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Students in
Honors, Clubs & Events Ac tion
NCPA teaching students from grades K-5 about the flu and
National Community Pharmacists Association importance of vaccines, eating healthy, and staying active. By
teaching children the importance of these concepts early on,
By Eunice Kim, PharmD ’17 we can potentially prevent future health complications from
WesternU has always emphasized the importance of arising. We also continued with our biweekly volunteering at
collaborative practice with different health care professions the Student Run Health Clinic in Riverside, CA, dispensing
with the focus being centered on the patient. With an and providing other pharmaceutical services to the
interprofessional education curriculum, WesternU students are community.
exposed to a team-based approach to improve patient care. Please visit: www.kyepsilongamma.com
Through this course, students gain a better understanding of
the roles and responsibilities of other health professionals as
well as learn ways in which healthcare can be improved when Phi Lambda Sigma
working together. Gamma Nu Chapter
This past fall semester, NCPA had the opportunity to By Phi Nguyen, PharmD ’17
participate in health clinics with Pomona Community Health Phi Lambda Sigma – Gamma Nu Chapter at WesternU
Action Team. Student pharmacists worked alongside DO continue to show superb leadership during the fall semester.
students to administer flu vaccinations to the public. We kicked off the year with our 4th Annual Club Mixer,
Experienced in vaccinations, student pharmacists helped guide where the Class of 2018 was able to network with other
DO students, many of whom had never administered student pharmacists and faculty from all our WesternU
vaccinations prior to the clinic. Even though this was just a pharmacy organizations. We followed with our 3rd annual
glimpse of what interprofessional practice truly entails, it was “Dress for Success” event where student leaders and faculty
refreshing to see friendly collaboration with another college. strutted the catwalk exemplifying both appropriate and
NCPA looks forward to more interprofessional opportunities inappropriate professional attire for various types of events
in the future for student professionals to bridge the gap in such as health fairs, interviews, and conferences. We
healthcare and focus altogether on the care of our patients. continued to develop future leaders by hosting our Leadership
Retreat with keynote speaker, Dr. Michael Negrete, who
Please visit: www.ncpawesternu.com spoke about being a leader, and in the afternoon Drs. Linda
Danh and Paideia Le gave us a resume and interview prep
Kappa Psi workshop. Finally, we closed the semester with our Target
Epsilon Gamma Chapter Showcase where four P1’s won scholarships totaling $4,000
for their innovative MTM idea. As spring and summer
By Lisa Pham, PharmD ’17
approaches, Phi Lambda Sigma – Gamma Nu Chapter hopes
The Brothers of Kappa Psi have been busy with many events to continue to influence leadership in our profession and
since the last issue of RxBound. Over the summer we had motivate others to lead.
participated in “They Will Surf Again,” an adaptive surfing Please visit: www.westernupls.com
program held by Life Rolls On, a non-profit organization
dedicated to improving the quality of life for those affected by
spinal cord injury. This program allows both children and AMCP
adults to surf, breaking free from the limitations of their Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
injuries. As volunteers for the event, we are assigned to teams By Kimberly Lim, PharmD ’18
to assist each participant with riding the waves along with the
professional surfers. It was an amazing experience for all of us Every fall, AMCP hosts a series of Medicare Part D/
Medication Therapy Management health fairs where student
as our eyes were opened to a different facet of changing ones’
quality of life. pharmacists utilize their Medicare training to navigate and
enroll elderly members of the community in their ideal
We continued with another year of our “Let’s Move Medicare drug benefit plan. Student pharmacists also apply
Outreach” initiative at four different elementary schools,
their clinical skills in reviewing medications and writing
WesternU, College of Pharmacy 19
Honors, Clubs & Events Ac tion
NCPA teaching students from grades K-5 about the flu and
National Community Pharmacists Association importance of vaccines, eating healthy, and staying active. By
teaching children the importance of these concepts early on,
By Eunice Kim, PharmD ’17 we can potentially prevent future health complications from
WesternU has always emphasized the importance of arising. We also continued with our biweekly volunteering at
collaborative practice with different health care professions the Student Run Health Clinic in Riverside, CA, dispensing
with the focus being centered on the patient. With an and providing other pharmaceutical services to the
interprofessional education curriculum, WesternU students are community.
exposed to a team-based approach to improve patient care. Please visit: www.kyepsilongamma.com
Through this course, students gain a better understanding of
the roles and responsibilities of other health professionals as
well as learn ways in which healthcare can be improved when Phi Lambda Sigma
working together. Gamma Nu Chapter
This past fall semester, NCPA had the opportunity to By Phi Nguyen, PharmD ’17
participate in health clinics with Pomona Community Health Phi Lambda Sigma – Gamma Nu Chapter at WesternU
Action Team. Student pharmacists worked alongside DO continue to show superb leadership during the fall semester.
students to administer flu vaccinations to the public. We kicked off the year with our 4th Annual Club Mixer,
Experienced in vaccinations, student pharmacists helped guide where the Class of 2018 was able to network with other
DO students, many of whom had never administered student pharmacists and faculty from all our WesternU
vaccinations prior to the clinic. Even though this was just a pharmacy organizations. We followed with our 3rd annual
glimpse of what interprofessional practice truly entails, it was “Dress for Success” event where student leaders and faculty
refreshing to see friendly collaboration with another college. strutted the catwalk exemplifying both appropriate and
NCPA looks forward to more interprofessional opportunities inappropriate professional attire for various types of events
in the future for student professionals to bridge the gap in such as health fairs, interviews, and conferences. We
healthcare and focus altogether on the care of our patients. continued to develop future leaders by hosting our Leadership
Retreat with keynote speaker, Dr. Michael Negrete, who
Please visit: www.ncpawesternu.com spoke about being a leader, and in the afternoon Drs. Linda
Danh and Paideia Le gave us a resume and interview prep
Kappa Psi workshop. Finally, we closed the semester with our Target
Epsilon Gamma Chapter Showcase where four P1’s won scholarships totaling $4,000
for their innovative MTM idea. As spring and summer
By Lisa Pham, PharmD ’17
approaches, Phi Lambda Sigma – Gamma Nu Chapter hopes
The Brothers of Kappa Psi have been busy with many events to continue to influence leadership in our profession and
since the last issue of RxBound. Over the summer we had motivate others to lead.
participated in “They Will Surf Again,” an adaptive surfing Please visit: www.westernupls.com
program held by Life Rolls On, a non-profit organization
dedicated to improving the quality of life for those affected by
spinal cord injury. This program allows both children and AMCP
adults to surf, breaking free from the limitations of their Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
injuries. As volunteers for the event, we are assigned to teams By Kimberly Lim, PharmD ’18
to assist each participant with riding the waves along with the
professional surfers. It was an amazing experience for all of us Every fall, AMCP hosts a series of Medicare Part D/
Medication Therapy Management health fairs where student
as our eyes were opened to a different facet of changing ones’
quality of life. pharmacists utilize their Medicare training to navigate and
enroll elderly members of the community in their ideal
We continued with another year of our “Let’s Move Medicare drug benefit plan. Student pharmacists also apply
Outreach” initiative at four different elementary schools,
their clinical skills in reviewing medications and writing
WesternU, College of Pharmacy 19
