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APhA-ASP/CPhA: (l-r) Dr. Helen Ngo, Beheya Ahmed, PharmD ’18, Kelli Shiroma, APhA-ASP/CPhA: Senator Lou Correa and Jessel Villegas, PharmD ’17.
PharmD ’18, Melody Ramezani, PharmD ’18, and Siona Gharasimian, PharmD ’18.
recommendations for patients to take back to their doctors. and Hendrick’s Pharmacy located in Claremont. On campus
Medication reviews are essential as the elderly will often see we collaborated with the Patient Care Center (PCC), where
multiple practitioners, causing drug therapy combinations that APhA-ASP/CPhA members administered influenza
can be duplicates or even harmful interactions. Working vaccinations to WesternU faculty and students over the span
together with supervising pharmacists, student pharmacists at of three days.
WesternU have made patient interventions that have Alongside the WesternU Chapter of the Academy of Managed
potentially saved lives. Care Pharmacists (AMCP), blood pressure and blood glucose
Our chapter has also seen growth in this year’s Pharmacy and screenings were offered at their Medicare Part D events from
Therapeutics (P&T) competition. Students are given a October to December. Together, we increased the impact of
medication and have to evaluate the dossier and available WesternU’s influence on the communities in the San
studies to make decisions concerning the medication’s Bernardino and Orange County areas, as well as optimized
addition to a drug formulary. AMCP has been able to provide costs of healthcare for patients within these communities.
an in depth look at P&T this year by allowing teams and Notably on November 21, we assisted Congressman Alan
members the opportunity to sit and observe the Inland Empire Lowenthal at his Community Health Enrollment Fair event in
Health Plan’s P&T committee; this has provided insight on Westminster by providing free blood glucose and blood
the level of rigorous work that goes into making decisions that pressure screenings and influenza vaccinations for those who
affect such a large populace. attended the event. Part of our APhA-ASP/CPhA Chapter’s
Please visit: http://amcpwesternu.weebly.com for more mission is to educate the public about influenza and
information and upcoming events. vaccinations in order to create a safe and healthy community.
We continue to strive to highlight the role of pharmacists as
APhA-ASP/CPhA accessible providers of these life-saving immunizations.
Through these events, APhA-ASP/CPhA continues to provide
The American Pharmacists Association Academy of education and access to quality healthcare for the underserved
Student Pharmacists populations.
By Kevin Mai, PharmD ’18 Please visit: aphaaspwesternu.org
During the Fall semester, the APhA-ASP/CPhA Chapter at
WesternU continued to impact the community by providing Correction to RxBound, Summer 2014:
numerous opportunities for healthcare outreach. With the Page 15, Poster Day, Most Creative Business Plan should have
support of local pharmacies, we were able to offer blood read Sin Ok Choi. Our apologies to Sin for the misspelling of
glucose, blood pressure, and BMI screenings outside local her name.
businesses such as a Medicare Family Pharmacy in Santa Ana
20 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
PharmD ’18, Melody Ramezani, PharmD ’18, and Siona Gharasimian, PharmD ’18.
recommendations for patients to take back to their doctors. and Hendrick’s Pharmacy located in Claremont. On campus
Medication reviews are essential as the elderly will often see we collaborated with the Patient Care Center (PCC), where
multiple practitioners, causing drug therapy combinations that APhA-ASP/CPhA members administered influenza
can be duplicates or even harmful interactions. Working vaccinations to WesternU faculty and students over the span
together with supervising pharmacists, student pharmacists at of three days.
WesternU have made patient interventions that have Alongside the WesternU Chapter of the Academy of Managed
potentially saved lives. Care Pharmacists (AMCP), blood pressure and blood glucose
Our chapter has also seen growth in this year’s Pharmacy and screenings were offered at their Medicare Part D events from
Therapeutics (P&T) competition. Students are given a October to December. Together, we increased the impact of
medication and have to evaluate the dossier and available WesternU’s influence on the communities in the San
studies to make decisions concerning the medication’s Bernardino and Orange County areas, as well as optimized
addition to a drug formulary. AMCP has been able to provide costs of healthcare for patients within these communities.
an in depth look at P&T this year by allowing teams and Notably on November 21, we assisted Congressman Alan
members the opportunity to sit and observe the Inland Empire Lowenthal at his Community Health Enrollment Fair event in
Health Plan’s P&T committee; this has provided insight on Westminster by providing free blood glucose and blood
the level of rigorous work that goes into making decisions that pressure screenings and influenza vaccinations for those who
affect such a large populace. attended the event. Part of our APhA-ASP/CPhA Chapter’s
Please visit: http://amcpwesternu.weebly.com for more mission is to educate the public about influenza and
information and upcoming events. vaccinations in order to create a safe and healthy community.
We continue to strive to highlight the role of pharmacists as
APhA-ASP/CPhA accessible providers of these life-saving immunizations.
Through these events, APhA-ASP/CPhA continues to provide
The American Pharmacists Association Academy of education and access to quality healthcare for the underserved
Student Pharmacists populations.
By Kevin Mai, PharmD ’18 Please visit: aphaaspwesternu.org
During the Fall semester, the APhA-ASP/CPhA Chapter at
WesternU continued to impact the community by providing Correction to RxBound, Summer 2014:
numerous opportunities for healthcare outreach. With the Page 15, Poster Day, Most Creative Business Plan should have
support of local pharmacies, we were able to offer blood read Sin Ok Choi. Our apologies to Sin for the misspelling of
glucose, blood pressure, and BMI screenings outside local her name.
businesses such as a Medicare Family Pharmacy in Santa Ana
20 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
