Canned Food Drive/ Dress Down Days

Every semester we hold a canned food drive for a local ministry. This semester we have coordinated with United Ministries of Clinton to donate to those in need in our community. This is for a great cause and our efforts in the past have truly made a difference. If you would like to participate please consider the following:

This week: (4/25 - 4/29) boxes will be placed in the front of room 104 for P2s and P3s to donate and dress down for their exam week.

Next Week: (5/2 - 5/6) Boxes will be placed in the front of room 271 for the P1s to donate and dress down for their exam week.

We ask that you donate 2 cans per day if you would like to dress down. All of your donations may be brought in at once. Make sure you log your donations on the sign in sheet at the front of the room. Be mindful of our dress down policies and that appropriate attire is required during lab sessions. We appreciate any participation and would like to thank all of the students involved in this effort!

P1s keep in mind that evaluations are still open and there is an opportunity for you to dress down part of this week in addition to next week!

CPFI

Our next chapter meeting is on Monday, April 25th, at 12pm in Room 141.We will be playing pharmacy/ bible jeopardy! See you there!

There will be no bible study this Wednesday.  

Submit any prayer requests to the link below; 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZZ7ZSKT

Verse of the Week

“In all your ways acknowledge Him, and he will make your paths straight” -Proverbs 3:6

Thank you!

ACCP Involvement

Attention student pharmacists: Would you like to become more involved with ACCP?

ACCP student members who want to develop leadership skills, expand opportunities for student pharmacists within the College, and introduce other students to the many facets of clinical pharmacy are encouraged to apply for appointment to the ACCP National Student Network Advisory Committee.

The ACCP National Student Network Advisory Committee is composed of student members appointed each year by the ACCP president. Members generally serve a 1-year term, and the committee typically has 8–12 members.

Leadership positions appointed by the ACCP president include the chair (1-year term), the vice chair (2-year term; serves first year as the vice chair and then assumes the chair position during the second year), and the secretary (1-year term).

If you are a student interested in serving on the ACCP National Student Network Advisory Committee, either as a member-at-large or in a leadership role, please visithttp://www.accp.com/stunet/advisoryCommittee.aspx for more information about the committee and how to apply. The deadline for applications is June 17, 2016.

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All investigators in the field of clinical pharmacy and clinical pharmacology, ACCP members and nonmembers alike, are invited to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the 2016 Annual Meeting in Hollywood, Florida.

Abstracts may be submitted in one of the following categories:

Original Research: Abstracts must summarize quantitative or qualitative findings from completed research. Basic, clinical, translational, dissemination/implementation, and educational research are examples of acceptable research. Topics should appeal to a clinical pharmacy audience and may include research in drug metabolism, education/pedagogy, health services, medication safety, patient/population outcomes, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacogenomics, pharmacology, or pharmacotherapy. Abstracts reporting in vitro or animal research are welcome. Original research findings presented elsewhere, but important to clinical pharmacy, are encouraged as “Encore” submissions.

Clinical Pharmacy Forum: Abstracts must describe the development, delivery, justification, or documentation of new or innovative clinical pharmacy services. Abstracts that address components of the ACCP Standards of Practice for Clinical Pharmacists (see www.accp.com/standards) and/or describe efforts to develop, advance, or position clinical pharmacists to optimize patient care are encouraged. Abstracts may be descriptive and need not contain an evaluative component. Encore submissions are welcome.

Advances in International Clinical Pharmacy Practice, Education, or Training: Abstracts must describe the development, delivery, justification, or documentation of clinical pharmacy practice, education, or training outside the United States. Abstracts may be descriptive and need not contain an evaluative component.

Systematic Reviews/Meta-analyses: Abstracts must describe a systematic review adhering to the guidelines and definitions established by Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA; http://www.prisma-statement.org/) and must include the 12 items published in the PRISMA for Abstracts checklist (http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001419).

Case Reports: Abstracts of case reports must update and expand therapeutic insights and possibilities or generate research hypotheses. Although narrative in nature, these abstracts must stress the “evidence” for the authors’ conclusions by describing the process followed to understand the findings and possible mechanisms involved in the patient’s case, detailing how the patient was evaluated and treated, and providing a specific description of the outcome.

Student, Resident, and Fellow Research-in-Progress: Submission guidelines are those of an Original Research abstract except that the research effort is ongoing at the time of abstract submission. The presenting author must be a student, resident, or fellow in training.

Submission Deadlines

The deadline to submit abstracts in all categories except Research-in-Progress is Wednesday, June 15, 2016, midnight (PDT). The deadline to submit abstracts in the Student, Resident, and Fellow Research-in-Progress category is Friday, July 15, 2016. All authors will be notified by e-mail of abstract acceptance by Monday, August 15, 2016. For more details about the Call for Abstracts, seewww.accp.com/2016abstracts. For questions, please contact Carla Scarborough, ACCP Project Manager – Professional Development, at (913) 492-3311, extension 119, orcscarborough@accp.com.

Self Care Bowl

This year's Self Care Bowl competition will be held on Friday, June 10 from 2:30-4:30 pm at the Sonesta Resort in Hilton Head, SC.  Each pharmacy school in the state will compete with a team of 5 students in a jeopardy-like competition on all matters self care.  The winning team will win $500 (usually split evenly amongst the team), as well as a trophy that would be displayed at the school.  The competition is also accredited for continuing education for pharmacists and technicians so you'll have an audience to show off your self care skills.  This year, myself and Dr. Ward will be coaching the winning team!

If you are interested in competing on the Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy team, please email Dr. Shealy (kmshealy@presby.edu) by Tuesday 4/26.  There are no prerequisites! 

Walking Day Challenge

Great job everyone you have made it half-way! Just a reminder that the group that has the most
minutes walked gets a grand prize and there will also be gift card drawings from each of the separate
groups as well for those participants who have successfully completed the challenge!

Current totals for Week 2:

Employees: 4,714
P1: 4,558
P2: 1,813
P3: 4,003

For a total of 15,088 minutes!!! As of right now the Employees are winning the grand prize by a
margin of 156 minutes!

At the bottom you will find Week 3 tips to being healthy and great job to everyone!

Professional Meeting Opportunity

From the desk of Kathryn Nash:

 Attached is the flyer for the upcoming Regional Rally on April 25^th at AnMed’s Women and Children’s hospital. I know this is a far distance for some, but if you are willing and able to attend or promote the event amongst your colleagues and peers our Membership Committee would appreciate it. Natasha is our speaker for the evening, and we’re anticipating a great program. Please reach out to your friends in the Anderson area and encourage them to come if possible.

Thanks!

Kathryn Nash, PharmD, BCPP

Evaluation Competition

Thank you for your thoughtful completion of instructor, course, preceptor and site evaluations last semester! The input that we receive from you from these evaluations is immensely important to us and guide program improvement. As a token of our appreciation for your efforts, we are providing you with an incentive for completing these evaluations for Spring 2016.

Here are the details:

·         Beginning March 24th, the response rates for instructor, course, preceptor, and site evaluations will be tracked for each class (P1-P3).  The completion rate information will then be provided to you on a weekly basis via PharmNews.·         On April 22nd, the class who achieved the highest completion rate (of released evaluations) will be awarded a dress down week (the class must achieve at least an 85% completion rate to qualify).  If the P3 class wins the competition, a dress down week will be awarded for April

25-29.  If the P1 or P2 class wins the competition, a dress down week will be awarded May 2-6.

Exceptions to the dress down time period include:

·         Laboratory course attendance.  Appropriate lab attire is always required for laboratory courses.

The Office of Academic Affairs will provide casual stickers to the class that wins on the relevant days so that students allowed to dress down are easily identifiable. You’ll need to be sure to wear your sticker! Jeans and t-shirts are acceptable dress down attire. Workout clothing, lounge wear, and the like are not permitted.

As you are completing your evaluations, please keep these notes in mind:

o      Do your best to make your comments count.  You can do this by making them professional, objective, descriptive (by providing examples), and specific to the course or instructor you are evaluating.  Keep comments impersonal, focusing on key overarching themes.  

o      Take care to note which evaluation you are completing and put course comments on course evaluations and instructor comments on instructor evaluations only.  Be sure that you do not make professor specific comments on course evaluations. 

o      If you have no comments to add, please skip the comment box entirely.  Please do not place N/A in the blank.  

o      When filling out evaluations, please think about the specific class criteria and expectations.  Each course is different, please treat them as such.  

o      Read each question carefully.  Be sure to answer exactly what is asked.

o   Be sure your ratings and your comments match.  If your evaluation is positive, but your comments are negative, it sends a mixed message.  Be thoughtful, clear, concise, and accurate.

o   Evaluations are not to be used to report violations to FERPA or TITLE IX concerns.  Please be sure if you have such concerns, that you speak with Dr. Nancy Goodbar about appropriate channels for reporting.   

Your feedback is completely anonymous.  If you have any questions regarding completing evaluations, how evaluations are utilized for program improvement, and your role in the assessment process; please feel free to contact Ms. McCaslan, Director of Assessment and Academic Services at mmccaslan@presby.edu.

Thank you sincerely for continuing to fulfill your responsibilities as students by completing these evaluations.  Your efforts are very much appreciated!

Completion rates* as of 4/15/16:

P1: 64.2%

P2: 31.4%

P3: 12.3%

(*includes all instructor, course, preceptor, and site evaluations currently assigned)