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Honors, Clubs & Events
Students in Action
WesternU AMCP Night of Managed Care event, March 2014: (l-r) Kjersti Rich, PharmD ’17, Karen Ling, PharmD ’17, Jimmy Qiu, PharmD ’17, Micah Hata, PharmD, Assistant
Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Sadaf Askarinam, PharmD ’16, Nathalie Nguyen, PharmD ’17, Shana Barkhordari, PharmD ’17, Jennifer Vu, PharmD ’16, and
Christopher Lim, PharmD ’17.
AMCP involves student teams acting out the role of a P&T
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy committee to evaluate the dossier of a new drug for inclusion
or exclusion to a formulary. A team of four students from
By Kjersti Rich, PharmD ’17 PharmD ’15 (Celeste Briones, Triet Nguyen, Linda Tran, and
On March 10th 2014, AMCP held its annual Night of Hung Tran) qualified as top 8 finalists out of 34 other
Managed Care event. This event provided the opportunity for competing teams at the regional level. They delivered their
student pharmacists to interact with pharmacists and oral presentation for the National P&T Competition at the
professionals throughout the field of Managed Care AMCP Annual Meeting & Expo in Tampa, Florida on April
pharmacy. Guests representing 7 different companies were in 3, 2014.
attendance at the event. Students and pharmacists were able
to engage in a roundtable format and discuss an array of NCPA
career opportunities within Managed Care ranging from
computing to business leadership. National Community Pharmacists Association
By Kayla Uh, PharmD ’16
In the community, AMCP held several Medicare Part
D/Medication Therapy Management health fairs which Often times, student pharmacists are presented with vast
assisted seniors by navigating their prescription drug benefit information about different fields of pharmacy practice. As
options and conducting reviews of their medications. students can be overwhelmed with such information, student
organizations help students by planning events that can
Our chapter also saw success in being represented in this provide meaningful guidance to students in choosing their
year’s Pharmacy and Therapeutics competition at the national career path.
level. The Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) competition
10 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
Students in Action
WesternU AMCP Night of Managed Care event, March 2014: (l-r) Kjersti Rich, PharmD ’17, Karen Ling, PharmD ’17, Jimmy Qiu, PharmD ’17, Micah Hata, PharmD, Assistant
Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Sadaf Askarinam, PharmD ’16, Nathalie Nguyen, PharmD ’17, Shana Barkhordari, PharmD ’17, Jennifer Vu, PharmD ’16, and
Christopher Lim, PharmD ’17.
AMCP involves student teams acting out the role of a P&T
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy committee to evaluate the dossier of a new drug for inclusion
or exclusion to a formulary. A team of four students from
By Kjersti Rich, PharmD ’17 PharmD ’15 (Celeste Briones, Triet Nguyen, Linda Tran, and
On March 10th 2014, AMCP held its annual Night of Hung Tran) qualified as top 8 finalists out of 34 other
Managed Care event. This event provided the opportunity for competing teams at the regional level. They delivered their
student pharmacists to interact with pharmacists and oral presentation for the National P&T Competition at the
professionals throughout the field of Managed Care AMCP Annual Meeting & Expo in Tampa, Florida on April
pharmacy. Guests representing 7 different companies were in 3, 2014.
attendance at the event. Students and pharmacists were able
to engage in a roundtable format and discuss an array of NCPA
career opportunities within Managed Care ranging from
computing to business leadership. National Community Pharmacists Association
By Kayla Uh, PharmD ’16
In the community, AMCP held several Medicare Part
D/Medication Therapy Management health fairs which Often times, student pharmacists are presented with vast
assisted seniors by navigating their prescription drug benefit information about different fields of pharmacy practice. As
options and conducting reviews of their medications. students can be overwhelmed with such information, student
organizations help students by planning events that can
Our chapter also saw success in being represented in this provide meaningful guidance to students in choosing their
year’s Pharmacy and Therapeutics competition at the national career path.
level. The Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) competition
10 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
