The University of Toledo APhA-ASP Chapter

We are fundraising with Piada this week! Orders can be placed online all week with the code or in store on Friday, April 7th!!

For American Heart Month, Operation Heart would like to share common stroke warning signs and some tips for managing blood pressure. Blood pressure management can help protect heart health and knowing signs of a stroke can save a life!

It’s time for our annual Patient Counseling Competition! This competition is designed to promote and encourage further professional development of student pharmacists and reinforce the role of the pharmacist in improving medication use and advancing patient care. If you’re interested sign up using the Sign-Up Genius!

Do you know the difference between Motrin and Tylenol? Operation OTC would like to share some differences between the two that can be important to know!

Over the weekend several of our members participated in Drug Take Back Day and offered health screenings to the community. We had a great time getting to work with the UTPD to make a difference in the community!

Drug Take Back Day is October 29th from 10am to 2pm! We will be at the University of Toledo Medical Center in the Mulford Library Circle providing free blood pressure and blood glucose screenings as well as collecting unused or expired medications so they can be disposed of properly!

APhA participated in the Toledo Museum of Art Block Party yesterday! We offered blood glucose and blood pressure screenings, provided Narcan education, and handed out free medication disposal kits!

Hi everyone! Every year each chapter of APhA submits a pharmacy policy change that they would like to see implemented. The policy changes are presented at MRM and voted upon. The chosen policy will then go through the process to hopefully become a law. This is a great opportunity to express your opinion on any policies or laws in pharmacy that you believe inhibit patient care or that you disagree with and would like to see changed. Please take the time to fill out the form below. We will be collecting all of these ideas, picking the top 3, and then voting on our favorite at the Policy Ice Cream Sundae Event on 9/26 at 12:00pm.

Here's the form: https://forms.gle/XrnHvZZJp1eNitdR8

Policy Ideas Every year each chapter of APhA is responsible for submitting a pharmacy policy change that they would like to see implemented. The policy changes are presented at MRM and voted upon. Whichever policy is chosen will then go through a process to hopefully becoming a law. This is a great opportunity t...

Tomorrow we will be having our eboard elections for 2022-23 school year virtually at noon. We would love to have you there to vote! Afterwards we will have the Cleveland Clinic Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residents talking about their career path. I would be very happy if you guys could all join and make them feel welcome. This is not only a great opportunity to learn about this career path but also a chance to learn about what doing residency at a large academic medical center (Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, John Hopkins, etc.) looks like.
Christina Beran is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: 2022-2023 APhA Elections
Time: Apr 20, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Christina Beran is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Cleveland Clinic HSPAL Residents Information Session
Time: Apr 20, 2022 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Come to our meeting this Monday to hear from Ernie Boyd and get extra credit for your law class!

Come to our first meeting of the semester today at 12pm in COB 1000A. We have a financial advisor who will talk about managing money during school and paying off loans after. Lunch will be provided. We hope to see you there!

The University of Toledo APhA-ASP Chapter updated their business hours.

Dont forget - our apparel sale is still running! Get your orders in before the sale closes this Friday!

APhA is holding an apparel sale! Get some UT gear while supporting APhA! See the flyer for details 🚀💊

Affected by cold and flu season this year with symptoms affecting your daily life? Check out these self-care treatments at your local pharmacy that are available without a prescription to help manage your symptoms. Talk to your physician or pharmacist to see which option is best for you!

Help us in congratulating our current President, Elise Illius, for being elected as the 2021 Region 4 Member-at-Large! 👏🏼👏🏼

Here is a message from Elise regarding this accomplishment:

“I am so excited to have been elected as the 2021 Region 4 Member-at-Large for APhA-ASP this past December! In this position, I'm looking forward to working with all of the APhA-ASP chapters at the colleges of pharmacy in Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky, as well as my fellow regional officers, to make this year successful!
Also, thank you so much to Heather Young for helping me make my campaign poster, as well as Samantha Illius for serving as my camera crew for my campaign video 🙂”

Link to Campaign Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KmC_8kor9c&list=PLcDdgm6lzTxjjp8JMTEWBxAymCksqb9hN&index=12

January is cervical cancer awareness month! Here are some important facts our women's health chair wanted to share.

We will be having our first general meeting on Wednesday 1/27th at 6pm via WebEx. We will be catching up with each other after break and reviewing our upcoming events for the Spring Semester.

Check your emails for access to the WebEx link!

This is a reminder that the deadline to sign up for the Patient Counseling Competition is This Friday, January 22, 2021 at 11pm!

This year we are participating in the Annual PharmFlix competition for APhA-ASP.

We are the APhA-ASP chapter at the University of Toledo and this is how we are navigating the virtual world!

You can find information about coping with stress during the pandemic here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-

Life with Coronavirus: A parody of We Didn't Start the Fire

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October 24th was Opioid Awareness day and our Project substance use disorder chairs wanted to share some very important statistics regarding Opioids in the United States!

TODAY, at 6:30 pm, APhA will be hosting the CEO of the national American Pharmacists Association, Dr. Scott Knoer. Dr. Knoer has a background as the Chief Pharmacy Officer of the Cleveland Clinic from 2011 to 2020, where he led an international pharmacy enterprise with a $1.4 billion dollar drug budget and 1,558 FTEs in 18 hospitals with facilities in Ohio, Florida, and Nevada; Toronto; London; and Abu Dhabi. More information about his background can be found at this link:
https://www.pharmacist.com/apha-senior-staff-biographies?is_sso_called=1

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY, NOT JUST APHA MEMBERS!!! Let's show a great Utoledo turnout for Dr. Knoer!

Link to meeting: https://utoledo.webex.com/utoledo/j.php?MTID=mf36cf3987202ba8b12195e289c717306
Password: novapha

Come support us through our Chipotle fundraiser tomorrow, Nov 4th! Mention APhA or show this flyer when you check out! 🌯

It is that time of the year again where cold and flu season is upon us. Take a quick look at these 7 easy steps to help protect yourself and others from becoming sick!

Don’t let diabetes control you—take control of your diabetes today!

Here are some ways to manage your diabetes!

Come support APhA at our fundraiser at Piada on Central Ave tomorrow, October 14th!

Mention APhA or show this flyer when checking out to show your support! 🍝

Healthy heart = Healthy life ❤️

High blood pressure is one of the most common diseases in the world. Here are some facts and lifestyle recommendations to manage this disease!

TOMORROW, September 23rd at 7:30pm is our second general meeting! We will be going over how to become a member and having a policy update.

❗️ONE LUCKY MEMBER WHO ATTENDS WILL WIN A $25 GIFT CARD TO A PLACE OF THEIR CHOICE❗️

Check your emails for a meeting link soon!

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Our final spotlight member is Nick Ridenour, this year's UT APhA Pre-Professional Liason! Nick is a P1 this fall.

Nick loves helping fellow peers and younger students with all school-related questions! Being in this position is exciting so he is able to be someone that the PP1's and PP2's can reach out to and hopefully bring in to join APhA-ASP!

Something fun about Nick is that he is a 4th degree black belt in Taekwondo and has practiced for 12 years! He also loves weightlifting and playing guitar in his (little) free time.

OPA Annual Conference & Trade Show is taking place August 28-30 - have you registered yet?

The 142nd OPA Annual Conference has plenty of opportunities to expand your pharmacy knowledge. This three-day meeting is full of student-focused programming, numerous continuing pharmacy education programs to complement your classroom education, and invaluable networking opportunities for everyone. Enhance your professional platform while discovering what OPA can do for you now and for your future!

Register now! http://bit.ly/OPAAnnualReg

🎉 MARK YOUR CALENDARS 🎉

Our general meetings will be held virtually this semester. More information about the method of meeting delivery to come!

As we head into the first day of school tomorrow, we will also be wrapping up our summer spotlights! My name is Michelle Wilfong and I am this year's UT APhA Social Media Director. I will be a P3 this year.

I became interested in this position after being a general member and feeling like the use of our social media pages could be better utilized to engage members and keep them informed of our events. I never realized how much MORE important this would become given the COVID-19 pandemic that arose shortly after we took our positions.

I currently work as a pharmacy intern in a hospital setting at Wood County Hospital as well as in an independent retail setting at Little Pharmacy. This year, I will also be teaching assistant (TA) for the PSD 3 and 4 labs.

I would like to thank everyone for working with me over the summer and making these spotlights possible! I look forward to keeping everyone updated on our APhA news and events!

Tonight’s spotlight is Morgan Hama, this year’s UT APhA OTC Safety Chair! She will be a P3 this fall.

Today’s spotlight is Carli Hartman, one of this year’s UT APhA Fundraising Co-Chairs! Carli will be a P2 this fall and is excited to become more involved this year!

Today's spotlight is Lindsay Ludwick, this year's UT APhA P1 Liason! Lindsay will be starting her P1 year this fall.

Lindsay has been in Pre-Professional Organization (PPO) for her first two years at UT and wanted to join more organizations for her professional years. She had heard about APhA before, and once she got more information she really wanted to join and meet new members in the field of pharmacy. As for the P1 Liason role, she thought it would be interesting to let other classmates know about APhA and to be a part of an amazing organization!

Lindsay was the President of PPO last year and is currently the President-Elect/Director of Programming for the Residence Halls Association. She is also an RA for the Exploratory Studies Floor at Parks Tower. She will be entering her P1 year for Pharmacy Administration!

This year's UT APhA Communications Vice President is Heather Young! She will be starting her P3 year this fall.

This is Heather's second year in this position and she is eager to improve her performance and continue to represent APhA as a member of the executive board. She is also eager to ride to the challenges that this semester may bring due to continue COVID-19 regulations and mostly remote interactions within the organization.

Heather is currently also the President of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) at UT and is looking forward ot potential collaborative efforts with the two groups!

Fun fact: Heather has a cat named Zofran.

Tonight's spotlight is Brooke Pawlicki, one of this year's UT APhA Operation Heart/Diabetes Co-Chairs! She will be starting her P3 year this fall.

This position gives Brooke the opportunity to be more involved in APhA, as well as connect with other students and serve the community. She has always been interested in learning about diabetes and hypertension because some of her close family members are affected by them. She is excited to develop new ideas for this position and work with the other patient care chairs on projects this year!

One of Brooke's favorite memories is the Staff vs. Students basketball game. When Brooke isn't working she enjoys golfing, drawing, and traveling!

Tonight's spotlight member is Madeline Simpson, one of this year's UT APhA Operation HIV Co-Chairs! Madeline will be starting her P3 year this fall.

Madeline is excited to develop new ideas dealing with HIV awareness for this upcoming school year. She is also excited to work with the other patient care chairs on projects and ideas they may have.

Last year Madeline was a member of the service committee for APhA. This year, she is looking forward to being involved in a different area of APhA and exploring more opportunities for community involvement. She enjoyed participating in past APhA events such as the health screenings and the staff vs. student basketball fundraiser. She has found the opportunity to interact with the community and share information on important health issues to be very rewarding!