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•Monitored and provided MTM services under the supervision of the pharmacist-on-duty•Provided recommendations to patients for healthy lifestyle techniques and OTC items•Gained a comprehensive understanding of community pharmacy, patient care and pharmacologic therapy•Exposed to non-sterile pharmacy compounding techniques

1) Advocating on behalf of the Society in the state legislature2) Researching, analyzing, and developing positions on policies, legislation, and bills3) Representing the Society at county society meetings4) Developing relations with and soliciting support from state and national organizations5) Participating in the organizational meetings of the Board of Trustees and Operational Staff

Ambulatory Care Rotation•Provided extensive counseling to patients on their new and chronic medications using open-ended questions and patient friendly terminology•Prepared, participated, and recommended therapy adjustments and patient monitoring during pain clinic and anticoagulation clinic visits •Seminar: Management and interventions of motor-symptoms in Parkinson Disease

Emergency Medicine Clinical Rotation•Participated and contributed to ER providers performing primary and secondary assessments during traumas, code strokes/MIs, as well as other medical emergencies•Participated in emergency medicine responsibilities including medication reconciliation, appropriate medication selection and dosing, as well as bedside administration alongside ER providers and pharmacists.•Clinical Projects:oPatient Case: Efficacy of Extended Duration… Show more Emergency Medicine Clinical Rotation•Participated and contributed to ER providers performing primary and secondary assessments during traumas, code strokes/MIs, as well as other medical emergencies•Participated in emergency medicine responsibilities including medication reconciliation, appropriate medication selection and dosing, as well as bedside administration alongside ER providers and pharmacists.•Clinical Projects:oPatient Case: Efficacy of Extended Duration Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy (DAPT)oJournal Club: Prehospital Use of Magnesium as Neuroprotection in Acute StrokeoSeminar: Insulin Dosing in Adults Experiencing Diabetic Ketoacidosis Show less

Clinical Other Rotation: Rehabiliation Pharmacy•Educated patients how to appropriately manage and cope with new medications after their cardiac or cerebral event by using patient specific tools and adherence methods •Participated in interdisciplinary behavioral rounds for patients with disruptive behavioral issues; reviewed and compared nursing notes with medicines that could possibly cause disruptive behavior

Hospital Practice Rotation•Rotated through many different hospital departments including: interventional radiology, surgery, gastroenterology, outpatient infusion center, special procedures, laboratory, ICU, and telemetry units. Obtained comprehensive understanding of interdisciplinary nature of the hospital•Reviewed literature and created drug monograph for Lemtrada® (Alemtuzumab)

Community Practice Rotation•Utilized Walgreen’s Good Faith Dispensing (GFD) program for certain opioid prescriptions; GFD requires a verification call to the providing physicians office, a documented indication for the medication, as well as a search of the NJPMP •Continued to build upon my extensive community pharmacy experience•Community Outreach Project: Diabetes Education for Diabetes Awareness Month

APPE Elective: Division of Risk Management•Became familiar and proficient with Federal laws and regulations pertaining to pharmacy, Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) programs – including that pertaining to Extended Release / Long Acting opioids (ERLA) program•Presented to colleagues in DRISK of the unintended consequences currently seen with the use REMS; including difficulty with patient access to REMS drugs with elements to ensure safe use (ETASU), Hatch-Waxman… Show more APPE Elective: Division of Risk Management•Became familiar and proficient with Federal laws and regulations pertaining to pharmacy, Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) programs – including that pertaining to Extended Release / Long Acting opioids (ERLA) program•Presented to colleagues in DRISK of the unintended consequences currently seen with the use REMS; including difficulty with patient access to REMS drugs with elements to ensure safe use (ETASU), Hatch-Waxman violations, and on-going patent litigations•Attended Advisory Committee meetings on the safety of testosterone replacement medications and on the approval status of a new oral testosterone replacement therapy Show less

Clinical Internal Medicine:ICU•Daily rounds of patients in the ICU; took into consideration dosing of medications, fluid status, IV-PO interventions, medication duration, and appropriate medication selection•Counseled newly admitted patients on the pharmacotherapy they were placed on and fielded any questions they had•Clinical Projects:oPatient Case: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) Incidence and Pathology in ICU PatientsoJournal Club: Dexmedetomidine for Severe Alcohol… Show more Clinical Internal Medicine:ICU•Daily rounds of patients in the ICU; took into consideration dosing of medications, fluid status, IV-PO interventions, medication duration, and appropriate medication selection•Counseled newly admitted patients on the pharmacotherapy they were placed on and fielded any questions they had•Clinical Projects:oPatient Case: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) Incidence and Pathology in ICU PatientsoJournal Club: Dexmedetomidine for Severe Alcohol WithdrawaloSeminar: Acute Coronary Syndromes Show less

Clinical Acute Care: Pediatrics•Optimized patient’s pharmacotherapy through appropriate pediatric drug selection, dosing, administration, and duration.•Worked as a team with medical students to provide the most accurate reports and recommendations to the providers rounding in the pediatric unit on a given day•Clinical Projects:oPatient Case: Pediatric C.difficile infectionsoJournal Club: Propranolol versus Atenolol for Treatment of Infantile HemangiomasoSeminar:… Show more Clinical Acute Care: Pediatrics•Optimized patient’s pharmacotherapy through appropriate pediatric drug selection, dosing, administration, and duration.•Worked as a team with medical students to provide the most accurate reports and recommendations to the providers rounding in the pediatric unit on a given day•Clinical Projects:oPatient Case: Pediatric C.difficile infectionsoJournal Club: Propranolol versus Atenolol for Treatment of Infantile HemangiomasoSeminar: Intra-nasal Midazolam in Pediatrics for Procedural Sedation and Status Epilepticus Show less