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SWOSU ASHP Student Chapter Report - '08-'09Faculty Advisors: In the fall semester, we had Dr. Mark Gales start off by speaking to our group about the Clinical Skills Competition and the benefits of competing. In September, we had Dr. Janet Pelzel, from St. Anthony Hospital, speak about her experience in anticoagulation, drug information, and ICU pharmacy. In November, we had Dr. Michelle Liedke, an HIV clinical pharmacist from the OU Health Sciences Center, come and speak to our students about advancements in the HIV area of pharmacy. This fall, we participated in the KAT 5-K walk for chronic kidney disease in Oklahoma City. The proceeds from this event went to educate people on kidney disease. We also baked cookies and delivered them to the pharmacy at the Weatherford Regional Hospital to show our appreciation for National Health-System Pharmacy Week. Southwestern put on a health fair in which our members set up a poison prevention booth. During this event, we educated people on the importance of recognizing a poison and how to deal with an actual encounter. In November, we organized a can food drive and donated all goods to the Agape Free Clinic in Weatherford. We fundraised hard over the course of the semester in order to send our members to the ASHP Midyear Meeting in Orlando, Florida. We had a record ten students attend. The winners of the local Clinical Skills Competition, Josh Keller and Justin Griffith, represented our school in the national competition in Florida. This spring, our group has been busy. For our first speaker meeting, Dr. Tiffany Kessler spoke to the students about her residency experiences. She is a Southwestern College of Pharmacy graduate and will be teaching at the school starting in the fall of 2009. At this meeting, she explained the details of what a residency is and her experience in a specialized residency program focused on Internal Medicine. We also helped out the Faith Hospice of Oklahoma in February. We made candy vases for a Faith Hospice charity and Valentine’s Day cards for patients. In March, Ryan Walker came to speak about Walgreen’s new and innovative residency opportunities as well as the benefits of summer internships. For the National Poison Prevention Week, we visited the elementary school in Hydro, Oklahoma. We educated students from kindergarten to fifth grade on the dangers of poisons. In April, we had Dr. Jodi Graft speak about her residency experience and her current position at the Edmond Specialty Hospital. To end the semester, we elected a new group of officers for the fall of 2009 and kicked off the end of the school year with an outdoor barbeque. We look forward to what the next semester will bring. We would also like to thank our current officers and faculty advisors for a job well done!
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