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This spring, Jaime Vallinas Calderon was pharmacist,” said Jaime, “Kaiser management and medication safety
accepted into the incoming class of the Permanente has dramatically enhanced education. The Apothecary Circle gives
WesternU College of Pharmacy, and my knowledge and understanding of students a comprehensive overview of
therein completed the pathway, and what it takes for me to reach my pharmacy practice settings for additional
fulfilled the partnership between the educational goals. I am being exposed to career opportunities. It also gives the
Kaiser Permanente Apothecary Circle so many things that many pharmacy WesternU College of Pharmacy an
and the WesternU College of Pharmacy. students have yet to see.” increased pool of qualified,
Jaime is grateful for the mentorship The value of this partnership for Kaiser is underrepresented students to better serve
provided by Art Dominguez, PharmD, in recruitment to attract qualified the diverse population of California.
Clinical Operations Manager, Kaiser candidates into the profession of
Permanente Baldwin Park Medical pharmacy while increasing the number of
Center, and for the guidance and advice underrepresented pharmacists to serve
he received on multiple rotation sites their communities and address health
from his colleagues at Kaiser disparity issues in medication therapy
Permanente. “As an aspiring
Jaime Vallinas Calderon
This spring, Jaime Vallinas Calderon was accepted into
the incoming class of the WesternU College of Pharmacy,
and therein completed the pathway, and fulfilled the
partnership between the Kaiser Permanente Apothecary
: WesternU College Circle and the WesternU College of Pharmacy.
rmacy Early Assurance
am (EAP)
Care Center (PCC), and several fourth-year This laboratory exercise showed the students
College of Pharmacy WesternU student pharmacists, helped teach how to prepare a pharmaceutically elegant
and organize the exercise with Vice Dean of
paste composed of six active ingredients, and
inspires students during Academic Diversity and Development, Jesse also how to work effectively in a real
annual Palomares Day Martinez, PharmD, FASCP. laboratory setting. When the students
finished the exercise and had labelled their
These students, who are learning about
On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, more than 20 becoming health care professionals, were tubes of toothpaste, Dr. Martinez said,
“Congratulations! You now know how to
Palomares Academy of Health Sciences afforded this opportunity because of the make toothpaste!”
(PAHS) 10th-graders visited the WesternU relationship between the Pomona Unified
campus on a field trip to the College of School District and the WesternU Pomona All of the students said that they were
Pharmacy’s Compounding Lab. They came to Health Career Ladder program (PHCL), a inspired after participating in this hands-on
learn firsthand how to compound non- program with the goal of encouraging the pharmacology exercise.
medicated toothpaste during Palomares Day, youth in the Pomona community to pursue
an annual event organized by WesternU’s the health professions as a career option. The
PHCL program is supported in part by
Latino Medical Student Association. Rudolf
annual contributions from Optum,
Mireles, PharmD, Pharmacist in Charge at the
part of the UnitedHealth
pharmacy located in the WesternU Patient
Group.
1
Step 1: WesternU Pomona
Health Career Ladder (PHCL)
WesternU, College of Pharmacy
accepted into the incoming class of the Permanente has dramatically enhanced education. The Apothecary Circle gives
WesternU College of Pharmacy, and my knowledge and understanding of students a comprehensive overview of
therein completed the pathway, and what it takes for me to reach my pharmacy practice settings for additional
fulfilled the partnership between the educational goals. I am being exposed to career opportunities. It also gives the
Kaiser Permanente Apothecary Circle so many things that many pharmacy WesternU College of Pharmacy an
and the WesternU College of Pharmacy. students have yet to see.” increased pool of qualified,
Jaime is grateful for the mentorship The value of this partnership for Kaiser is underrepresented students to better serve
provided by Art Dominguez, PharmD, in recruitment to attract qualified the diverse population of California.
Clinical Operations Manager, Kaiser candidates into the profession of
Permanente Baldwin Park Medical pharmacy while increasing the number of
Center, and for the guidance and advice underrepresented pharmacists to serve
he received on multiple rotation sites their communities and address health
from his colleagues at Kaiser disparity issues in medication therapy
Permanente. “As an aspiring
Jaime Vallinas Calderon
This spring, Jaime Vallinas Calderon was accepted into
the incoming class of the WesternU College of Pharmacy,
and therein completed the pathway, and fulfilled the
partnership between the Kaiser Permanente Apothecary
: WesternU College Circle and the WesternU College of Pharmacy.
rmacy Early Assurance
am (EAP)
Care Center (PCC), and several fourth-year This laboratory exercise showed the students
College of Pharmacy WesternU student pharmacists, helped teach how to prepare a pharmaceutically elegant
and organize the exercise with Vice Dean of
paste composed of six active ingredients, and
inspires students during Academic Diversity and Development, Jesse also how to work effectively in a real
annual Palomares Day Martinez, PharmD, FASCP. laboratory setting. When the students
finished the exercise and had labelled their
These students, who are learning about
On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, more than 20 becoming health care professionals, were tubes of toothpaste, Dr. Martinez said,
“Congratulations! You now know how to
Palomares Academy of Health Sciences afforded this opportunity because of the make toothpaste!”
(PAHS) 10th-graders visited the WesternU relationship between the Pomona Unified
campus on a field trip to the College of School District and the WesternU Pomona All of the students said that they were
Pharmacy’s Compounding Lab. They came to Health Career Ladder program (PHCL), a inspired after participating in this hands-on
learn firsthand how to compound non- program with the goal of encouraging the pharmacology exercise.
medicated toothpaste during Palomares Day, youth in the Pomona community to pursue
an annual event organized by WesternU’s the health professions as a career option. The
PHCL program is supported in part by
Latino Medical Student Association. Rudolf
annual contributions from Optum,
Mireles, PharmD, Pharmacist in Charge at the
part of the UnitedHealth
pharmacy located in the WesternU Patient
Group.
1
Step 1: WesternU Pomona
Health Career Ladder (PHCL)
WesternU, College of Pharmacy
