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Student Pharmacist Magazine

Student Pharmacist is written by student pharmacists for student pharmacists, and provides the latest on career preparation, leadership, legislative activities and advocacy efforts, patient care projects, APhA-ASP chapter innovations, life on rotation, tips from New Practitioners, and more.

Fully Embrace Your Calling Fully Embrace Your Calling

Fully Embrace Your Calling

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In my current role as Associate Professor and Residency Program Director at the Concordia University Wisconsin School of Pharmacy, we often speak to our students about discerning their vocation (their “calling”) and how faculty, staff, and our community partners can help them in this process. Attending and graduating from pharmacy school is so much more than about becoming a pharmacist at the end. Yes, that’s important, but embracing the concepts of profession and servant leadership are what will lead to long-term success and satisfaction. It is easy to get wrapped up...
The art of patient counseling The art of patient counseling

The art of patient counseling

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Eager to grow as a patient educator, I first competed in the local APhA–ASP Patient Counseling Competition in my second year of pharmacy school. I challenged myself to improve and compete every year after that. At APhA2018 in Nashville, the work of the last 4 years of pharmacy school was rewarded when I won the national APhA–ASP...
Celebrating 50 years of student-led patient care Celebrating 50 years of student-led patient care

Celebrating 50 years of student-led patient care

Student pharmacists came together during the APhA2019 APhA–ASP Awards Celebration in Seattle to recognize the outstanding achievements of...
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Continue connecting Continue connecting

Continue connecting

“Alison,” congratulations on reaching a huge milestone—graduating from pharmacy school! According to the U.S. Census, only about...
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About to make the leap About to make the leap

About to make the leap

Hello, student pharmacists! A genuine thank you for continually following along during my APPE journey! Graduation is approaching and I cannot...
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Four chapters, one goal Four chapters, one goal

Four chapters, one goal

All APhA–ASP Chapters share a common goal: to provide care to patients and the community while advocating for the profession. Student...
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A commitment to communities A commitment to communities

A commitment to communities

In February, the University of Wisconsin (UW)–Madison School of Pharmacy held its first ever Community Service Challenge (CSC), a...
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Flourishing hope Flourishing hope

Flourishing hope

This past December, I was not entirely sure what to expect during my medical mission trip to bustling Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, but knew I was...
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A sense of normalcy to help ease the suffering

"Tzeva Adom, Tzeva Adom” blares over the loud speakers across the whole city. Men, women, and children have 15 seconds to run to the nearest bomb shelter before a bomb hits. The ones that cannot make it to the shelters lie down on the ground, hands over their head, praying the missiles do not hit them. Fifteen seconds after the first “Tzeva Adom (Code Red)” warning, the...

Finding “the answer” to your next interview questions

Summer brings time for relaxation, getting together with friends, and enjoying a break from school work. However, in pharmacy school, summer is a time when many of you may be embarking on either IPPEs or APPEs, or participating in an internship, pharmacy-related work, or research. As you read the article title again, you might be questioning the timing of the topic. There are many wonderful...

A prescription for better policy

When I got into pharmacy school at the University of Cincinnati James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy in 2016, the last thing I imagined was getting involved in politics. I always enjoyed the sciences and pharmacy because they were on the opposite spectrum from politics. Then I got into pharmacy school, and my attitude shifted. I started to see how my scope of practice can change with an...

Policy on!

For the past 2 years, pharmacy policy and advocacy have been my life. I dedicate my free time to the advancement of the pharmacy profession and patient care without even thinking twice. After witnessing the policy open hearing at my first Midyear Regional Meeting (MRM), I just couldn’t stop myself from diving in and learning more. I saw that the policy process within APhA–ASP...

Five financial steps to take as a student pharmacist

Pharmacy graduates today are facing the unprecedented financial situation of coming out of school with an average debt load greater than $160,000. So, despite making a six-figure salary, many pharmacists feel like they are living paycheck-to-paycheck. That’s why more than ever, you, as a pharmacy professional, have to take control of your money or it will take control of you. The team...

The five-dollar bribe

“A 6-year-old will do anything for $5,” my mom must have thought to herself as she slid the $5 bill across the kitchen table 19 years ago. That’s all it took to get me to join my sister and cousins at the McAleer School of Irish Dance in Wilmington, DE, where we learned from the same instructor who taught my mom and her sisters how to dance. Soon after, my dad built a wooden...

Meet your 2018–19 APhA–ASP National Executive Committee

Nimit Jindal, President Hi everybody! I just want to say I am so honored and humbled to serve as your APhA–ASP National President this year. I was born in the beautiful Cataract City, Niagara Falls, Canada, in 1995, and immigrated to the United States in 1998. I attended Morris Hills High School in New Jersey, and after I graduated, I went to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey...
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