Pharmacist
1/15/2020 I just finished up my first official rotation of pharmacy school! At Mercer, we have a 2-week community rotation that we can complete after our P1 year, either in the Summer or Winter break during P2 year. I chose to do mine during Winter break at Poole’s Pharmacy, an independent pharmacy here in Atlanta. …
11/18/19 I talk about advocacy for the profession of pharmacy and the patients that we serve all the time, but recently my eyes were open to a new perspective on advocacy through my faith as a Christian. At church this Sunday, we were talking about a passage in Proverbs 31:8-9 that reads, “Speak up for …
11/4/2019 For the past couple of weeks since MRM2019 came to a close, I’ve been reflecting on my time as a regional officer of APhA-ASP. Just 2 months into my P1 year, I made the nearly 8 hour drive from Atlanta to Memphis to attend MRM2018 where I planned to run for a regional office. …
10/27/2019 On Sunday we woke up bright and early for a breakfast honoring Congressman Buddy Carter, the only pharmacist serving in the House of Representatives. We heard from Rolf Benirschke and Bill Osborn at the opening session. I even got to meet Tom Menighan, the CEO of APhA. Then I headed over to coffee with …
10/26/19 This weekend we headed all the way across the country to San Diego to NCPA Annual Convention! This is my second NCPA Annual Convention and it was such an amazing time. We had 9 students from Mercer attend, as well as our faculty advisor, Dr. Hamrick, Dean Crabtree, and many Mercer alumni. After a …
10/20/19 The final day of MRM has come and gone, and it was a wonderful meeting. Thank you so much to all the student pharmacists who came all the way to Atlanta and participated all weekend! It was so nice to meet you all and it was such an honor to serve you as MRMC …
10/19/2019 Day 2 of MRM was a whirlwind and I am so thrilled to have been a part of it. We started with a “Cereal and CVs session run by two new practitioners, Nimit Jindal (Past APhA-ASP President) and Carly Harsha (APhA staff). The morning was full of tons of amazing sessions! Kelli Jo, our …
10/18/2019 Day 1 of MRM2019 is finally here and it feels like Christmas morning! I am so excited to see all of the hard work from the past year come together. I have served as the Region 3 2019-2020 Midyear Regional Meeting Coordinator and I am so thrilled to be here. I ran for a …
10/1/2019 To start American Pharmacists Month, Mercer’s chapter of APhA-ASP and NCPA hosted our 9th annual Policy on Tap event! This year it was held at Tucker Brewing Company and we had over 80 students in attendance. We hosted two wonderful speakers who were huge proponents of HB233 and HB323 that passed in the most …
9/29/2019 Yesterday I and 4 other student pharmacists had the chance to attend the GPhA AIP (Academy of Independent Pharmacists) Fall meeting in Macon, GA. This year, the meeting was a NCPA Enhanced Services Bootcamp, and as students we were able to hear from experts in the independent pharmacy field throughout several sessions. We are …
