Summer 2018 – SCCP Newsletter

Summer 2018

President’s Corner

By Naomi Do

Join us in wishing SCCP outgoing President Naomi Do best of luck as she departs on her APPEs in the Milwaukee area. We look forward to welcoming incoming President Andrew Osterbauer. Stay tuned to see what is in store for SCCP in the coming year!

Outgoing President: Naomi Do

Incoming President: Andrew Osterbauer

In April, a team of SCCP students participated in a national step competition sponsored by the ACCP Cardiology PRN. The Sconnie Striders, led by Dan Mobley, logged their steps and competed for prizes in this fun challenge!

Semester Summary

General Meetings

In March, SCCP welcomed Jennifer Lai, PharmD, BCPS a cardiology/critical care clinical pharmacist to speak at our general meeting. Dr. Lai gave an exciting presentation detailing her career pathway and the role and duties of a cardiology pharmacist.
In April, SCCP held the annual executive board elections. Welcome new board members!

Braino Consults

SCCP was excited to partner with the DPH1 414 course to offer practice Braino Consults. These sessions, led by DPH2 and DPH3 students, were a great assistance to the first year students as they prepared for their very first consultation.

Research Symposium

On April 17th SCCP hosted the Annual Pharm D Pharm-Tox Research Symposium. A wide array of posters were featured from PharmDs, undergraduates, graduate students, and residents. Guests enjoyed tasty snacks while perusing the research projects. Congratulations to the winners of the $500 award:

• PharmD
  • Cecilia Volk
  • Spencer Peh
  • Clare Procknow
• Pharm-Tox
  • Julia Chini
  • Rachel Geroux

Competition Updates

Clinical Research Challenge (CRC)

DPH-1s Catherine Vu, Rachel Nelson, Gillian Miner represented UW-Madison in the Clinical Research Challenge this year. Catherine had this to share about the experience:

It’s not often as a first year student that you can get involved in a national competition. The CRC was challenging because we didn’t have the background on what to be looking for or the knowledge of how pharmacists can apply clinical research papers to practice. The CRC really makes you dig into the nitty gritty of a paper and consider the implications and limitations for use in real life. This was an excellent learning experience and a great way to work on team building skills. Gillian and Rachel were the best and brightest people to work with. I would definitely recommend this to all first and second year students. While we did not get passed the first round, I think we’re in a good place for our future coursework.

Clinical Pharmacy Challenge (CPC)

Congratulations to:

• Kellyn Engstrom
• Bradley Hettich
• Rachel Gibbons

These three students will be moving on to represent UW in the national challenge!