Seeing a need and seeking a solution

“All of the hand sanitizer was cleared out of the grocery store …”, I overheard from a nurse on the team as I left a patient’s room. That was at the earliest stages of COVID–19, when we, the in...

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Challenged to face change head on

The William Carey University School of Pharmacy (WCUSOP) in Biloxi, MS, is the second PharmD program in the state and the first accelerated program in the region, from New Orleans, LA, to Pensacola, FL...

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Purpose through pandemic

If you would have told me 2 months ago that I would be completing my last months of pharmacy school rotations confined to this desk at home due to a worldwide pandemic, I would have said you were crazy. Ne...

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Women in Pharmacy

March is Women’s History Month, and of course, women have always been trailblazers in the pharmacy profession. At APhA headquarters in Washington, DC,  the Women in Pharmacy Exhibit and Conference ro...

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Remaining authentic set Camille Schrier apart

“The new Miss America is … Camille Schrier, Virginia!” And with those words in December, the pharmacy community rejoiced as one of its own became Miss America 2020.

Camille, a noted lifelong ...

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Life in the accelerated program lane

Having been raised in a family with a pharmacist, I knew at a very early age that I was destined to be one. I worked toward that path and in March 2018, when I received the acceptance letter from Chapman Un...

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A non-traditional story of determination

According to Wikipedia, non-traditional students are defined as “adult students who are not participating in higher education immediately after high school, are 25 years old and older, and/or have major life and work roles and responsibilities.” Until a few years ago, I had never heard that term, but I suppose it applies. My decision to return to school almost 20 years after an undergraduate degree was not something I considered lightly. Major financial, social, and emotional adjustments in my life were necessary.

How do your four letters fit in?

Have you ever taken a personality test or a similar quiz that was so spot on, it was scary? Chances are you have taken one that has been way off, too. These tests are not always correct or predictive of...

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Becoming a successful team

Throughout the book Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell repeatedly mentions the “10,000-Hour Rule.” Gladwell proposes that the key to achieving world-class expertise in any skill is largely a matter...

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