRING 2019 University of the Sciences Chapter Update By Dr Grace Earl The students at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at the University of the Sciences had several events during the spring 2019 semester Karminna Ezpeleta, PharmD 2021 and Monica Nguyen,PharmD 2020 are student leaders of the PCP student group They organized a state organization advocacy event on campus along with the students involved in other state organizations from Pennsylvania and Delaware Students were available in the Science and Technology Center atrium to answer questions about state organizations They also gave out pamphlets Plus, participants could create their own advocacy buttons On Friday, April 5th, Elise Barry, Chief Executive Officer of the NJPhA came to campus to hold a Mock Legislative event The students learned more about opportunities for being an NJPhA member that included advocating for the profession, convention planning, and many opportunities for continuing education The mock event was a fun and exciting event that prompted students to think on the spot and develop a rationale for supporting a legislative bill The PCP students greatly appreciated the visit from Ms Barry! We thank Karminna Ezpeleta for serving as NJPhA student leader for 2018-2019 We welcome Beata Zawadzka, PharmD as our student leader for 2019-2020 Grace Earl, PharmD, Associate Professor will continue in her role to serve as the organization advisor See pictures on page -> Page STUDENT PRACTITIONER NEWSLETTER | NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION SPRING 2019 (State Advocacy event Monica Nguyen, far left; Karminna Ezpeleta, far right) (NJPhA Button) Page STUDENT PRACTITIONER NEWSLETTER | NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION SPRING 2019 Temple School of Pharmacy Spring 2019 Student Events By Shalana Crudup Students discussed healthy eating with members of the Elmwood Health Center Students and residents played BINGO and other games to help teach them and promote the importance of keeping a healthy lifestyle NJPhA members educated 3rd-5th graders at a local Boys & Girls Club about Juvenile Diabetes, and discussed the importance of a healthy lifestyle The members played a video and asked checkpoint question about the video and also played a Jeopardy-style game to engage the students and handed out prizes to the winning team Page STUDENT PRACTITIONER NEWSLETTER | NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION SPRING 2019 (Collaboration with the Temple Dental School encouraging oral health and diabetes prevention) Page STUDENT PRACTITIONER NEWSLETTER | NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION SPRING 2019 At the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church event, members raised awareness and promoted “men wellness” Members spoke about blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, prostate and HIV screenings (Above) Regional Industry Collaborative Event: Associates from Johnson and Johnson and other companies spoke about their role in industry as pharmacists and members were exposed to possible job opportunities in Industry Page STUDENT PRACTITIONER NEWSLETTER | NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION SPRING 2019 Chapter Update By David Samaan and Dr Timothy Nguyen The LIU-NJPhA Student Chapter continues to strive for success and congratulations to the LIU Pharmacy Teams that competed at the in the College Bowl Clinical Pharmacy Competition and Federal Drug Laws at the New Jersey Society of Health-System Pharmacist’s 2019 Annual Meeting & Exhibition held at the Tropicana Atlantic City on March 29, 2019 Students came up with unique names for their own teams: Team “Cephaloscorins”: Kamila Yusupov, Daria Meleshkina, Kateryna Maw & Rim Elbeshbeshy Team “Pill Splitters”: Tuan Doan, Khaled Mohamed, Amin Awad, Laura Bermudez, & Anastasios Demetriou LIU Pharmacy Teams competed amongst the eight teams that represented local pharmacy schools including LIU, RU, FDU, and Touro’s LIU Pharmacy Team “Cephaloscorins” beat out the first round, advanced to the “Double or Nothing Round” (Semifinals) and successfully defended the title of this round They advanced to the “Jackpot” Round (Final Round) and came in at the second place from the entire competition Prizes were awarded to all First and Second place winners Dr Timothy Nguyen, Faculty advisor, accompanied students at the NJSHP’s 2019 Annual Meeting Members of the LIU-NJPhA Student Chapter also participated at various fairs at school level such as “Diabetes Jeopardy” Students are very active within the organization and continue to strive with many co-curricular activity and professional events GREAT JOB STUDENTS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS See pictures continued on page -> (Team Cephaloscorins) Page STUDENT PRACTITIONER NEWSLETTER | NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION SPRING 2019 (Team Pill Splitters) (LIU at NJSHP) Page STUDENT PRACTITIONER NEWSLETTER | NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION SPRING 2019 Student-Led Activities at FDU By Jeremy A Novitsky FDU School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences had many successful events the last few months from breakfast chats, competitions, award ceremonies, and so much more FDU's APhA-ASP chapter in particular had another outstanding year and was recognized with the Outstanding Service Award at the school’s annual award ceremony Projects this year included Operation Diabetes, Operation Self-Care, Operation Heart, Generation Rx, narcan training, Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day, Opioid Crisis awareness initiatives, Doctors without Borders Presentation, Patient Education Presentations, a Thanksgiving potluck, International Health Week including a Yoga event, policy meetings, patient counseling, and OTC trivia competitions Below are snapshots of some events See pictures continued on page 10 -> (OTC Trivia Competition) Page STUDENT PRACTITIONER NEWSLETTER | NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION (Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day, on the top left) (Heart Walk, above) (Doctors without Borders presentation) (Narcan Training) SPRING 2019 Page 10 STUDENT PRACTITIONER NEWSLETTER | NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION SPRING 2019 Co-curricular event on training for Brown Bag events By Rachel Quinn, PharmD, BACP Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice & NJPhA member A simulated brown bag event was held March 6, 2019 at Fairleigh Dickinson University This event included P1 through P3 pharmacy students educating simulated patients represented by current APPE students The goal of the simulated event is to prepare student pharmacists APPE brown bag events while in a controlled and lowrisk environment A brown bag event can be completed by any health care provider, including pharmacists, and targets patients and/or caregivers to provide them with a better understanding of their medications This process often identifies medication errors such as therapeutic duplication, drug-drug interactions, incorrect dosing or frequency, and expired medications As a pharmacist, we are medication experts and brown bag events help provide optimal patient care and prevent medication errors from happening Pictured is Dr Quinn providing an overview of brown bag events Other NJPhA members that participated include Drs Julie Kalabalik, Maria Leibfried, and Margaret Slugocki Page 11 STUDENT PRACTITIONER NEWSLETTER | NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION SPRING 2019 FDU School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Outstanding Service Organization Award By Jeremy A Novitsky FDU’s School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences recognizes that pharmacy practitioners are often the leaders called upon to provide service to the patients and communities that they serve Service performed by student pharmacists enhances the lives of others and contributes to overall student growth and development into professionals that exhibit compassion, humility, and empathy FDU's APhA-ASP chapter had another outstanding year and was recognized with an award for outstanding service at the school’s annual award ceremony Our student organization participated in various community service projects that impacted a population of others in the School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, our local communities, and beyond By providing narcan training and taking part in a Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day event, we exposed PharmD students and our communities to the opioid epidemic facing New Jersey and our nation We also focused on implementing additional projects involving health and wellness Other projects this year included Operation Diabetes, Operation Self-Care, Operation Heart, Generation Rx, a Doctors without Borders Presentation, Patient Education Presentations, a Thanksgiving potluck, International Health Week including a Yoga event, policy meetings, patient counseling, and OTC trivia competitions FDU's APhA-ASP chapter looks forward to continuing to work hard to represent our wonderful school and profession We have wonderful plans in store to grow and increase involvement and enthusiasm Pictured is Dr Quinn providing an overview of brown bag events Other NJPhA members that participated include Drs Julie Kalabalik, Maria Leibfried, and Margaret Slugocki Pictured in the photo above are P3 Pharmacy Students and Executive Board Members: Amanda DeMarzo, Nitin Kumar, Aniya Mazyck, Jeremy Novitsky, Shivani Patel, Michael Saoud, and Elpitha Soussou Page 12 STUDENT PRACTITIONER NEWSLETTER | NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION SPRING 2019 The Newest Addition to NJPhA By Dr Aakash Gandhi The newest addition to NJPhA is the Touro College of Pharmacy, located in New York, New York The student leader for the Touro chapter of NJPhA is Kristie Abdelmalak The faculty advisor for the chapter is Zhe (Amy) Wang, PharmD, MBA, BCPS and she is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Touro College of Pharmacy Touro is currently undergoing the steps to become an official member of NJPhA Please join me in welcoming them to NJPhA Page 13 STUDENT PRACTITIONER NEWSLETTER | NEW JERSEY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION SPRING 2019 NJPhA Student Practitioner Committee Faculty Members University of the Sciences Grace Earl, PharmD, BCACP Temple University Harold Bobrow, RPh Loretta Brickman, RPh Rutgers University Donna Feudo, RPh Long Island University Timothy Nguyen, PharmD, BCPS Fairleigh Dickson University Maria Leibfried, PharmD, BCNSP Touro College of Pharmacy Zhe (Amy) Wang, PharmD, MBA, BCPS Page 14