PILLS 9 th General Meeting Pediatric Pharmacy Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Amy Lei

University Health Services Student PHARMACY Volunteer Program Application for SUMMER

Application, Transcript (unofficial), Resume, and Personal Statement due in person at the Pharmacy Monday, May 14th, noon Selection Notifications via May 26th Acceptance/Confirmation from selected volunteers May 28th Pharmacy Volunteer Training TBA, week of May 31st Pharmacy Volunteer Begins Monday, June 7th Pharmacy Volunteering Ends Week of August 9th

Rita Chang

PILLS Membership How to be an ACTIVE PILLS member ▫Turn in PILLS membership form and fee ▫Attend at least 2 general meetings ▫Attend at least 1 social ▫Contribute at least 4 hours of community service

Marissa Hom

Volunteer Requirement Complete 4 hrs/ semester Join a PILLS group volunteer opportunity or volunteer individually Individual Volunteering: Download and Complete “Volunteer Form” on website --> due Sunday, May :59pm me if you have any questions

Upcoming Volunteer Events Emerson Elementary Multicultural Fair - Sunday, May 2 American Red Cross at Cal Blood Drive - Tuesday, May 4 Thank you to the Chaparral House Gardening Day volunteers! me if you want to join an event.

Henry Tran

UCSF School of Pharmacy Student Pharmacist year 3

Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist UCSF Children's Hospital Assistant Clinical Professor UCSF School of Pharmacy

The Path to Becoming a Pharmacist Lisa Englert, PharmD, BCPS April 27 th, 2010 PILLS- UC Berkeley UCSF School of Pharmacy

What is it that draws us to the Pharmacy Profession? Health Care = Helping People Professional Career Stable job market with good salary Flexible work schedules Wide variety of career opportunities

My first introduction to Pharmacy Dry Cleaner vs. Drug Store

University of Florida- undergrad

Getting into Pharmacy School Dedicated myself to science classes Researched programs Studied for the PCAT Got a job

Job as a pharmacy technician Hospital pharmacy technician Gained exposure to ▫IV Room ▫Compounding ▫Chemotherapy ▫TPN ▫Worked with Pharmacists and Residents ▫Satellite pharmacy

Pharmacy School Accepted!

Pharmacy School 1 st year ▫Difficult classes – Biochemistry, Anatomy ▫Ready for more clinical classes 2 nd year ▫Memorization of tables, charts, chemical structures ▫Mechanisms of drugs ▫Learned counseling techniques

Pharmacy School 3 rd year ▫Applying the basic science to patient cases ▫Figuring out interests  Kidney vs. Heart 4 th year ▫ROTATIONS! ▫Rounding on a team with preceptor pharmacist ▫See real patients  Pediatric rotations in general peds, PICU, oncology  Shocking experiences  ICU, burn unit

Job vs. Residency Residency is on-the-job training Make ½ the salary for 1-2 years Provides opportunity for more diverse jobs Allows you to specialize Opens doors through professional contacts

Graduation

Pharmacy Practice Residency UCSF ▫#1 School of Pharmacy ▫Teaching ▫Large Program ▫Pediatrics

Job Knew that I wanted to practice clinical pharmacy Knew that I wanted to work in pediatrics Could I ever get hired at UCSF?

Types of Pharmacy Jobs Retail/Community Pharmacy Hospital Pharmacy Academia Industry Managed Care Home Healthcare Drug information/Medical Communications Mail Service Pharmacy Long Term Care Nuclear Pharmacy

Community Pharmacy Chain pharmacy Chain pharmacy manager Independent pharmacy Compounding pharmacy Mail order pharmacy

Hospital Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacists ▫Specialties: Pediatrics, Oncology, Neurosurgery, Orthosurgery, Emergency Medicine, Solid Organ Transplant, Infectious diseases, Cardiology Staff Pharmacists IV Room Pharmacists Investigational Drug Pharmacist Pharmacy informatics Management

Industry Pharmaceutical Company ▫Medical Communications ▫Medical Science Liaison ▫Research and Development

Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist at UCSF Children’s Hospital Role as team pharmacist ▫Daily Rounds with Bone Marrow Transplant team ▫Educate health care team about medications ▫Facilitate medication getting to patients ▫Work with physicians, nurses, residents, students ▫Promote medication safety ▫Pharmacokinetic monitoring of drug therapy ▫Coordinate discharge medications ▫Teach patients and families how to use medications

Typical Day at work Arrive 7:30-9am 9-11am patient rounds with the medical team 11-12pm Take care of issues from rounds 12-1pm lunch/ s 1-2pm Discharge teaching with patients 2-3pm Meet with student on rotation 3-4pm Committee Meetings 4-5pm Work up patients for next day

Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist at UCSF School of Pharmacy Teaching ▫4 th year students on clinical rotations can spend 6 weeks on pediatric service ▫Pharmacy residents ▫Pediatric Elective  10 week course focusing on pediatric pharmacotherapy

What is the best part of my job? The patients ▫11yo kidney transplant patient who learned all of her medications to get out by New years ▫5yo who couldn’t swallow capsules- melted them with warm milk ▫3 month old requiring subcutaneous shots twice a day in the NICU ▫10yo Spanish speaking leukemia patient who learned to speak English during his months of chemotherapy treatments

Global opportunities/Diversity Opportunities exist for medical missions/ volunteering/international jobs Clinic in Honduras where pharmacist from England organizes medication for area hospitals Traveled to Central America Lived with local families Learned to speak Spanish

Pros/Cons of Pharmacy Pros ▫Health Care = Helping People ▫Professional Career ▫Stable job market with good salary ▫Flexible work schedules ▫Wide variety of career opportunities Cons ▫People are sick- hospital/community ▫Constant attention to detail ▫Repetition ▫Insurance Companies ▫Long hours ▫24/7 Operations

Obstacles “I’ll never….. ▫Get into pharmacy school ▫Match with a residency program ▫Get a job as a pediatric clinical pharmacist How will I pay for it? ▫Worked every weekend at the hospital pharmacy ▫Loans

Words of Advice Believe in yourself Go for it Tell people what you want Work hard Take jobs that give you experience Listen to the compliments people give you to help identify your strengths

Come talk to us if you have questions! Good luck on finals See you next year Conclusion