Login
EVALI: The risks of e-cigarette use
ADVOCACY
E-cigarettes, or vapes, were first invented in 2003 and have increased in popularity as an alternative to smoking.
Read more
Flex your pharmacy advocacy muscles
ADVOCACY
I like to think of democracy as a muscle. If you do not exercise it frequently, it will atrophy and weaken.
Read more
Emerging from the darkness
ADVOCACY
In September, the APhA–ASP House of Delegates passed Resolution 2020.1, which encourages schools and colleges of pharmacy to provide mental health resources for students, including readily acce
Read more
A prescription for writing as a student pharmacist
ADVOCACY
Write every day, and make it a point to read daily, too. Why? The answer is simple: to fill up on knowledge is humbling.
Read more
Pharmacists’ value recognized during pandemic
ADVOCACY
One of the first assignments I was given as the 2019–20 APhA Executive Resident was to represent APhA at a pandemic planning meeting in Washington, DC.
Read more
Make an impact in a whole new way!
ADVOCACY
Two years ago, APhA–ASP, with the support of Merck, launched the Women’s Health Campaign (WHC) and made the commitment to address the health education needs of women across the country.
Read more
PINK colors and beyond
ADVOCACY By Nhung Nguyen
APhA–ASP provides a unique place for student pharmacists to cultivate ideas into actionable projects, events, and policies.
Read more
Gender pronouns open the door to awareness
ADVOCACY By Jackie Brogie and Kristin Werner
While recently attending an AHEC Scholars Program presentation on barriers to health care in the LGBTQ+ community, some staggering statistics were revealed about the transgender community.
Read more
A scoop of ice cream and a scoop of advocacy
ADVOCACY By Scotty Reams
When I was a kid, the same ice cream truck would visit my house each summer. It wasn’t an ordinary ice cream truck, though. What made this ice cream truck so special?
Read more
New Mexico pharmacists win fight for reimbursement
ADVOCACY: By Jessica Severin
The fight for provider status took a huge step forward in the state of New Mexico in March.
Read more
Social media tips and tricks
ADVOCACY: By the 2019–20 APhA–ASP Communications Standing Committee
After an exciting and eventful year on the APhA–ASP Communications Standing Committee, we want to share our favorite and most useful tips for effectively expanding your chapter’s social media prese
Read more
The invisible cheerleaders
ADVOCACY
Behind every student pharmacist, pharmacy technician, and pharmacist, there is an invisible cheerleader that may go unnoticed. Any ideas who may that be?
Read more
A health care storyteller
ADVOCACY
The Healthcare Scholar was originally created by one of my mentors, James Cong, PharmD, as a media platform to encourage interprofessional health care collaboration and learn from other students an
Read more
Back the PAC
ADVOCACY
In order to create the change we desire in the pharmacy profession, pharmacists need to learn from the past and commit to the future.
Read more
Be a good idea champion
ADVOCACY
Student pharmacists are sometimes told that they don’t know enough yet to create legislative or policy change. They are told that they need to wait, that they aren’t ready.
Read moreTraining for firearm-related violence
ADVOCACY
As the daughter of a retired law enforcement officer, I was honored to assist with the implementation of 2019.5—Creating Safe Work and Learning Environments for Student Pharmacists, Pharmacists, an
Read more
The power of student advocacy
ADVOCACY
This year, as the Vice President of Legislative Affairs for the Associated Students of Washington State University Health Sciences (ASWSUHS), I helped lead the passage of HB 1726 in the Washington
Read more
‘Advocate for yourself ‘cause no one else will’
ADVOCACY
By Connor Reed, Tanner Rogers, Kyler Vaughn, and Amelia Whitkanack
Read more