APPE Community Preceptor: Mrs. Ngan Khong, BPharm-Conduct medication therapy management reviews to identify and resolve medication related issues while enhancing patient safety and therapeutic efficacy -Facilitate insurance claims resolution and prior authorization processes to streamline patient access to medications-Verify and log incoming pharmaceutical inventory, ensuring accuracy in stock levels, proper storage conditions, and compliance with regulatory requirements-Work alongside pharmacists and technicians in completing prescription processing tasks to streamline operations and optimize workflow

-Collaborate with various healthcare providers in resolving refill issues, initiating prior authorization requests, and answering questions regarding patients-Assist in the various workstations and help create a more efficient workflow at the production station-Instructed patients in conducting their COVID RT-PCR test while serving as a crucial pharmacy team member during the pandemic-Administered over 100 COVID and flu vaccines to patients at vaccine clinics and at the home store

-Assisted in the various workstations: Drop-off, Production, Drive-thru and Pick-up-Updated patient profiles during prescription drop-off -Conducted daily patient care calls to assist patients with their medication inquiries -Immunizer: Licensed and certified to immunize the COVID and flu vaccines

APPE Hospital Preceptor: Gia Cimini, PharmD-Restocked Omnicell Automated Dispensing Cabinets around the hospital in addition to stocking the machines with patient medications and narcotics-Updated the beyond-use date for low-risk adult compounded sterile products and pediatric products-Assisted the staff pharmacists, IV pharmacists, hospital technicians, and IV room technicians in completing their daily tasks by utilizing bar-code medication administration and Omnicell Pharmacy Carousel

APPE General Elective (Ambulatory Care) Preceptor: Andrew Giaquinto, PharmD-Educated patients regarding the appropriate use and side effects of their new medications while answering any questions regarding the medications -Participated in therapeutic drug monitoring activities for patients with cardiovascular diseases including monitoring coagulation parameters for anticoagulants, recommending dose adjustments for renal and hepatic impairment, identifying medication dose optimization, and analyzing if de-prescribing is appropriate -Optimized patient-specific medications for those with cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure and atrial fibrillation

APPE General Elective Preceptor: Franco Dickson, PharmD-Supported the development and review of publications for relatlimab, nivolumab and ipilimumab in early-stage and metastatic melanoma -Assisted with the development of the 2024 EMSO congress planning deck by creating summary slides to present to oncology medical leadership-Participated in comment resolution calls with internal and external authors to align on how to address journal comments -Presented topic discussions regarding the impact of liver metastases on melanoma, tumor lysis syndrome, and hematologic complications to the melanoma medical communications teams

APPE Acute Care Preceptor: Niti Shah, PharmD, BCCCP-Optimized patient care by sharing pharmacological interventions with the clinical rounding team in the neuro-intensive care unit -Created a monograph for Breztri to be presented at the July Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) meeting-Evaluated primary literature and treatment guidelines for weekly topic discussions regarding common disease states in the neuro ICU-Led a patient case presentation on secondary stroke prevention to fellow pharmacy students, preceptors, and pharmacists

-Created a Scientific Knowledge and Information Management (SKIM) Platform for a pipeline psychiatry asset-Developed an inventory of key documents to help organize crucial psychiatry pipeline assets -Presented to regional and global stakeholders at the global team meeting to spread awareness regarding the benefits and potential of SKIM -Collaborated with key business partners and Global Medical Affairs leaders to get feedback on the optimization of SKIM usage

-Served as the Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISS) manager for the diabetes studies to create a more efficient process for the approval of current studies -Revamped the outdated General Medicines Medical Operations website with a new layout -Supported other ISS Managers in cleaning up Visiontracker and assisted in resolving the deviations found within the tool -Utilized and edited Smartsheet to provide the global medical affairs team with current, up to date information regarding ongoing clinical studies