Next Meeting -- Life as a Pharmacy Student!

Hey Everyone!

I just wanted to get the word out about our next meeting -- it will be Wednesday, November 2nd at 8:00 p.m. in Room 270 of the Tanner Building. We will be hearing from Chris Mecklenberg and his student association at Roseman University (formally USN), and they will tell us what it's like to be in pharmacy school! I am really looking forward to this meeting and hope to see you all there!

Pharmacist Presentation!

Thanks so much to Jim Avarett for coming to speak to us today for our Pre-Pharmacy Club Meeting!

Here are some notes from the presentation that we were able to enjoy in case you weren't able to make it:

• Pharmacy School
• Learned how to make lotions and shampoos, a little old school!
• Early 1900s, most drugs came from plants and were compounded 
• Powder papers:
• get powders, mix them up according to a formula, fold them up and give them to a patient to take in a drink or something (another old way to deliver medication)
• Old philosophy -- administer a type of poison and hope that it kills the bad stuff and doesn't kill you!
• Interning in a hospital
• A fun part about working in a hospital: Pneumatic tube delivery system to transport medicine throughout the hospital
• Unit Dose Machine - helped to cut down on waste in hospital
• Manual unit dose system: has a pre-print label and you can give people individual doses that can be re-administered to another patient if unused.
• Working in a clinic
• Decentralized pharmacy -- allowed pharmacists to be on the floor and saved lots of time because pharmacist was able to be on the floor and could communicate directly with the doctor if there were any issues.
• The nurses had lots of questions and could speak directly to the pharmacist
• Order input
• Technicians are able to stock a 24-hour supply of medication
• Order input is a big part of your time when working in a hospital pharmacy
• Need to analyze prescription when it comes in to the pharmacy -- any drug interactions, if it is the right dose, get to see the lab tests to see if the patient is improving or if there needed to be any changes.
• Working at BYU
• Change environment to retail -- a large part of working in retail is patient counseling
• Required by law now, give them information on why they are taking the drug, answer any questions
• Be aware of drug seekers! May try to forge a prescription, need to consult with a doctor
• Need to be aware of confidentiality -- very important in retail
• Knowledge of drugs in pregnancy
• Polypharmacy counseling -- maintain a drug profile record of all your patients, there are many chances for harmful interactions
• Need to be especially aware of interactions between natural products because they aren't regulated

Fall Semester Schedule!

Hey Everyone! We were able to meet as a club presidency this week and have determined our schedule for the rest of the semester! I hope you all are looking forward to some awesome activities!

September 7: Opening Social

September 21: Guest Speaker -- Pharmacist

October 5: How To -- PharmCas & Schools

October 19: Guest Speaker -- Pharmacy Student

November 2: How To -- PCAT

November 16: Guest Speaker -- School Representative

November 30: Club Service Activity

December 7: Closing Social & Winter Preview

Can't wait to see you all there!

First Meeting!

Hey EVERYONE! Hope you had an awesome summer and are ready to get things in gear for Fall Semester! We just were able to secure a room for our very first club meeting, so here is the info!

WHEN: Wednesday, September 7 at 8:00 p.m.

WHERE: 341 MARB

WHAT: Opening social, full of awesomeness and an overview of what our club will be doing this semester!

We are planning to bring food, so make sure to come and bring a friend (and a snack too if you want!) We are really looking forward to some of the awesome activities we have planned for everyone this semester. Hope to see you there!!!