Pharmacist
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 …
7/21/19 SLI is over for the year and it was so inspiring! I am so lucky to have been able to attend and get to interact with so many passionate leaders from across the country. This morning we started with another round table session, and this time I led a table about regional officer positions! …
7/20/19 Day 2 of SLI may have been even more inspiring than the first! We started bright and early with opportunities round tables with topics varying from scholarships to patient care projects to opportunities within APhA for internships or residencies. This was a very intimate and interactive setting and was so fun! We then heard …
7/19/19 I am in Washington D.C. for the APhA-ASP Summer Leadership Institute and I am so excited to be here! I flew in Thursday evening and went straight to a dinner with several other regional officers at Matchbox, followed by an ice cream outing at Milk. This morning, we headed to the Capitol for hill …
6/19/19 What is this Student Leadership Board I keep talking about? Why is GPhA so important to be involved in? What do students on the board do? The answers to all your burning questions, without further adieu. The GPhA Student Leadership Board is something that my best friend, Alex Reaves, and I created during the …
6/25/19 I have been a Walgreens employee for 4 and a half years now, and I love when the job gives me out of the box ways to serve the communities I work in. Today, while shadowing one of the area leaders for Walgreens specialty locations, I had the opportunity to participate in a community …
6/22-23/19 Day 2 of the TPA Summer meeting started at lunch time for me, after a family breakfast. I joined fellow students and pharmacists for lunch sponsored by my alma mater, Lipscomb University, in the expo hall. Following this, I opted for the pharmacy practice CE track. First was a presentation by Samantha Boldin on …
6/21/19 I am lucky enough to be in my hometown for a pharmacy conference this weekend! I made the familiar drive to Murfreesboro to the Tennessee Pharmacists Association Summer Meeting. After meeting several TPA members in DC several months ago, I was encouraged to get involved with my home state pharmacy association, and I’m so …
6/15/19 Day 3 may have been the most exciting finale to a convention I have ever experienced! We started with a session on independent pharmacy ownership led by McKesson expert Jim Springer. Students gained insight into the resources offered by McKesson. We then assembled all the sandcastle contest teams and made time for some quick …
