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Above: Pho Chi members at the Pomona Homeless Outreach Program Above: PCHAT booth at the Eighth Annual Festival Cardenas at Auto Club Speedway in
Thanksgiving Feast (left to right) Kjersti Rich, PharmD ’17 and Yang Qiu, Fontana on Sunday, Oct. 26. Pharm girl, COMP guy, Paul Rhee, MSPA ’17.
PharmD ’17.
Rho Chi Society Program) to prepare and serve a Thanksgiving meal for
Gamma Sigma Chapter adults and children who are less fortunate. Rho Chi will
continue to serve our communities and be leaders on our
By Shawn Healer, PharmD ’17 campus.
This year Rho Chi introduced our “Match Me” post- Please visit: rhochigammasigma.westernu.edu
graduate residency series. This series consisted of 4 lectures,
provided by Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman and
Dr. Patrick Chan, that walked students through the residency PCHAT
process, from the beginning of the application to the Pomona Community Health Action Team
matching process. Rho Chi felt that this was a valuable By PCHAT
addition to our annual activities because an increasing
amount of students are entering residencies upon graduation. The Pomona Community Health Action Team (PCHAT) is a
student-led inter-collaborative organization here at Western
Each year, Rho Chi celebrates and acknowledges the University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific.
contributions of the College of Pharmacy faculty members PCHAT has a two-fold approach to care, providing free
with our annual Academia Week, which took place health services to our community’s medically underserved, as
November 9th-November 13th, 2015. This year the theme well as educating patients on the importance of preventative
was “Destination: Academia Week” and faculty members care accomplished through outreach efforts. The success of
were asked to answer fun questions about their travel PCHAT lies in a truly interprofessional approach to
destinations. During Academia Week, Rho Chi also hosted healthcare. Our Saturday health clinics offer patients the
the Faculty Panel as well as the Faculty Round Table. These opportunity to receive care from Optometry, Nursing,
events provided students with an in depth perspective into Pharmacy, Podiatry, PA, PT and Osteopathic medical
what inspired professors to enter the world of academia. In students and practitioners, working together as team.
addition, this is also a great opportunity for the students to Students are able to learn and gain valuable experience in
spend one on one time with the professors. taking relevant histories, performing physical exams,
As leaders within our school and community, Rho Chi administering flu and Tdap vaccinations, checking blood
continues to be active with our philanthropy projects. This glucose, cholesterol and A1C levels, all while learning from
semester Rho Chi brought on two new community events. In one another’s professional education and skill set. Together
an effort to educate the public on emergency preparation, we are establishing relationships with our community, our
Rho Chi attended health fairs where we discussed how to patients, and each other as future healthcare practitioners,
handle various emergency situations. The second community optimizing quality of care and paving the way for new
project Rho Chi introduced this semester was our standards in healthcare practices.
partnership with PHOP (Pomona Homeless Outreach
22 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
Thanksgiving Feast (left to right) Kjersti Rich, PharmD ’17 and Yang Qiu, Fontana on Sunday, Oct. 26. Pharm girl, COMP guy, Paul Rhee, MSPA ’17.
PharmD ’17.
Rho Chi Society Program) to prepare and serve a Thanksgiving meal for
Gamma Sigma Chapter adults and children who are less fortunate. Rho Chi will
continue to serve our communities and be leaders on our
By Shawn Healer, PharmD ’17 campus.
This year Rho Chi introduced our “Match Me” post- Please visit: rhochigammasigma.westernu.edu
graduate residency series. This series consisted of 4 lectures,
provided by Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman and
Dr. Patrick Chan, that walked students through the residency PCHAT
process, from the beginning of the application to the Pomona Community Health Action Team
matching process. Rho Chi felt that this was a valuable By PCHAT
addition to our annual activities because an increasing
amount of students are entering residencies upon graduation. The Pomona Community Health Action Team (PCHAT) is a
student-led inter-collaborative organization here at Western
Each year, Rho Chi celebrates and acknowledges the University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific.
contributions of the College of Pharmacy faculty members PCHAT has a two-fold approach to care, providing free
with our annual Academia Week, which took place health services to our community’s medically underserved, as
November 9th-November 13th, 2015. This year the theme well as educating patients on the importance of preventative
was “Destination: Academia Week” and faculty members care accomplished through outreach efforts. The success of
were asked to answer fun questions about their travel PCHAT lies in a truly interprofessional approach to
destinations. During Academia Week, Rho Chi also hosted healthcare. Our Saturday health clinics offer patients the
the Faculty Panel as well as the Faculty Round Table. These opportunity to receive care from Optometry, Nursing,
events provided students with an in depth perspective into Pharmacy, Podiatry, PA, PT and Osteopathic medical
what inspired professors to enter the world of academia. In students and practitioners, working together as team.
addition, this is also a great opportunity for the students to Students are able to learn and gain valuable experience in
spend one on one time with the professors. taking relevant histories, performing physical exams,
As leaders within our school and community, Rho Chi administering flu and Tdap vaccinations, checking blood
continues to be active with our philanthropy projects. This glucose, cholesterol and A1C levels, all while learning from
semester Rho Chi brought on two new community events. In one another’s professional education and skill set. Together
an effort to educate the public on emergency preparation, we are establishing relationships with our community, our
Rho Chi attended health fairs where we discussed how to patients, and each other as future healthcare practitioners,
handle various emergency situations. The second community optimizing quality of care and paving the way for new
project Rho Chi introduced this semester was our standards in healthcare practices.
partnership with PHOP (Pomona Homeless Outreach
22 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
