PICNIC AND APEs CANCELLED FOR TOMORROW SEPTEMBER 17
sleep late and enjoy!!!!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
CLASS MEETING #1
Below are the minutes from the meeting we had last Wednesday night.
Cates:
Fall calendars were passed out
If you want one, please see the Google Group (it is posted)
Next meeting November 11
As we progress through the year, meetings become more important
Try to make them: Convos
Thursday 9/17: Picnic
Friday 10/2: White Coat
If you are not in the MSA (50 miles from Samford) you will have an excused absence from these
If you went to all 3 last year, you should only have to go 2 this year
If it is your off month (it is not an excuse from convo)
Drug Testing
If you are drug tested and you are out of town (ex: virgin island), but before you leave, you should contact Dr. Hogue and let him know that you will not be available for drug testing
Call to make sure the LabCorp is certified
Also make sure you take your paperwork if you are going out of town
Please, please check your email and keep it deleted
Board Exam:
Dr. Alverson will do calculations all along this year instead of just one long 3 hour class at the end of the year -
Exam Master: Some people said that this really helped - check your email for more information
Vesser, Justin
Thank you for coming to the meeting
We will have two meetings in the fall and 3 in spring (jan, march, april)
We will be making important decisions so please try to make as many as you can
Career Fair November 19 Thursday
Interview Day November 20 Friday 8:30-4:30 - please see the email that Bruce Foster sent out (9/9) - there is a form in this email that needs to be filled out (concise resume form)
Some people come ready to offer you jobs and $$$$
Graduation:
We need to start making plans
Awards night (Thursday night before graduation) the night before with big reception that night to follow
Picnic
This is required, you must tell your preceptor
You must have a ticket to get into the picnic, Beth Redmill Richardson will be at the gate to identify 4th years (but not after 10)
You must be there by 9:45 to get credit for the picnic
If you are bringing a guest, come to MSOP and buy your ticket before next Thursday
Games for Picnic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Balloon toss
Relay
Volleyball (8am)
Tug-o-War - this was the only event we loss last year
Dodgeball
This is our chance to three-peat!!!! We HAVE to bring home our trophy. If we win again, we will rename, it the Class of 2010 Memorial Trophy (b/c Spies is long gone)
The picnic is NOT about getting along, its about TOTAL DOMINATION
Cates:
Fall calendars were passed out
If you want one, please see the Google Group (it is posted)
Next meeting November 11
As we progress through the year, meetings become more important
Try to make them: Convos
Thursday 9/17: Picnic
Friday 10/2: White Coat
If you are not in the MSA (50 miles from Samford) you will have an excused absence from these
If you went to all 3 last year, you should only have to go 2 this year
If it is your off month (it is not an excuse from convo)
Drug Testing
If you are drug tested and you are out of town (ex: virgin island), but before you leave, you should contact Dr. Hogue and let him know that you will not be available for drug testing
Call to make sure the LabCorp is certified
Also make sure you take your paperwork if you are going out of town
Please, please check your email and keep it deleted
Board Exam:
Dr. Alverson will do calculations all along this year instead of just one long 3 hour class at the end of the year -
Exam Master: Some people said that this really helped - check your email for more information
Vesser, Justin
Thank you for coming to the meeting
We will have two meetings in the fall and 3 in spring (jan, march, april)
We will be making important decisions so please try to make as many as you can
Career Fair November 19 Thursday
Interview Day November 20 Friday 8:30-4:30 - please see the email that Bruce Foster sent out (9/9) - there is a form in this email that needs to be filled out (concise resume form)
Some people come ready to offer you jobs and $$$$
Graduation:
We need to start making plans
Awards night (Thursday night before graduation) the night before with big reception that night to follow
Picnic
This is required, you must tell your preceptor
You must have a ticket to get into the picnic, Beth Redmill Richardson will be at the gate to identify 4th years (but not after 10)
You must be there by 9:45 to get credit for the picnic
If you are bringing a guest, come to MSOP and buy your ticket before next Thursday
Games for Picnic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Balloon toss
Relay
Volleyball (8am)
Tug-o-War - this was the only event we loss last year
Dodgeball
This is our chance to three-peat!!!! We HAVE to bring home our trophy. If we win again, we will rename, it the Class of 2010 Memorial Trophy (b/c Spies is long gone)
The picnic is NOT about getting along, its about TOTAL DOMINATION
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Half-Way done with #1
Congrats!!! We, the class of 2010, are officially over halfway finished with out first rotation. I have gotted a few emails from people about their rotations, and I really appreciate them. I plan on updating the "rotation pages" on the GG later this week. If you get a chance go to PAGES on the GG and click on your rotation, then click "discuss this" to add your comments about your rotation. I know that everyone is interested in knowing about their next rotation (I know that I am wondering what Eutaw, AL will be like in July)...Please let me know if you have any questions...and enjoy the last half of your first rotation!!!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Rotations!!!!!!!
First off, thank you Justin!!!
Secondly, I have put everyone's June rotation (in the greater Birmingham area). As you get information from your preceptors please forward it to me if you can. I will put more information up as I get it. Also after your first few days, please send me any information that you think might be useful for those of us preparing for the same rotation. Dr. Thomason's Cooper Greene rotation has the most information at this point in time (because I have already spoken with her). My goal is for each rotation sheet to look very similar to this one. It has a link for directions and some other useful information.
Please use this information for your benefit. You can discuss each page by clicking the link below each page. PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR FEEDBACK.
Enjoy these next two weeks. It is the beginning of our "adult" lives!!!
Secondly, I have put everyone's June rotation (in the greater Birmingham area). As you get information from your preceptors please forward it to me if you can. I will put more information up as I get it. Also after your first few days, please send me any information that you think might be useful for those of us preparing for the same rotation. Dr. Thomason's Cooper Greene rotation has the most information at this point in time (because I have already spoken with her). My goal is for each rotation sheet to look very similar to this one. It has a link for directions and some other useful information.
Please use this information for your benefit. You can discuss each page by clicking the link below each page. PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR FEEDBACK.
Enjoy these next two weeks. It is the beginning of our "adult" lives!!!
THE FUTURE
Fellow Members of the Class of 2010,
Today, my friends, is May 15, 2009. One year from tonight, we will take a walk together across a stage in front of our family and friends and turn our focus toward the future. We will cease to be Pharmacy Students at the Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy and ascend to the status of Distinguished Alumni and Doctors of Pharmacy, and we will step into what I am sure will be an extremely diverse assortment of careers that will no doubt improve the quality of life of a great many patients. That sounds like a fairly heavy responsibility, and though I turned thirty years old this year, it still seems like a job for a more mature man, and I'm sure many of you feel the same way. Up to this point, we have been college students. Sure, many of you are graduates already and we are three quarters of the way through an advanced degree, but there is something that has to happen between now and the second Friday in May, 2010. We have to move past thinking about how many points we need to pass Therapeutics and start thinking about how we can be better at making out patients better. I think through all the exams and projects and deadlines, it is easy to lose focus. Every one of us said the words out loud in our first year that we would put the needs of our patients before our own. Now if you think that you are going to work for Rite Aid or Walmart, and that you will be little more than a fast food employee dispensing medicine instead of Happy Meals, and that changing a patient's life in a meaningful way or changing the face of healthcare in America is not going to ever even make it onto your radar, then listen up, because I am talking specifically to you. As we go into rotations, I challenge you to be more than that. I challenge you to be more than a college graduate making a good salary and having a low prescription error rate. I challenge you to take every rotation as an opportunity to learn a new way to help someone live longer and more fully when we graduate. I challenge you to make your 615 project be something that makes a difference and not just satisfy the minimum requirements. I challenge you to do more, and to be more. I challenge myself to the same things.
In three years, I have seen you all defy expectations and make a name for yourselves in a place that is already full of overachievers. You care about each other and about people you have never even met, and never hesitate to pour out support for those in need. You are competitive and strong and proud. With only one year to go, don't get jaded and just press on until graduation. Look back and be proud at what you have done, but look forward and take advantage of all the opportunities we have left to be more. Do what you have to do to be great. The Class of 2010 is special, and we can be great. But we can't slow down now. We have work to do, and it starts June 1st.
Congratulations on completing the classroom portion of your education. You have earned a few weeks of relaxation. My challenge to all of us is to come back on June 1 with a focus on making a real difference in the lives of our patients, and I'll be working hard toward that goal and I hope you will too.
I am very proud of you all, and thanks for a great year.
Sincerely,
Justin L. Vesser
President
Class of 2010
Today, my friends, is May 15, 2009. One year from tonight, we will take a walk together across a stage in front of our family and friends and turn our focus toward the future. We will cease to be Pharmacy Students at the Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy and ascend to the status of Distinguished Alumni and Doctors of Pharmacy, and we will step into what I am sure will be an extremely diverse assortment of careers that will no doubt improve the quality of life of a great many patients. That sounds like a fairly heavy responsibility, and though I turned thirty years old this year, it still seems like a job for a more mature man, and I'm sure many of you feel the same way. Up to this point, we have been college students. Sure, many of you are graduates already and we are three quarters of the way through an advanced degree, but there is something that has to happen between now and the second Friday in May, 2010. We have to move past thinking about how many points we need to pass Therapeutics and start thinking about how we can be better at making out patients better. I think through all the exams and projects and deadlines, it is easy to lose focus. Every one of us said the words out loud in our first year that we would put the needs of our patients before our own. Now if you think that you are going to work for Rite Aid or Walmart, and that you will be little more than a fast food employee dispensing medicine instead of Happy Meals, and that changing a patient's life in a meaningful way or changing the face of healthcare in America is not going to ever even make it onto your radar, then listen up, because I am talking specifically to you. As we go into rotations, I challenge you to be more than that. I challenge you to be more than a college graduate making a good salary and having a low prescription error rate. I challenge you to take every rotation as an opportunity to learn a new way to help someone live longer and more fully when we graduate. I challenge you to make your 615 project be something that makes a difference and not just satisfy the minimum requirements. I challenge you to do more, and to be more. I challenge myself to the same things.
In three years, I have seen you all defy expectations and make a name for yourselves in a place that is already full of overachievers. You care about each other and about people you have never even met, and never hesitate to pour out support for those in need. You are competitive and strong and proud. With only one year to go, don't get jaded and just press on until graduation. Look back and be proud at what you have done, but look forward and take advantage of all the opportunities we have left to be more. Do what you have to do to be great. The Class of 2010 is special, and we can be great. But we can't slow down now. We have work to do, and it starts June 1st.
Congratulations on completing the classroom portion of your education. You have earned a few weeks of relaxation. My challenge to all of us is to come back on June 1 with a focus on making a real difference in the lives of our patients, and I'll be working hard toward that goal and I hope you will too.
I am very proud of you all, and thanks for a great year.
Sincerely,
Justin L. Vesser
President
Class of 2010
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
that stupid ? today, i can't explain it, just found it in my notes
13. Know and identify the calcium and potassium disorders affected by hypomagnesaemia
a. Hypocalcemia is a prominent symptom of hypomagnesemia
i. Probably caused by a decrease secretion of PTH, vit D conc,
and skeletal PTH resistance
b. Hypomagnesemia can contribute to the development of hypokalemia b/c it
reduces the IC K conc and promotes renal K wasting
i. Fix Mg then K
c. Hypomagnesemia impairs function of Na/K ATPase
a. Hypocalcemia is a prominent symptom of hypomagnesemia
i. Probably caused by a decrease secretion of PTH, vit D conc,
and skeletal PTH resistance
b. Hypomagnesemia can contribute to the development of hypokalemia b/c it
reduces the IC K conc and promotes renal K wasting
i. Fix Mg then K
c. Hypomagnesemia impairs function of Na/K ATPase
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