UCSF PhAMLI Information
Below is information about UCSF's PhAMLI program from this year's wonderful PhAMLI Coordinators!
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PhAMLI, short for Pharmacy Alliance for Mentorship, Leadership, and Information, is a school of pharmacy on-campus organization that provides an opportunity for prospective undergraduate students to establish a network and mentorship with current UCSF pharmacy students.
We would like to stress that we do not provide school specific application information but rather hope that this program will help any prospective students with any questions/anxiety/stress with regards to pharmacy school.
To give you an idea of where we stand, each year we have over 100 mentee applicants who are eager to get into the PhAMLI program to learn more about the pharmacy profession. We will do our best to take as many mentees as possible! We will give priority to 3rd and 4th year students if space is limited. If accepted there is a $25 membership fee which pays for all food and material provided at our events for the entire year.
Our main agenda for you for the upcoming year includes the following:
1) Attend the Kick-off Picnic on Saturday, November 18th, 2017 from 11:30 - 1:30 pm @ UCSF
2) Shadow your mentor in any class or any pharmacy school-related event
3) Attend the Spring Luncheon in May 2017 (date and time TBD)
We have quite a few other events planned ahead and we highly encourage you to attend those as well!
Please sign-up via the link provided below by Friday, October 27th, 2017 at 11:59PM. The survey is simply for matching purposes: http://goo.gl/forms/9ElQHX9HoC
We also have filmed a short introduction video about our program for students to watch if they would like:
https://youtu.be/kPAKocjGUPo
Feel free to check us out online at http://phamli.weebly.com and on Facebook, "UCSF Phamli."
We will notify you of your mentor match via e-mail before the Kick-off Picnic where you will meet your mentor in-person. Come! Join! Become a part of our PhAMLI! To ensure prompt replies for your questions, please feel free to e-mail us at [email protected]
Sincerely,
PhAMLI Coordinators 2015-2016
Below is information about UCSF's PhAMLI program from this year's wonderful PhAMLI Coordinators!
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PhAMLI, short for Pharmacy Alliance for Mentorship, Leadership, and Information, is a school of pharmacy on-campus organization that provides an opportunity for prospective undergraduate students to establish a network and mentorship with current UCSF pharmacy students.
We would like to stress that we do not provide school specific application information but rather hope that this program will help any prospective students with any questions/anxiety/stress with regards to pharmacy school.
To give you an idea of where we stand, each year we have over 100 mentee applicants who are eager to get into the PhAMLI program to learn more about the pharmacy profession. We will do our best to take as many mentees as possible! We will give priority to 3rd and 4th year students if space is limited. If accepted there is a $25 membership fee which pays for all food and material provided at our events for the entire year.
Our main agenda for you for the upcoming year includes the following:
1) Attend the Kick-off Picnic on Saturday, November 18th, 2017 from 11:30 - 1:30 pm @ UCSF
2) Shadow your mentor in any class or any pharmacy school-related event
3) Attend the Spring Luncheon in May 2017 (date and time TBD)
We have quite a few other events planned ahead and we highly encourage you to attend those as well!
Please sign-up via the link provided below by Friday, October 27th, 2017 at 11:59PM. The survey is simply for matching purposes: http://goo.gl/forms/9ElQHX9HoC
We also have filmed a short introduction video about our program for students to watch if they would like:
https://youtu.be/kPAKocjGUPo
Feel free to check us out online at http://phamli.weebly.com and on Facebook, "UCSF Phamli."
We will notify you of your mentor match via e-mail before the Kick-off Picnic where you will meet your mentor in-person. Come! Join! Become a part of our PhAMLI! To ensure prompt replies for your questions, please feel free to e-mail us at [email protected]
Sincerely,
PhAMLI Coordinators 2015-2016
2015 Pharmacy Panel Highlights
UCSC Pre-Pharmacy Student Association
Pharmacy Panel Notes: February 12th, 2015
Panelists:
Ellen Kureshi
-Hospital pharmacist in Watsonville and the Dominican Hospital
Matthew Benn
-UCSC alumnus and Walgreen's Pharmacy manager
Linda Goldwyer
-From South Africa
-Current pharmacist at Costco and UCSC's Health Center
Pharmacy Technician License
· Need to take the PTCB exam
· Can study for the exam using online resources or a book called, "The Mosby Review"
· Once passing the test, you will need to apply for a license- takes about a few months for the whole process
· Many PPSA members have gotten their license and can share information about getting it
Why is Costco's pharmacy a great place to work at?
· Has the highest retention rate in the industry
· Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians are able to keep their jobs for a long period of time
· Little need to retrain or train people due to retention
What does the job of a pharmacy technician in a hospital consist of?
· Making IVs, deliveries, answering the phone
· Doing what the pharmacists asks them to do
· Doing math calculations
· Putting packages together
·~$20-$30 per hour in a hospital
What are some areas in which pharmacists can work at?
· Homes of patients: make IVs and tell patients how to use their medications
· Blood Clot Clinics: do lab tests
· Ambulatory Care: interact with physicians and nurse practitioners
· Retail: dispense medications to patients, instruct patients how to use their medications, and provide immunizations
· Emergency Room of a hospital: interview patients before a doctor prescribes any medication to the patient
· Intensive Care Unit: clinical work within the hospital that involves interactions with other health care professionals
· Oncology: specializing in the care of cancer patients
Pharmacy School
· Be prepared for interviews when applying (be confident and be yourself)
· Know about the pharmacy school that you are applying to
· Find a pharmacy school that best matches your personality or expectations
· Schools in California do not require the PCAT, but other states do
· Be flexible when finding a job after completing pharmacy school: try finding jobs in areas that are in need of pharmacists (small towns/cities)
Pharmacy Panel Notes: February 12th, 2015
Panelists:
Ellen Kureshi
-Hospital pharmacist in Watsonville and the Dominican Hospital
Matthew Benn
-UCSC alumnus and Walgreen's Pharmacy manager
Linda Goldwyer
-From South Africa
-Current pharmacist at Costco and UCSC's Health Center
Pharmacy Technician License
· Need to take the PTCB exam
· Can study for the exam using online resources or a book called, "The Mosby Review"
· Once passing the test, you will need to apply for a license- takes about a few months for the whole process
· Many PPSA members have gotten their license and can share information about getting it
Why is Costco's pharmacy a great place to work at?
· Has the highest retention rate in the industry
· Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians are able to keep their jobs for a long period of time
· Little need to retrain or train people due to retention
What does the job of a pharmacy technician in a hospital consist of?
· Making IVs, deliveries, answering the phone
· Doing what the pharmacists asks them to do
· Doing math calculations
· Putting packages together
·~$20-$30 per hour in a hospital
What are some areas in which pharmacists can work at?
· Homes of patients: make IVs and tell patients how to use their medications
· Blood Clot Clinics: do lab tests
· Ambulatory Care: interact with physicians and nurse practitioners
· Retail: dispense medications to patients, instruct patients how to use their medications, and provide immunizations
· Emergency Room of a hospital: interview patients before a doctor prescribes any medication to the patient
· Intensive Care Unit: clinical work within the hospital that involves interactions with other health care professionals
· Oncology: specializing in the care of cancer patients
Pharmacy School
· Be prepared for interviews when applying (be confident and be yourself)
· Know about the pharmacy school that you are applying to
· Find a pharmacy school that best matches your personality or expectations
· Schools in California do not require the PCAT, but other states do
· Be flexible when finding a job after completing pharmacy school: try finding jobs in areas that are in need of pharmacists (small towns/cities)
General Meeting
5/29/13
Meeting materials:
1. Publicize club website: http://ucsc-ppsa.weebly.com/
2. Plans for Fall 2013
a. OPERS Tabling, volunteering info will be made available in summer
b. UCSF Student Panel
c. Club social?
d. Fall Flu shot clinic X2 (date time TBA via facebook)
e. USC SOP presentation by Peter Dean in person
f. Pill Hunt (details TBA)
g. PTCB Study Session
3. Personal Statement of UCSF (discussion)
4. On the topics of pharmacy
a. Mission statements of each individual pharmacy school
b. Access from a personal perspective whether your school of interest will be a good fit for your vision of pharmacy and your personality
c. Discussion questions:
i. What is pharmacy?
ii. Why pharmacy?
iii. What qualities do you think a pharmacist should possess?
iv. Once accepted, what would you do to contribute to the success of your school and advance your career as a pharmacist?
UCSF:
A pharmacist is a health care provider specially trained to ensure the safe and effective use of medications, which are increasingly complex and highly specialized today. As more and more medications appear on the market and as a growing senior population requires more drugs, the demand for pharmacists continues to rise. In fact, in many parts of the United States the need for pharmacists outpaces the supply.
Today's pharmacists master medicines in different ways. They:
· Provide direct care and counseling to patients in community pharmacies, clinics, and hospitals
· Work in drug research and marketing in the pharmaceutical industry
· Teach and conduct research in universities
· Safeguard the public through their work in government agencies.
Upcoming collaboration with CARe, details TBA.
Who they are:
Community Aid and Resources (CARe)'s unofficial slogan is "Serving the Underserved." Our goals are to bring healthcare and employment to the underserved as well as solving the issue of rising homelessness. We currently serve Santa Cruz and its surrounding communities' populous as they travel in from areas such as Live Oak and Watsonville to attend our once-a-quarter large scale clinic. At these clinics, we offer services such as doctor/dental referrals, footwashing services, haircuts, free hygiene products (deodorant, shampoo, soap, feminine hygiene supplies, hand sanitizing wipes, and nail clippers), free clothes from clothes drives held on-campus, dental products (floss, toothpaste, toothbrushes), dental consultations, and medical consultations. We also give away free canned food from food drives held throughout the quarter. Most of our work during the quarter is poured into outreach and fundraising. This is all in preparation for multiple small-scale and the large scale clinic that we hold each quarter.
Related Training:
Training is done in-house through Patrick Huynh. Some of the current training curriculum that have been compiled and executed are vital signs and HIPAA training. Vital signs and HIPAA are required by anyone who wants to work the dental or medical stations where as HIPAA is required by all our members. Vital signs training involves how to take a blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and blood glucose level in some cases. The current curriculum goes way above and beyond these minimum required skills such as how to properly measure pupil dilation, interpreting a blood pressure and what it means physiologically, SpO2 (Peripheral Saturation of O2 in the blood), We also have foot-washing training that is done through Gergana Mishkova as she's the most experienced in that. Any new training that is required or requested by team members is compiled within a week and taught to everyone.
Meeting materials:
1. Publicize club website: http://ucsc-ppsa.weebly.com/
2. Plans for Fall 2013
a. OPERS Tabling, volunteering info will be made available in summer
b. UCSF Student Panel
c. Club social?
d. Fall Flu shot clinic X2 (date time TBA via facebook)
e. USC SOP presentation by Peter Dean in person
f. Pill Hunt (details TBA)
g. PTCB Study Session
3. Personal Statement of UCSF (discussion)
4. On the topics of pharmacy
a. Mission statements of each individual pharmacy school
b. Access from a personal perspective whether your school of interest will be a good fit for your vision of pharmacy and your personality
c. Discussion questions:
i. What is pharmacy?
ii. Why pharmacy?
iii. What qualities do you think a pharmacist should possess?
iv. Once accepted, what would you do to contribute to the success of your school and advance your career as a pharmacist?
UCSF:
A pharmacist is a health care provider specially trained to ensure the safe and effective use of medications, which are increasingly complex and highly specialized today. As more and more medications appear on the market and as a growing senior population requires more drugs, the demand for pharmacists continues to rise. In fact, in many parts of the United States the need for pharmacists outpaces the supply.
Today's pharmacists master medicines in different ways. They:
· Provide direct care and counseling to patients in community pharmacies, clinics, and hospitals
· Work in drug research and marketing in the pharmaceutical industry
· Teach and conduct research in universities
· Safeguard the public through their work in government agencies.
Upcoming collaboration with CARe, details TBA.
Who they are:
Community Aid and Resources (CARe)'s unofficial slogan is "Serving the Underserved." Our goals are to bring healthcare and employment to the underserved as well as solving the issue of rising homelessness. We currently serve Santa Cruz and its surrounding communities' populous as they travel in from areas such as Live Oak and Watsonville to attend our once-a-quarter large scale clinic. At these clinics, we offer services such as doctor/dental referrals, footwashing services, haircuts, free hygiene products (deodorant, shampoo, soap, feminine hygiene supplies, hand sanitizing wipes, and nail clippers), free clothes from clothes drives held on-campus, dental products (floss, toothpaste, toothbrushes), dental consultations, and medical consultations. We also give away free canned food from food drives held throughout the quarter. Most of our work during the quarter is poured into outreach and fundraising. This is all in preparation for multiple small-scale and the large scale clinic that we hold each quarter.
Related Training:
Training is done in-house through Patrick Huynh. Some of the current training curriculum that have been compiled and executed are vital signs and HIPAA training. Vital signs and HIPAA are required by anyone who wants to work the dental or medical stations where as HIPAA is required by all our members. Vital signs training involves how to take a blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and blood glucose level in some cases. The current curriculum goes way above and beyond these minimum required skills such as how to properly measure pupil dilation, interpreting a blood pressure and what it means physiologically, SpO2 (Peripheral Saturation of O2 in the blood), We also have foot-washing training that is done through Gergana Mishkova as she's the most experienced in that. Any new training that is required or requested by team members is compiled within a week and taught to everyone.