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Azmath Hernandez, Walgreens Pharmacist, guided a

patient through the roadmap to living well. In four months, she helped lower his A1C -2.4% with no change to drug therapy.

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FPA Calendar MAY

21-23 ASCP Spring MeetingAnaheim, California

28 Memorial Day - FPA office closed

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5 - 6 Florida Board of Pharmacy Meeting Boca Raton

JuLY

2 - 9: FPA Office Closed - All FPA staff are at convention

4 - 8 122nd Annual Meeting and Convention

27 governmental Affairs Committee Meeting Orlando

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5 - 8 29th Annual Southeastern gatherin

11 - 14 NABP District III and SE Officers Conference

14 - 15 Board of Pharmacy Meeting Orlando

25 - 26 FPA Committee and Council Meetings

SEPtEMBER

1 Deadline to submit nominations for FPA Office

3 Labor Day - FPA Office Closed

8 FPA Clinical Consultant Conference Fort Lauderdale

CE CREDItS (CE cycle)The Florida Board of Pharmacy requires 10 hours lIVE Continuing Education as part

of the required 30 hours general education needed every license renewal period.Pharmacists should have satisfied all continuing education requirements for this

biennial period by September 30, 2013 or prior to licensure renewal.*For Pharmacy Technician Certification Board Application, Exam Information and

Study materials, please contact the FPA office.For More Information on CE Programs or Events:Contact the Florida Pharmacy Association at (850) 222-2400 or visit our web site at

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The numbers indicate that fewer than 10 percent of the pharmacists

licensed in Florida are members of

their professional associations.

In the July 2011 issue of the Florida Pharmacy Journal, I challenged all the members of the Florida Pharma-

cy Association to sponsor one pharma-cist and one pharmacy technician as a new member to our association. This was to be the basis of the advocacy fe-ver campaign. By each of us sponsoring just one new member, we could double the membership rolls of the FPA. with the increased number of members we could then begin the “Catch the Advo-cacy Fever” movement and show the members of the Florida legislature that we truly were professionals who were interested in advocating for our future.

Judging by the latest statistics avail-able from the FPA office, our member-ship has shown a modest gain in num-bers. The numbers indicate that fewer than 10 percent of the pharmacists li-censed in Florida are members of their professional associations.

Despite these less-than-desirable membership numbers, the Florida Pharmacy Association had a successful legislative session. The FPA and FSHP were in Tallahassee working for all the pharmacists in Florida, and not just our members. Many pharmacists have be-come complacent and expect that even without their support that the profes-sion will be “taken care of.” Imagine what we could accomplish if we just got each of us (and I know I am preach-ing to the choir) to get one new mem-ber to join.

If you were to go back and re-read each of my articles in the Florida Phar-macy Journal, you would notice a trend. I have been speaking of how we need to transform the way we practice pharmacy. The profession of pharmacy 10 years from now will be very differ-

ent than what it is now. In spite of the opposition we face every year in Talla-hassee, pharmacists will have a much different and more important role in the care of our patients. I have spoken on the importance of how we use our professional judgment to act in the best interests of the patient when the laws and rules are not always clear. It is ex-

tremely important that the image we portray to the public and other health care related professions is always above reproach. Dr. Eric Alvarez, as Chair of the Professional Affairs Council, has worked hard to find ways to make the pharmacist indispensable in the deliv-ery of good healthcare. Suzanne Kelly, Chair of the Educational Affairs Coun-cil, and Dr. Angela garcia, Chair of the Public Affairs Council worked to make this year’s legislative Days and Health Fair the most successful event to date.

we had over 300 “white coats” repre-sented. Not only did they spread the Advocacy Fever among the pharma-cy students at all the campuses around the state, but they were able to energize many technicians and licensed phar-macists who made the trip to Tallahas-see to show everyone who stopped by our Health Fair the many benefits their pharmacist bring to the citizens of Flor-ida.

Dr. lisa Clayville has used the many talents on the Organizational Affairs Council to develop new and innova-tive marketing tools to help each of us reach out to our colleagues who are not members of the FPA and show them the value of membership. Steve Nelson, as Chair of the governmental Affairs Council, was able to score a big win for us this year in the legislature. we were told not to bother even trying to bring any expansion-of-scope issues to the ta-ble. In spite of that attitude among the

How High Has Your Advocacy Fever gotten?

The President’s ViewpointBOB PARRADO, FPA PRESIDEnt

Bob Parrado, 2011-2012 FPA President


Executive Vice President/CEOMichael Jackson

(850) 222-2400, ext. 200Director of Continuing Education

Tian Merren-Owens, ext. 120Controller

Wanda Hall , ext. 211 Educational Services Office Assistant

Stacey Brooks , ext. 210Coordinator of Membership

Christopher Heil ext. 110

FLORIDA PhARMACY tODAY BOARDChair............................................. Jennifer Pytlarz, BrandonVice Chair ..................Don Bergemann, Tarpon SpringsTreasurer ..............................Stephen Grabowski, TampaSecretary ........................Stuart Ulrich, Boynton BeachMember .................................... Joseph Koptowsky, MiamiMember .............................Rebecca Poston, TallahasseeMember .......................Carol Motycka, Saint AugustineMember ................................Christina Medina, HollywoodMember ................................Norman Tomaka, MelbourneMember .............................Verender Gail Brown, OrlandoExecutive Editor ........Michael Jackson, TallahasseeManaging Editor ........................Dave Fiore, Tallahassee

This is a peer reviewed publication. ©2012, FLORIDA PHARMACY JOURNAL, INC.ARTICLE ACCEPTANCE: The Florida Phar-macy Today is a publication that welcomes articles that have a direct pertinence to the current practice of pharmacy. All articles are subject to review by the Publication Review Committee, editors and other outside referees. Submitted articles are received with the understanding that they are not being considered by another publication. All articles become the property of the Florida Pharmacy Today and may not be published without written permission from both the author and the Florida Pharmacy Today. The Florida Pharmacy Association assumes no responsibility for the statements and opinions made by the authors to the Florida Pharmacy Today.

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FPA STAFF legislators, pharmacy was able to demonstrate the benefits of pharmacist’s im-munizations, and lawmakers voted to expand the immunizations that pharma-cists can administer.

Florida pharmacists were the stars of the show at the Political leadership Breakfast at the APhA Convention in New Orleans. Former FPA and APhA Pres-ident Ed Hamilton challenged the membership of APhA to exceed the previous year’s donations to the APhA Political Action Committee. Not only was his chal-lenge met and exceeded, but Florida pharmacists donated more than 50% of the money collected. The “Advocacy Fever” was as hot in New Orleans as the hot sauces alongside the bubbling bowls of gumbo!

I am extremely grateful to the FPA leadership and Michael Jackson and his staff for picking up my “Advocacy Fever” theme this year and using it to pro-duce the great results we have accomplished. I would like each of us to take a long look in the mirror tomorrow and ask ourselves if we have done all we could do to advocate for our profession. All it takes is talking to one pharmacist and one technician who are not members and explaining the benefits of mem-bership. If we all do this, we can go to Marco Island knowing that the future of pharmacy is in our hands, and we are going to have to wear shades because the future is very bright.

I will see you at the Marco Island Marriott July 4-9, and remember the theme is “Cool Caribbean Nights.” Bring your Hawaiian shirts, Tommy Bahamas, etc. and enjoy the fantastic continuing education programming that is scheduled and the many networking opportunities that are sure to present themselves to meet up with old friends and have a lot of fun at this wonderful venue.

Bob

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what is disruptive innovation? Disruptive innovation can be defined as an improvement

or advancement that enhances a service or a product in a manner that has nev-er been expected by the market. For a classic example of how something like this may work, just think how the mu-sic industry has changed within the past 20 years or so. we have gone from purchasing music from a record store on vinyl disks to 8-track tapes, cassettes and compact disks. we now download music from a website without ever hav-ing to leave home.

Disruptive innovation is a term traced back to Clayton Christensen, a professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School. This con-cept was discussed at a recent meeting of the American Pharmacists Associ-ation by rear Admiral Scott giberson, assistant surgeon general and chief pharmacy officer for the u.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

Admiral giberson, who is a phar-macist and answers to Dr. regina Ben-jamin, surgeon general of the united States, authored one of the most signif-icant publications germane to the prac-tice of contemporary pharmacy. what is truly interesting about this report is that it focuses on improving patient and health system outcomes through advanced pharmacy practice. Dr. Ben-jamin has written a letter of support for the report.

For years, academic institutions and practice-based research networks have proven the value of what we do as pharmacists. The training of pharma-cist candidates has far exceeded how pharmacists are being utilized today. To change this there is a critical need for

disruptive innovation within our tradi-tional health-care system.

What are the demographics to support this need for disruption?

■ 56 million Americans lack prima-ry care.

■ By 2020, physician provider short-ages will be between 85,000 and 200,000.

■ 86 percent of all prescriptions are for chronic care.

■ Medication-related problems and medication mismanagement by con-sumers are a massive public health problem in the united States. The Class of 2012 has an APP for that!

■ 76 percent of all physician office visits are for post-diagnostic care (many of these services can be per-formed by today’s practicing phar-macists).we are in an uncomfortable place be-

tween low reimbursement for the tradi-tional dispensing services and the need for change in the way pharmacists prac-tice.

The change in the demand for phar-macists is encouraging new practitio-ners to seek out new roles in patient care. They are beginning to partner with primary care physicians in inte-grated practice models.

Entities that pay for health care now want documented outcomes from medical providers. Today’s pharmacy school graduate can give that to them!

Since the late 1960s, federal phar-macists have been providing advance pharmacy practice services that have been slow to reach a tipping point in the private sector.

Today’s system of uncoordinated

health care in silos, while moving pro-gressively in the right direction, is not moving fast enough.

Nearly every American will visit a pharmacy each month.

As a health care professional, we are never more than a telephone call or a visit away from helping someone with their medical problems.

In some communities, pharmacists ARE the primary care provider and the gateway to other more comprehensive services.

So what does all this mean? Those of us currently in pharma-

cy practice see today’s pharmacy grad-uates as the disruptive innovators for our profession. They are the agents of change in a profession currently on the tipping point of saving our health care system. Their spirit and enthusi-asm and ability to collaborate with oth-er health care providers will result in the renovation of our current system

Executive InsightBY MIChAEL JACkSOn, RPh

Class of 2012 will be the Disruptive Innovators for Our Profession

BY MIChAEL JACkSOn, FPA ExECutIvE vICE PRESIDEnt/CEO

Michael Jackson, B.Pharm


in favor of health care programs driv-en on quality and outcomes. The fac-ulty at our state’s six pharmacy school campuses have armed our current and future graduates with the weapons to disrupt our current practice and move it beyond its existing barriers and into something historians will write about for years to come.

So how will the class of 2012 cause disruptive innovation within the health care industry?

The next generation of pharmacists are generally not content with things that lack purpose, produce results or steal time and resources unnecessarily.

These professional candidates will challenge the status quo – Just because that is the way it is always done doesn’t mean they are convinced that is the way it should always be done.

They will never underestimate the quality of their training.

Some may choose to network with their professional associations to help guide their career growth. A ship at sea with no rudder will never reach port in one piece. It will drift in circles until the fuel runs out.

Pharmacy innovators should make the most of their social media friends.

Some may catch the advocacy fe-ver and watch what policymakers are doing for or to the health care system. These graduates will know that those in public office control our profession-al future, the practice of pharmacy and the safety of our patients with each vote that they cast.

Others may elect to build a new business plan to utilize new skills that have been taught in our pharma-cy schools. They will show that plan to anyone who has the ability to make things happen.

They will most likely be selective of programs that will help keep their skills razor sharp. Knowledge and in-tellect are a powerful weapon against obsolescence. Our Florida Pharmacy To-day readers must remember that you are either on the cutting edge or the bleeding edge.

Finally, they will share their success-es with their colleagues and profession-

The Florida Pharmacy Association gratefully acknowledges the hard work and dedication of the following members of the FPA leadership who work deligently all year long on behalf of our members.

Humberto Martinez ............................................................ Chairman of the BoardRobert Parrado .........................................................................................FPA PresidentGoar Alvarez .............................................................................................. President ElectBetty Harris ............................................................................................................TreasurerSuzanne Wise ...........................................Speaker of the House of DelegatesEric Alvarez ....................................Vice Speaker of the House of DelegatesPreston McDonald, Director ...........................................................................Region 1Marcus Dodd-o, Director .................................................................................Region 2Eva Sunell, Director .............................................................................................Region 3 Raul N. Correa, Director ...................................................................................Region 4 Jeffrey Parrado, Director ..............................................................................Region 5 Chris Lent, Director ..............................................................................................Region 6Paul Rohrbaugh, Director ................................................................................. Region 7Raul Gallo, Director ................................................................................................Region 8Paul Elias, Director ................................................................................................Region 9Venessa Price ......................................................................................... President FSHPMichael Jackson .......................................Executive Vice President and CEO

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Chair......................................................Jennifer Pytlarz, [email protected] Chair ........................................................ Don Bergemann, [email protected] ...................Stephen Grabowski, [email protected] ..................................................................Stuart Ulrich, [email protected] ................................................Joseph Koptowsky, [email protected] .......................Rebecca Poston, [email protected] ...................................................... Carol Motycka, [email protected] ....................................................Christina Medina, [email protected] Member ...............................................................Norman Tomaka, [email protected] ..................Verender Gail Brown, [email protected] Editor ...............Michael Jackson, [email protected] Editor ..................Dave Fiore, [email protected]

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This year’s graduates will mark the beginning of an exciting career. They have invested count-less hours of study and prepara-tion to be agents of change in a health care system begging for a new direction. we believe that these new practitioners will make a difference within our pro-fession. The great state of Flori-da will be the beneficiaries of their newly acquired expertise. If you have an opportunity to work with these new professionals, al-low their zeal and enthusiasm to infect you. It just might change you into a disruptive innovator, too.

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florida A&M university college of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences

Lake erie college of Osteopathic Medicine school of pharmacy

Nova southeastern university college of pharmacy

palm beach Atlantic university Lloyd L. Gregory school of pharmacy

university of florida college of pharmacy

university of south florida college of pharmacy

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The Florida A&M University COPPS Showcases Its Patent Portfolio

The Florida A&M university (FAMu) College of Phar-macy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (COPPS) recently un-veiled its “wall of Innovation” (wOI), which is located in the lobby of the New Pharmacy Building. The wOI show-cases the research talents of renowned researchers such as retired Professor Emeritus Henry lee, PhD; Professor Naz-arius S. lamango, PhD; Interim Dean and Professor Seth Y. Ablordeppey, PhD; Associate Professor John Cooperwood, PhD; and Professor Karam F. A. Soliman, PhD—all having patents affixed on the wall.

Dr. Henry Lee’s U.S. Patents are: 4,762,919 (Anti-inflamma-tory carboxy pregnane derivatives) and 4,588,530 (Anti-in-flammatory prednisolone steroids). Dr. Lee currently has ad-ditional patents pending.

Dr. Nazarius S. Lamango’s U.S. Patents are: 8,097,722 (In-hibitors of Polyisoprenylated Methylated Protein Methyl Es-terase), 8,053,207 (Cancer Diagnosis by Measuring Polyiso-prenylated Methylated Protein Methyl Esterase Activity), 7,897,604 (Inhibitors of Polyisoprenylated Methylated Protein Methyl Esterase) and 6,372,793 (Method for treatment of neu-rological disease characterized by impaired neuromodula-tor function). Dr. lamango currently has additional patents pending.

Dr. Seth Y. Ablordeppey’s U.S. Patents are: 7,700,587 (Halo-peridol Analogs) and 8,158,646 (The Antifungal and Antipar-asitic compound). The latter was recently issued on April 17, 2012. Dr. Ablordeppey has two additional patents that are currently pending.

Dr. Karam Soliman’s U.S. Patents are: 7,666,451 (Method of Treating Dyshidrosis (Pompholyx) and Dry Skin Disorders) and 7,357,950 (Topical Treat-ment for Dyshidrosis (Pompholyx) and Dry Skin Disorders).

Dr. John Cooperwood’s U.S. Patent is: 7,687,486 (Selective Estrogen receptor Modulators F/K/A use of Aminoalkyloxy Derivatives of 1,3,5.(10)-Es-tratrien and and-Estratetraene steroids in the treat-ment of breast cancer).

Additionally, there are a number of pending patents that will make their way to the “wOI” in the not-too-distant fu-ture. The inventors of these pending patents are Kinfe red-da, PhD, Professor and Acting Vice President for Sponsored Programs; Mandip Sachdeva, PhD, Professor of Pharmaceu-tics and r. renee reams, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry.

FAMu Pharmacy Interim Dean Appoints Crestview Education Center Director

Seth Y. Ablordeppey, Interim Dean and Professor has ap-pointed Margareth larose-Pierre, PharmD, as the new Asso-ciate Dean of the FAMu-Crestview Education Center (FCEC).

larose-Pierre received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 1984 from Florida Memorial university, her PharmD de-gree in 1988 from FAMu’s COPPS and her ASHP-accredited residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Department of Phar-macy. Her career expands over a period of 24 years and in-cludes tenure at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Miami as a clinical pharmacy spe-cialist in the areas of surgery, critical care and infectious dis-ease. Dr. larose-Pierre previously served as a faculty mem-ber and director of the pharmacy practice division for the FAMu College of Pharmacy in South Florida for the past 13 years.

larose-Pierre remains a strong advocate for pharmacy students’ involvement in community activities. She and the students have been involved in screening for HTN, diabe-tes, HIV/AIDS, smoking cessation, breast cancer and prostate cancer.

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Her research interests include infectious diseases, pros-tate cancer, breast cancer and women’s health. She is also well published in peer-reviewed pharmacy literature.

“I am extremely excited about the opportunity to serve as the associate dean of the FAMu Crestview Education Cen-ter,” said larose-Pierre. “I believe in the successful expan-sion of the FAMu College of Pharmacy and, after visiting Crestview, I strongly believe that the partnership between FAMU and Crestview will benefit both the university and the city beyond our wildest imagination. I am thankful to ev-eryone who worked so hard to make this venture possible, and we are going to work tirelessly to make it a success of which all of us can be proud.”

“we are delighted to have Dr. larose-Pierre serve in this capacity, a role that she is familiar with and well qualified to step into,” said Interim Dean Ablordeppey. “She brings with her a wealth of knowledge and expertise that the FCEC needs during its infancy. we are very fortunate to have her, and I look forward to a bright future for the FCEC.”

FAMu Provide State-Wide Contract Pharmacy Services

The College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Florida A&M university provides dispensing and medica-tion therapy management services through the development of contract pharmacy services in various locations through-out the state of Florida. These contracts are beneficial for the university because they not only provide sites for student training, but utilize the expertise of College faculty to pro-

vide both operational and clinical services to patients as well.Currently, the College has contracts with the following

health-care systems: Neighborhood Health Services in Tal-lahassee, FAMu Pharmacy Department located within the leon County Health Department, Duval County Health De-partment, Apalachee Mental Health Hospital in Tallahassee and Johnnie ruth Clark Health Center in St. Petersburg, Flor-ida. Faculty assigned to these sites are responsible for provid-ing operational management of the pharmacy and expanded clinical services. Examples of clinical services include: Diabe-tes Medication Therapy Management Program at Neighbor-hood Health Services under the direction of Dr. Otis Kirksey; Chronic Disease wellness Clinic with Dr. Jovan Miles; and Ambulatory Care Services through the Duval County Health Department with Dr. Sylvia Jackson. Directors of pharmacy include Dr. Keecia King at the Duval County Health Depart-ment and Dr. Tayanna richardson at the Johnnie ruth Clark Health Center.

Faculty in the above facilities serve as role models for both IPPE and APPE training for pharmacy students. In addition, these faculty members provide exceptional service to the community. As a result of these experiences, two residency experiences have emerged: PgY 1 residency (with emphasis in HIV Care) and PgY 1 residency (with emphasis in Psycho-pharmacotherpy). residents also participate in the training of pharmacy students at all levels.

The College continues to seek other contract agreements to provide for novel training and service opportunities. These contracts reinforce the general mission of the College by pro-viding practice experiences within the community as indicat-ed in our mission and goals.



Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Pharmacy Continues Excellence

Two national organizations have recognized the tremen-dous impact that students at the lake Erie College Osteo-pathic Medicine School of Pharmacy have made on the com-munity. The National Consumers league (NCl) and the Corporation for National and Community Service honored lECOM’s volunteer efforts with a pair of national awards.

The LECOM School of Pharmacy is one of just five schools to receive national accolades for its commitment to the Script Your Future Medication Adherence Challenge. The NCl be-stowed the Challenge Award to lECOM student pharmacists who conducted an educational campaign in Bradenton, Fla., and Erie, Pa., during American Pharmacists Month in Octo-ber.

Students provided more than 2,000 patient informational sessions to children, adolescents, adults and seniors. They de-veloped a special Facebook page for the campaign and pro-vided a link to the Script Your Future medication remind-ers program, where individuals can sign up for text message medication alerts. The students’ efforts included participation at a health fair that focused on HIV/AIDS outreach.

led by Student gov-ernment leaders at both campuses, stu-dents also participated in Health Fairs at lake-wood ranch Medical Center, New College of Sarasota, Senior Friend-ship Center and Thera-peutic Equestrian rid-ing Center, spreading the message about the importance of taking prescription medica-tions as directed.

“As lECOM students, we have a unique opportunity to in-teract with the community and apply the lessons we learn in the classroom while helping to serve the health needs of the public,” said third-year student Melinda Buchanan. “Script Your Future allowed our classmates in Erie and Bradenton to work together and develop programs and materials to ed-ucate the public, and we’re grateful for the recognition we’re receiving for the hard work we put into this effort.”

30,000 hours of volunteer ServiceFor the fifth year in a row, the Corporation for National

and Community Service named lECOM to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor roll, the high-est federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.

Pharmacy and medical students at the Bradenton and Erie campuses contributed more than 30,000 hours of service to local community service organizations.

whether it’s building a home with Habitat for Humanity or providing health services to the homeless, students have made the community their campus.

lECOM’s pharmacy and medical students have participat-ed in a variety of health and wellness fairs, along with rais-ing funds for numerous non-profit organizations including: the American Cancer Society, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, YMCA, women’s resource Center and the Manatee County Food Bank.

Faculty Community ServiceKatherine Tromp, Pharm. D, is an active member in the

Manatee County Medical reserve Corps. Dr. Tromp is part of a team of trained and credentialed volunteers who strength-en the local community’s health and medical services during disasters or public health calamities.

“I love being a part of serving the community,” Tromp says. “It is about working together as a team to help our com-munity.”

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Faculty members also volunteer at the Community Phar-macy of Sarasota County, which provides free medication and professional pharmaceutical care to the uninsured and working poor.

The agency has dispensed and advocated for over $1.5 mil-lion worth of prescription medication, over the counter medi-cations and medical supplies to those patients.

Student AchievementsSecond-year student Tolulope Akinbo received the Student

leadership Award from the American Society of Health Sys-tem Pharmacists (ASHP). Only 12 students receive this pres-tigious award nationwide.

Second-year student Dania rehman received the united States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Phar-macy Practice Award.

Third-year student Shinelle Pierre presented the poster: “A Systemic Approach in Improving Compliance with National Patient Safety Goal 03.05.01” to clinical pharmacists at Tampa gener-al Hospital. The purpose of the study is to determine wheth-er the new implementation of the anti-coagulation order in-creased compliance with the National Patient Safety goal 03.05.01 to educate patients and their families on their anti-coagulation therapy.

three- or Four-Year PathwayslECOM School of Pharmacy students have the choice of

either a three-year, year-round pathway at the Erie campus, or the traditional four-year pathway in Bradenton.

An Early Acceptance Program (EAP) agreement with the State College of Florida calls for LECOM to reserve five slots for SCF students who complete an undergraduate (associ-ate) degree, including or in addition to required higher-lev-el math and science courses. SCF is among 28 colleges and

universities that have signed EAPs with lECOM School of Pharmacy.

Administrative Leadership

Hershey S. Bell, MD, MS, became Vice President of Aca-demic Affairs and Dean of the lECOM School of Pharma-cy in August 2009. Dr. Bell has served lECOM as Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Associate Dean for Facul-ty Development and Evaluation since 2004. He teaches in the School of Pharmacy, the College of Medicine and the Master of Science in Medical Education programs.

Sunil Jambhekar, Ph.D, is the Associate Dean for Bradenton Campus Operations and for Distance Education Initiatives.

Julie Wilkinson, Pharm.D, BCPS, (Bradenton campus) and rachel Ogden, Pharm.D. (Erie campus) are lECOM’s Associ-ate Deans for Curriculum and Faculty, respectively.

Teresa Schweiger, Pharm.D, BCPS, is the Assistant Dean for Assessment, and laura Stevenson, Pharm.D., MS, is the Di-rector of Experiential Education at lECOM’s Bradenton cam-pus.

Accreditation and EnrollmentThe lECOM School of Pharmacy is fully accredited by the

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. The ACPE accreditation covers both the Erie and Bradenton campuses. lECOM is also accredited by the Middle States Commission for Higher Education.

Current pharmacy school enrollment at the Bradenton campus is 460. The School is at full enrollment of 739 students at the two campuses.

FacilityThe Bradenton campus of the lECOM School of Pharma-

cy is housed in a 109,000 square-foot facility shared with the College of Osteopathic Medicine, which opened its Bradenton campus in 2004. lECOM School of Pharmacy opened in Erie in 2002 and expanded to Bradenton in 2007. lECOM’s gradu-ated its inaugural pharmacy class in 2011. The campus is lo-cated in the master-planned community of lakewood ranch between Bradenton and Sarasota.

In July, lECOM will open the $52 million lECOM School of Dental Medicine and welcome its first class of 100 dental students.

Curriculum and requirements for lECOM School of Phar-macy can be found online at www.lecom.edu.

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CALL FOR FPA OFFICER AnD DIRECtOR nOMInAtIOnS for 2013 Elections

The FPA By-laws specify that any subdivision or any member in good standing may nominate one per-son for the office of President-Elect and one person for the office of Treasurer. A President-Elect shall be elected every year and shall assume the duties of the President on the last day of the annual meeting of the year following election as President-Elect. The trea-surer shall serve a two year term and may succeed to one consecutive term of office in that capacity. Nomi-nees must be Florida registered pharmacists in good standing with the Florida Pharmacy Association and the Florida Board of Pharmacy. Nominees for presi-dent-elect should have a good understanding of how the Association functions and should be current on the issues impacting pharmacy. Nominees for trea-surer should have good analytical skills and experi-ence and ability in financial management and budget preparation.

There are nine regional Board Directors who shall serve two year terms. Nominees must be a Flori-da registered pharmacist in good standing with the Florida Pharmacy Association and the Florida Board of Pharmacy. Additionally, Board Directors must be a member of at least one the FPA unit Associations within their region. Board Directors terms are stag-gered such that even numbered regions shall be elect-ed in even numbered years and odd numbered re-gions shall be elected in odd numbered years. All newly elected Board of Directors regional Directors shall take office on the last day of the annual meeting, and shall continue in office until the last day of annu-al meeting of the second ensuing year.

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Rx: MacGyver?Nova Southeastern University, College of Pharmacy

There is nothing I love more than being reminded each day by faculty and students of the infinite possibilities a Pharm.D. degree from Nova Southeastern university’s (NSu) College of Pharmacy (COP) can create. From graduates work-ing in rudimentary, sometimes adverse, conditions in places like Hónduras, miles away from any modern conveniences, to students participating in the Jamaica Medical Mission to provide quality medical care and services to the underserved people of Jamaica, to professors on the frontlines of ground-breaking research.

great things are happening at the NSu College of Phar-macy, and the future looks even better. But why Macgyver? why compare today’s career path of our Pharmacists to the long-running ‘80s hit TV show profiling a scientist with an en-cyclopedic mind and an ability to solve a crisis peacefully and successfully with what amounted to duct tape, a Swiss Army knife and a stick of gum? Because the days of a Pharmacist standing behind a counter to only dispense drugs are becom-ing a faded memory. Not only are NSu Pharmacy students prepared for this, they are transcending conventional wisdom and taking their degree to places where public health, passion and the panacea of prescription drugs converge. They are im-pacting lives, influencing public health policy and addressing the world’s most pressing health issues.

Our team of “Macgyvers” is comprised of faculty mem-bers and students who are realizing that it isn’t about the drugs they dispense, but rather the lives they stand to im-pact each and every day. whether it is going on one of NSu’s pioneering medical missions to remote places on earth, or

providing medical care to thousands of underprivileged, underserved Floridians, or tackling the nation’s crippling substance-abuse problem, NSu’s unique curriculum present-ed at each of our locations in Davie, Palm Beach and Puer-to rico is providing students with the core competencies re-quired to meet and exceed the current and future challenges facing Pharmacists.

Duct tape and Swiss Army knives aside, as with any pre-miere learning institution, NSu’s COP continually strives for excellence, and our efforts are getting noticed on a global level.

Some nSu College of Pharmacy “Super-Macgyvers:”

■ National Non-Profit Organization, The Children’s Leukemia Research Association, Inc., has commissioned NSu COP’s Associate Professor and Senior researcher Jean J. Lat-imer, Ph.D., and her team of researchers, to help discov-er why some children with leukemia remain in remission for a lifetime and others do not. The findings could lead to more targeted treatment and increase the number of children who remain cancer free without a recurrence.

■ Kevin A. Clauson, Pharm.D., was appointed to be a member of the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) Na-tional Center for Public Health Informatics. Coined “mHealth,” the Center aims to make new health discov-eries and improve overall health by deploying health and wellness information via social media and mobile devices using the Informatics platform, i.e. the integration of pa-tient preferences, behaviors, and technology.

■ Iovani Popovichi, Ph.D., collaborated with researchers and the world Health Organization to help generate a re-port highlighting the grim realities of the global cost of caring for non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease and obesity.

Stephanie F. Aleong, J.D. national Patient Safety Award

Counterfeit drugs have made nation-al headlines recently in the wake of hun-dreds of vials of fake cancer drugs being discovered. But for years, NSu has been championing efforts to curb counterfeit drugs and enhance patient safety. Each year, NSu grants the Stephanie F. Aleong,

J.D. National Patient Safety Award. The award’s namesake was an assistant law professor at NSu’s Shepard Broad law Center who spearheaded a healthcare fraud task force that un-

"Providing quality medical care & services.” humanitarian efforts have reached > 3,500 underserved persons in Jamaica.

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“On the Frontlines of groundbreaking Research” Associate Professor and Senior Researcher, Jean J. Latimer, Ph.D. with Stephen grant, Ph.D., visiting Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Science.

covered wholesalers making more than $100 million annually by purchasing counterfeit, stolen, re-labeled and expired med-icines and then reselling them into the nation’s drug supply. Her heroic efforts inspired a book titled “Dangerous Doses.” Even though Ms. Aleong’s promising life was cut short due to melanoma at the age of 36, her legacy lives on in this award and in the hearts of the NSu students she taught. This year’s recipient of the award is Dorothy linvill-Neal, of global Trade-mark Development & Janssen global Services, for her dedica-tion to reduce medication errors.

Paul Ambrose Scholarship RecipientSimone Cousins, Pharm. D. candidate (Class of ‘14),

heads to washington, D.C., this June after receiving the 2012 Paul Ambrose Scholarship – awarded to only 40 students nationwide. Sponsored by the Association for Prevention Teaching and research, recipients attend an annual leader-ship symposium in the nation’s capital to meet with national leaders in public health policy. In addition, Ms. Cousins re-ceived a grant to develop and implement a faculty-mentored, community-based health education project. The project will be a joint effort between NSu College of Pharmacy and His-panic unity of Florida, Inc. Project supervision and mentor-ing efforts will be led by NSu-COP Associate Professor Dr. Silvia rabionet.

translating Pain into Art: the Life & Legacy of Mexican Artist Frida kahlo

while our primary mission is to educate health professionals with the knowledge that will allow them to address the phar-macy-related needs of society, we also want to expose students to the profound impact illness and disease progression can have on each individual life. Discussions on the paintings of legend-ary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo provided such an opportunity. The artist contracted polio at age 6, and it wasn’t until after be-ing in a near-fatal bus crash that she picked up a paint brush. Her physical limitations debilitated her to the point where she was forced to wear body casts and medieval corsets for months at a time. She endured multiple surgeries. But by rising above her problems and being able to translate her pain into art, she found an outlet to deal with her loss and her suffering. NSu’s COP sponsored a lecture by Dr. Annette B. ramirez de Arella-no titled, “Frida Kahlo: Starring in the Sick role” at the NSu Al-vin Sherman library in January. More than 200 students and staff turned out for this thought-provoking presentation. “Kah-lo was not reluctant to share her ailments, symptoms, and thera-pies,” said ramírez de Arellano, who holds a doctorate in public health, maintains a longstanding interest in the arts, is affiliat-ed with the university of Puerto rico’s graduate School of Pub-lic Health and serves as a lecturer at the Smithsonian Institute.

And If that’s not Enough…Three exciting events are now unfolding at the COP. First, our new Student Educational Center in Palm Beach

Gardens opened its doors to some 200 pharmacy students

this past fall. The four-story building features classrooms of various sizes and settings, laboratories, study and conference rooms, faculty and administrative offices, a lounge, and even an equipped exercise room for the students. Over time, the building facilities will be shared with programs from other NSu educational centers.

Secondly, our new Ph.D. program is officially underway. Supported in part by NSu and by faculty grants for research into such diverse health issues as autism, hypertension, dia-betes, AIDS, mental health, and cancer, the program is aimed at educating scientists who will address the pharmacy-relat-ed needs of society. An added bonus is the fact that the intel-lectual properties developed in the studies will have intrinsic value to not only the Ph.D. candidate and the principal inves-tigator, but to the university as well. For example, last year, the U.S. Patent Office issued the first two patents ever as-signed to Nova Southeastern University. The principal in-vestigator was COP faculty member Dr. Appu Rathinavelu. Several additional patents from other COP faculty have been submitted and are awaiting final approval.

Finally, the COP has attracted national attention for its newly created Center for Consumer Health Informatics Re-search (CCHIR). It is the first Center of its kind in the Unit-ed States and has already been featured in Forbes Magazine. Its Director, Dr. Kevin Clauson, has been invited to washing-ton, D.C. to make a presentation on its operation. The CCHIr aims to generate discoveries that leverage the potential of consumer health informatics to improve patient health. “Pa-tients are turning to the Internet in record numbers to look for answers to their health-related questions and are making treatment decisions based on what they find,” said Center Di-rector Clauson.

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Palm Beach Atlantic University Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy developing servant Leaders to help change the face of pharmacy healthcare

The 2011 graduating class of Palm Beach Atlantic universi-ty lloyd l. gregory School of Pharmacy (gSOP) achieved the highest passing rate on the North American Pharmacist li-censure Examination (NAPlEX) in the history of the school since its inception in 2001.

In fact, the school’s 98.44% pass rate on the NAPlEX was higher than both the state and national averages, which were 93.53% and 95.66% respectively.

“This outcome is the result of the intelligence and hard work of the class of 2011,” said Dr. Mary Ferrill, dean of the gregory School of Pharmacy. “we also feel that the results can be attributed to the new curriculum and the dedica-tion of the faculty and staff. we are hopeful that this trend will continue as we revise the curriculum to stay abreast of changes in the practice of pharmacy.”

International and Domestic Medical Missions

Palm Beach Atlantic university has long been known for its extensive international medical missions efforts. This year, articles on this medical missions distinctive were pub-lished in AJHP (Chanine, E., Nornoo, A. Pharmacist Involve-ment in Medical Missions: Planning, Execution and Assess-ment AJHP 2012: 69:636-642) and a four-part series in Annals of Pharmacotherapy. The first article was published in May, with the remaining three to be published over the summer. The article titles are (1) Planning a Pharmacy-Led Medical Mis-sion Trip, Part 1: Focus on Medication Acquisition, (2) Part 2: Ser-vant Leadership and Team Dynamics, (3) Part 3: Development and Implementation of a Medical Missions Elective Rotation, (4) Part 4: An Exploratory Study of Student Experiences. The lead author on all four articles was Dr. Dana Brown with assistance from Dr. Dan Brown, Dr. Jamie Fairclough, Dr. Mary Ferrill and Dr.

Christine Yocum. Five teams of faculty, residents, alumni and students from

the lloyd l. gregory School of Pharmacy embarked on med-ical mission trips during summer 2011 to provide services and care to patients in impoverished villages and cities in the Amazon river Basin, Costa rica, the Dominican repub-lic and guatemala, as well as areas in and surrounding Belle Glade, FL. Despite difficult physical conditions and an out-pouring of patients, the teams treated more than 2,800 adults and children and filled more than 5,900 prescriptions. Trips planned for summer 2012 include the Amazon river Basin, Costa rica, guatemala and Belle glade, Fl.

The pharmacy school received $83,000 through a generous donation from benefactors of the university to provide med-ical and other supplies. The donation also covered half the cost of each student’s trip. upon return, many of the teams presented their experiences and the impact of the trips dur-ing the school’s weekly pharmacy chapels. The experiences were inspirational with testimonies of compassion and the challenges of providing direct patient care to diverse patient populations.

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Annual Local health FairThe purpose of the gSOP annual health fair is to promote

health awareness, prevention and treatment, and to provide students with a meaningful service learning experience. On Saturday, October 8, 2011, the American Pharmacists Associa-tion (APhA-ASP) gSOP chapter collaborated with the Ameri-can Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP-SSHP) gSOP chapter and the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) gSOP Chapter to host its fourth annual health fair, themed “Pre-scription for Health” in downtown lake worth, Fl. The health fair was by organized entirely by students to connect with and educate the community.

The gSOP Community Health Fair had a total of 25 booths headed by different organizations, fraternities and/or phar-macy classes. There were 188 student volunteers, represent-ing approximately 80 percent of campus-based gSOP stu-dents and 13 of 28 faculty members.

The following screening and immunizations were provid-ed:

■ 27 Blood glucose screenings ■ 41 Blood pressure screenings ■ 18 HIV rapid tests ■ 25 Flu vaccinations

The health fair also provided a venue for students to raise awareness about the importance of medication adherence and the positive impact that adherence has on health out-comes.

All together, gSOP students: ■ Counseled 103 patients on the importance of medication

adherence, 22 of whom were specifically counseled on ad-herence to cardiovascular, respiratory and diabetes medi-cations.

■ Provided 206 instances of general medication counseling to event participants collectively, 46 of which were pro-vided to patients taking cardiovascular, respiratory and/or diabetes medications.

Script Your FutureScript Your Future is a national campaign to raise aware-

ness about medication adherence since nearly three out of four Americans do not take their medications as prescribed, and one in two are hospitalized due to not taking their med-ications correctly. This event gave nine gSOP students and three faculty members an opportunity to meet with patients to review their current prescriptions and OTCs and to raise awareness about the importance of taking medications as di-rected. It was free and open to the public. Other services pro-vided were blood pressure screenings, MTM sessions and providing information for medication-related questions.

Legislative DaysPalm Beach Atlantic university’s involvement in legis-

lative Days 2012 was spearheaded by two gSOP students, Stephanie Arnold and Natalie Ciccone. Twenty-eight Palm Beach Atlantic students and four faculty helped educate leg-islators and push for advocacy of pharmacy with this year’s theme of immunizations. The students appreciated the abil-ity to have individual appointments with lobbyists and leg-islators.

Dr. Jamie Fairclough named new Dean for Assessment

Jamie Fairclough, B.S., M.P.H., M.S.Pharm., university of Flori-da; Ph.D., Florida State universi-ty, has been named the Assistant Dean for Assessment. She will be responsible for coordinating all elements of the administration of the school of pharmacy that re-late to program and curricular assessment, accreditation, stra-tegic planning and professional continuing education.



University of Florida College of Pharmacy Reaches Milestones

This May, the university of Florida College of Pharmacy reached two milestones in its Doctor of Pharmacy programs. The entry-level Pharm.D. program marked the 10th anni-versary of its three distance campuses in Florida, while the working Professional Pharm.D. (wPPD) program announced its 2,000th graduate.

In 2002, uF established campuses in Jacksonville, Orlan-do and St. Petersburg, allowing more Florida students an op-portunity to earn a doctor of pharmacy degree. Through dis-tance learning technologies, these campuses share the same curriculum as the gainesville campus. Each May, more than 300 student pharmacists graduate from uF’s four campuses.

This May, the combined class of 2012 rallied together to raise a record graduating class gift of nearly $67,000 to sup-port their alma mater. The St. Petersburg campus took the lead by donating more than $26,000 toward the college’s 4PD giving Challenge. The generous gifts from the newest uF pharmacists will support students at all campuses in profes-sional development, campus needs and ceremonial events.

Canadian Pharmacist robert Ford carries the distinction of being the 2,000th wPPD graduate. The program, estab-lished in 1994, allows licensed pharmacists living and work-ing anywhere in North America to earn the uF Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Ford earned his bachelor’s of pharmacy in 1975 from the university of Alberta, Faculty of Pharmacy and

Pharmaceutical Sciences. upon admission to the uF wPPD program in 2009, he studied through online coursework, par-ticipated in class discussion boards and met during weekend seminars with his las Vegas cohort.

“Furthering my education to the level of Doctor of Phar-macy was a dream that began after a conference in California early in my career,” Ford said.

Earlier this spring, Dean william riffee led his students and faculty in receiving recognition at the American Pharma-cists Association meeting in New Orleans. riffee was elected Speaker-elect to the APhA House of Delegates. represented by more than 450 elected members from 50 state associations, the House of Delegates meets each year at APhA in a forum for discussion, consensus building and policy setting for the pharmacy profession.

riffee believes it’s important for representatives from the academic world of pharmacy to be involved in APhA poli-cies.

“we bridge between what is being done now in patient care and what will happen in the future as educators for the next generation of practitio-ners,” riffee said.

Next year as Speak-er, riffee will serve two years on the Board of Trustees of the APhA, which implements the policies developed in the House of Delegates.

Drug supply shortages and their impact on patient care, standardization of pharmacy practice descriptions and rec-ognition as healthcare providers, and controlled substances regulation are some of the issues riffee expects to weigh in on as a delegate on the national level.

Adding to uF honors, Professor Carole Kimberlin, Ph.D., received the Academy of Pharmaceutical research and Sci-ence (APhA-APrS) research Achievement Award. Kimberlin was chosen for her significant contributions to pharmacist-patient relationship and communications, and her research impact on and patient health attitudes and behaviors related to medication use.

Other faculty recognition included the Phi lambda Sigma Advisor of the Year Award to Michael McKenzie, Ph.D., se-

Pharmacy Student Jeremy Lund congratulates Dean Bill Riffee at the APhA meeting

4PD giving 2012: St. Petersburg campus Assistant Dean Jennifer Williams joins her campus representatives, Suzanna Bedy, tiffany Beckel, and Angela hatter, who presented a check to Dean Riffee on behalf of all four campuses.

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nior associate dean for professional affairs, and the A. rich-ard Bliss Kappa Psi grand Council Citation of Appreciation awarded to Tony Palmieri, Ph.D., an assistant clinical profes-sor.

More than 50 uF student pharmacists, traveling by bus, joined their professors at the New Orleans meeting. Among them, Jeremy lund, a third-year student from the Orlando campus received an APhA Foundation Scholarship as the John gans Scholar. The pharmacy students also received the Chapter of the Year award from the International Pharmaceu-tical Students’ Federation, and the APhA Academy of Student Pharmacists region 3 Award for their Heartburn Awareness project.

The uF students and alumni won the challenge for the APhA-PAC Award, by raising $11,000 that totaled $22,000 from the challenge matching program, far exceeding last year’s PAC donations. In honor of the challenge, two APhA past presidents, Tim Tucker from the university of Tennessee and Ed Hamilton, a uF alumnus, agreed to serve breakfast to the winning students. At the special student breakfast, Tuck-er had to wear a custom gator apron while serving the ga-tor tables along with the Florida Past President, Ed Hamilton.

uF student pharmacists coordinated and in February hosted the 10th annual Multi-Cultural Dinner held at the In-dian Cultural Center in gainesville. More than 200 guests supported the event, raising more than $10,000 to help fund more than 10 global Health Outreach trips over this year’s spring break. Musicians, dancers and martial arts presenta-tions showcased the talents and cultural heritage of uF stu-dents. The generous support of the Multi-Cultural Dinner aided thousands of individuals around the world by provid-ing medical care, vitamins and medications, which they oth-erwise would not have been able to receive.

Paul Doering, M.S., a distinguished service professor in pharmacotherapy and translational research at the uF Col-

lege of Pharmacy, retired last fall — but his excellence in teaching lives on.

In honor of Paul’s 35 years of service to the college and his unwavering dedication to mentoring and educating genera-tions of pharmacy students, the college has created the “Paul Doering Excellence in Teaching Professorship” to recognize a faculty member whose dedication to student learning is ex-emplary.

A five-time recipient of the Teacher of the Year award, Do-ering plans to continue his work with students and pharma-cists through lectures and seminars. He is working with the Department of Pharmacy Services at uF & Shands on a spe-cial project to help pharmacy students make the transition from the classroom to the clinic less difficult.

with completion of the new uF research and Academic Center in June, the uF College of Pharmacy is looking for-ward to joining its neighbors in Orlando’s prestigious Medi-cal City. The Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Phar-macology will be established at the new lake Nona site as an affiliate of the Department of Pharmaceutics at the UF Col-lege of Pharmacy in gainesville, Fla. The Center’s purpose is to create a uniquely rigorous and integrative academic trans-lational science program in quantitative clinical pharmacol-ogy with a focus on personalized medicine. Integral to this mission is the education and training of doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows in the discipline of drug develop-ment and regulatory science.

uF’s Orlando pharmacy students also will be moving in to the new facility, thanks to a gift that established the Hel-en and David Bean Campus of the university of Florida Col-lege of Pharmacy, Orlando. The professional students, grad-uate students, residents, faculty and researchers from uF all will benefit through the many Medical City partners such as the Sanford-Burnham Institute, Nemours Children’s Hospital and the Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

(From left) Past APhA President tim tucker (university of tennessee), uF students: Mika Fujinaka, Dani underwood, Jeanette Connelly, Dean Bill Riffee, and Past APhA President Ed hamilton (uF)

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University of South Florida College of Pharmacy Joins Prestigious USF Health Network

the Future Begins now!!The university of South College of Pharmacy enthusias-

tically opened its doors to 53 passionate students in August 2011!! uSF College of Pharmacy aspires to be a trendsetter in pharmacy education and clinical experience by incorporating a 360-degree approach that, recognizing that drug research and treatment are sciences, treats every patient as a unique individual with distinct needs. Our student pharmacists will be trained to participate as effective and integral mem-bers of an interprofessional healthcare team. The entire uSF Health academic environment has embraced the new College of Pharmacy, and is charting an innovative course to the fu-ture of healthcare!

the Charter Class of the uSF College of Pharmacy

The inaugural class had 53 outstanding students that made the decision to participate in this brand new pro-gram. One student, Mark laBossiere, will forever be recog-nized as the first student to be accepted into the inaugural class. The students selected in this class possess the emotion-al intelligence traits, including collaboration, creativity and compassion, needed to embrace the challenges of a chang-ing health care system. In keeping with the innovative as-pect of the new pharmacy school, the interviewing process all candidates faced was unique as well. using an interview-ing method known as the multiple-mini interview (MMI), the process measures personal student characteristics that aim to find softer skills, like teamwork and inter-personal apti-tude. while scholastic aptitude remains an important com-ponent, assessing additional characteristics not only indicates the likelihood for success in our program, but for success as pharmacist clinicians. The demographics of the inaugural pharmacy class were: 68% female, 32% male, and 53% Cau-casian, 46% minority and 1 undisclosed ethnicity. There is great talent and diversity within the first class, and there is enormous leadership potential throughout the cohort. Dr. Kevin B. Sneed, uSF College of Pharmacy Founding Dean, says “ The inaugural class of the uSF College of Pharmacy is poised to propel the pharmacy profession forward, and they are eager to transform the landscape of healthcare.”

Making great Strides in the Pharmacy ProgramIn July 2011, the College of Pharmacy was officially noti-

fied by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education

(ACPE) that it received pre-candidate status that cleared the path for USF to start its pharmacy classes. This signified the College’s steady progression in building its pharmacy pro-gram at uSF and displayed the impressive resources and in-terprofessional environment that exists at uSF Health. The accreditation process is expected to continue annually over the next few years to track the program’s progress, culmi-nating in a final evaluation after the charter class graduates three years from now. In the report to uSF President Judy genshaft, the ACPE team noted that both the university and the uSF pharmacy program were “very visionary.” The Col-lege of Pharmacy aspires to be a transformative pharmacy program, and this commendation is a strong confirmation that the program is headed in the right direction.

In addition to the ACPE accreditation, the uSF College of Pharmacy gained membership to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), the national organization representing pharmacy education in the united States and comprised of all pharmacy degree programs accredited by the ACPE. “Membership to the AACP is also a major achieve-ment and signifies our sincere intentions to be an innovative program in educating tomorrow’s pharmacists,” Dr. Sneed says. “Both of these accomplishments are very positive and affirms that we are truly open for business.”

uSF health - a Committed Interprofessional Environment

uSF Health is a young, but mature health sciences com-plex. The uSF College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Public Health, the College of Pharmacy, the uSF School of Physical Therapy and rehabilitative Sciences, and the School of Biomedical Sciences all comprise uSF Health. All of the colleges and schools that comprise uSF Health are working diligently to create an unparalleled interprofession-al education (IPE) environment for students, faculty, and pa-tients. There is a dedicated interprofessional faculty council that strives to achieve IPE that will create the health profes-sionals that lead the change towards greater collaborations within tomorrow’s healthcare arena.

uSF College of Pharmacy Program FocusThe uSF College of Pharmacy will not graduate any stu-

dents until the year 2015, at a time when healthcare reform measures are expected to gain significant traction. We in-tend to provide an advanced pharmacy educational experi-



ence designed for these future aspects of healthcare, a future that that will value the clinical contributions of the pharmacy profession. Our transformative curriculum is built upon four pillars of pharmacy focused, patient-centered care:

■ geriatric Pharmacotherapy ■ Pharmacogenomics/ Individualized Medicine ■ leadership/ Management, and ■ Health Information Technologies and Medical Informatics

upon these foundational pillars, our curricular focus matches the vision statement set forth by the Joint Commis-sion of Pharmacy Practitioners for the year 2015, which calls upon pharmacists to be engaged with patients as healthcare practitioners, beyond the traditional role of gatekeepers of pharmaceutical product. we believe these pillars represent areas of healthcare that will continue to evolve regardless of the economics and politics that currently exist in the country. we are working with various companies to implement the curricular innovations necessary to create pharmacist clini-cians that will add enormous value to healthcare teams. The uSF College of Pharmacy remains encouraged about the po-tential for pharmacists to provide novel patient-centered care in the future.

White Coat CeremonyOn September 16, 2011, the uSF College of Pharmacy held

its first white coat ceremony. 53 students donned their first white coats on a day that marked both a historic and bitter-sweet moment. “we’re making history and paving the way for future generations of uSF pharmacy students,” said Hill-ary Silvestri, 21. “Only a small number of people can say they started out as part of an inaugural class. It’s great to be a part of that.”

It was an emotional day for the students, faculty, and staff, as university and community leaders recognized uSF Health’s fourth and newest college. uSF President Judy gen-shaft was present for the ceremony, welcoming attendees and recognizing the significance of the white coat as a symbol of entry into the pharmacy profession and responsibility to pro-vide the highest standard of care.

“This is a historical day for the university of South Florida and uSF Health,” genshaft said. “Today as our students put on their white coats for the very first time it will be a sym-bolic step toward fulfilling our shared ambitions to revolu-tionize health care, to improve patient treatment and to save lives… They bring us a sense of optimism and hope for the future.”

The Dean’s Awards, the college’s highest honor, were pre-sented to four people Dr. Sneed credited as instrumental in helping to create the uSF College of Pharmacy – uSF Presi-dent Judy genshaft; Dr. Stephen Klasko, CEO for uSF Health and dean of the College of Medicine; Patricia Haynie, former associate vice president from strategic planning and policy; and uSF Provost ralph wilcox.

The ceremony was also somber. One of the talented stu-dents among the initial group selected for admission was Tucker McCarty, 21, of St. Augustine, Fl, who made uSF his first choice for pharmacy school. Tucker had worked at his mother’s pharmacy during high school and often visit-ed with the elderly patients to whom he delivered medica-tions. His young life was cut short two days after interview-ing at uSF when he died in a car accident. “It left a palpable void in the inaugural Class of 2015,” said Heather Petrelli, as-sistant dean for student affairs and assessment in the College of Pharmacy. “In the hearts of the admissions committee fac-ulty and staff, Tucker has always been a member of our inau-gural class.” Tucker’s parents were invited to attend the cer-emony and accepted a white coat bearing their son’s name and the college seal. In another poignant moment, Dr. Sneed

hillary Silvestri, a member of the uSF College of Pharmacy Class of 2015 is helped into her white coat by Dr. glenn Whelan, a charter faculty member.

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called for a moment of silence to honor Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Tampa Bay Bucs star lee roy Selmon, a personal friend and champion of the uSF Athletics Depart-ment and the College of Pharmacy, who passed away earlier in September.

“I’m so excited to be here,” said student Sam Aminov, 23, who ultimately hopes to be the CEO of a hospital. “I looked at pharmacy programs all over the country and there’s no oth-er like USF’s. Health care is definitely changing over the next 10 to 15 years and I feel this program, with its focus on inter-professional collaboration, is well equipped to prepare us for that.”

uSF health - Seeking to transform health Dedicated interprofessional educational (IPE) models are a

major strength of our curriculum, and offers a truly enhanced patient-centered educational experience for our students and faculty. On March 30, 2012, uSF Health opened the Center for Advanced Medical learning and Simulation(CAMlS). The virtual hospital portion of the simulation center has a 1500 square foot skills pharmacy that contains both inpatient and outpatient components. Students from pharmacy, med-icine, and nursing will interact in standardized clinical sce-narios, allowing a clinically-focused pharmacy curriculum to thrive, and strongly augmenting the interprofessional ex-periences of all of our students. The college will also imple-ment continuing professional development courses to devel-op skills-based competency programs for existing registered pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. CAMlS is one of the first simulation centers created around clinical competen-cy metrics and assessments for clinicians, patient safety, and team-based training of clinicians.

Research EndeavorsFaculty in our College of Pharmacy have published over

70 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals since August 2010, and over 80 abstracts. we have attained 2 federal grants in the college, including a r01 grant by one of our founding fac-ulty. Another federally funded grant in the college has a fo-cus on cancer health disparities, with Dean Kevin B. Sneed as a Co-Principle Investigator. There exists a very close research relationship between the College of Pharmacy and the uSF Byrd Alzheimer's Center, with a strong focus on neurodegen-erative diseases; numerous pharmacy faculties are conduct-ing research in this center. we created a medicinal garden at the uSF Botanical gardens, which has already produced a molecule being evaluated for a potential patent. we held an International Pharmacogenomics Conference on Septem-ber 22-24, 2011, which hosted researchers from China, Aus-tralia, Columbia, and Canada in addition to participants from around the united States. Following this successful confer-ence, we created the Clinical Pharmacometrics, Pharmacoki-netics, and Pharmacodynamics laboratory (CP3) under the direction and energy of founding faculty member Dr. glenn

whelan. we also recently opened a Molecular Pharmacoki-netics and Pharmacodynamics research laboratory under the direction of the Chair of our Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Shufeng Zhou. Our laboratories have over 30 student volunteer researchers, including undergraduate re-searchers. And we joined forces with the uSF Nanomedi-cine research Center (uNrC) on numerous research proj-ects involving faculty with joint appointments. Dean Kevin B. Sneed is on the uNrC Board of Directors, which continues our quest to foster relationship building with other existing successful research entities at uSF and uSF Health.

Final Message from the DeanThe uSF College of Pharmacy is open for business!! we of-

fer a research comprehensive, metropolitan, public college of pharmacy, which is a very unique combination of traits for a health professional school in Florida. with our focus on in-terprofessional education, clinical excellence, research prow-ess, public health emphasis, and leadership development, we believe that we offer one of the best pharmacy educational experiences in the southeast! we invite all potential pharma-cy students, as well as registered pharmacists throughout the state, to visit our website and learn more about why our inau-gural students in the uSF College of Pharmacy are so wild-ly enthusiastic about our program!! I am overly committed to our students, faculties, and partners as we transform the DNA of healthcare!

the uSF health Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS)


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