In this issue:

MRM Information 1

Utah School and SLI

Running for Regional Office

2-3

IPSF 4-5

APhM Highlights 6-7

MRM is just about here! I hope that you all are as excited as I am to see all of your student pharmacists

friends from around the region!

This years them is “Saddle up for the Change.” Our Midyear Region Meeting Coordinator (MRMC) has

been hard at work preparing for this meeting. We are so incredibly excited to see you at MRM.

Please contact Breanna Suddermann at Region5MRMC@gmail.com with any questions.

Midyear Regional Meeting will be held at:

Sheraton Iowa City Hotel 319-337-4058 or 1-800-848-1335

Its not too late to register! You can register at the door for $108!

Join us to Saddle Up for a Change in Iowa City!

M R M i s F a s t a p p r o a c h i n g

November 8-10th—MRM in Iowa City, IA

December 1st— Pharmacist.com

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-APPE Rotation Applications

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Policy is one of the most

important parts of MRM.

I encourage you each to spend

some time looking at policy and

thinking about something that

you would like to see changed in

the profession.

The webinar for the policy

proposals provided Region 5

with many strong policies.

Please be sure to review these

policies with your chapter.

During this discussion I would

encourage you to 1) Discuss

these policies and 2) Decide/

vote on what policies you want

to support. This will help you

prepare for MRM and be able to

bring your whole chapter’s

voice.

If you have any questions, please

contact Sara Farrell at

Region5RD@gmail.com

D o n ’ t f o r g e t a b o u t P o l i c y

The University of Utah School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies recently

held its 62nd annual session in Salt Lake City, Utah. Student pharmacists who attended

this school spent one week on campus at the University of Utah and participated in

diverse, interactive programming that focused on learning about addiction. Information

was presented from a variety of different perspectives such as that of a pharmacist,

physician, police officer, and recovering addict.

Attending this school taught me that addiction is far more than just a matter of will

power; it is a disease. People suffering from addiction need support just like patients

suffering from diabetes, hypertension, or other chronic disease states. Likewise, if they

do not treat their disease, it will likely spiral out of control. As future pharmacists, it is

inevitable that we will come across patients in our practice who suffer from addiction,

and how we react to these patients is critical. We are in a position to offer support and assist these patients on the road to

recovery.

Overall, attending this school was a truly amazing experience that has changed how l plan to approach the disease of addiction in

the future. I learned valuable information about the disease itself, and I also learned tools to assist current addicts as well as those

in recovery. In addition, I made some great friends from all over the country. If anyone has any interest in this topic I highly

recommend attending this school next year.

Katie Elder

South Dakota State University

U n i v e r s i t y o f U t a h s c h o o l o n a l c o h o l i s m a n d o t h e r d r u g

d e p e n d e n c i e s

NDSU, SDSU and U of M Students at dinner

during the 2013 University of Utah School on

Alcoholism and other Drug Dependencies!

My experience at SLI this summer was

something that I will never forget. I have learned

about so many resources and tools that I can bring

back and implement at my chapter. A few of the

things that my executive team plans to implement

this year is a point system for honor cords, a

Member of the Month award, increased social and

networking opportunities for members, and we are

really looking to push the MRM opportunity. With

the help of the National Communications

Committee, my chapter will be piloting a Facebook

page and Twitter feed to provide more

opportunities for members to stay updated on our

programs throughout the year, along with

interesting things we hear from our regional and

national voices. As a chapter, we will also be

piloting a program to get our distance students

more involved with the chapters around them.

We received a lot of great support from the

National Exec Board to try to get our distance

students as involved as our campus students are. I

really valued my time at SLI to hear about what

chapters across the country are doing and how

their initiatives can help my chapter at Creighton.

I am also looking forward to learning more about

provider status and new ways to increase our

member involvement at MRM and National

meetings.

Morgan Pusek

Creighton College of Pharmacy

APhA-ASP President Elect

S t u d e n t l e a d e r s h i p i n s t i t u t e

S t u d e n t l e a d e r s h i p i n s t i t u t e

Those of you attending MRM should consider running for a Regional

position. There are three positions available: Regional Member-at-

large, Regional Delegate and Midyear Regional Meeting Coordinator.

Here the descriptions for each:

Regional Member-at-Large

As a regional officer, the APhA-ASP Regional Member-at-large is

responsible for responding to the needs of the general membership

within their APhA-ASP region. They work to ensure adequate

communication between chapters in regards to membership, patient

care, and APhA-ASP/IPSF activities. The Regional Member-at-large

position provides student pharmacists with opportunities to increase

their involvement within APhA-ASP on a regional and national level,

interact with students and practitioners from across the country, and

impact the future of pharmacy through active involvement in APhA-

ASP.

Regional Delegate

As a regional officer, the APhA-ASP Regional Delegate is responsible for promoting policy and advocacy activities within their respective APhA-ASP region. They work to increase communication to help chapters become more aware of and respond to issues affecting pharmacy. The

Regional Delegate position allows student pharmacists to become active within APhA-ASP on a regional and national level, interact with other students and practitioners from across the country, and impact the future of pharmacy through legislative advocacy within APhA-ASP.

Midyear Regional Meeting Coordinator

As a regional officer, the APhA-ASP Midyear Regional Meeting

Coordinator (MRMC) is responsible for assisting APhA staff in

planning, promoting, and executing the APhA-ASP Midyear

Regional Meeting (MRM). Serving as a MRMC is an opportunity for

student pharmacists to enhance their event planning skills as they

coordinate the logistics of the Friday evening social, MRM Expo,

and a regional educational session. The position also provides an

opportunity to become active with APhA-ASP on a regional and

national level through interactions with student pharmacists, chapter

leaders, and practitioners from across the county.

If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact your Regional

Officers. More information can also be found on Pharmacist.com

(http://www.pharmacist.com/node/29365)

M R M — R u n n i n g f o r R e g i o n a l O f f i c e

APhA-ASP Summer Leadership Institute provides opportunities for student pharmacists across the country to develop leadership skills, network, and learn more about the APhA-ASP projects and programs. This summer I had the privilege to attend SLI as the representative of my chapter!

Leadership development is an important focus of the institute. The student pharmacists in attendance were equipped with great tools to help develop leadership styles and to bring those tools back to their regions and chapters. Two elements of the leadership training I want to share with Region 5 are to set challenging goals for yourself and for your chapter and to take small positive risks.

Setting challenging goals is important for a leader to engage others and advance the organization. These goals can be activities that are new to your chapter or adding more events to a patient care project.

Taking small positive risks can grow into impressive results. Whether the risk be standing up and sharing your opinion or running for a national office, it takes courage and possibly stepping out of your comfort zone. It is imperative as leaders to take those risks and inspire those around you to do the same.

As we begin a new academic year, I encourage everyone to set their own challenging goals and take risks along the way!

Leah Eckstein South Dakota State University APhA-ASP President-Elect

Hello Region V,

As APhA-ASP members, most of you know that you are also members of the

International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF). This gives you the opportunity

to participate in IPSF programs like the Vampire Cup, the AIDs Awareness Campaign,

the Student Exchange Program, and more. Did you know that you also can also attend

IPSF meetings around the world and work in leadership positions on a global level?

As a member of the APhA-ASP International Standing Committee, I had the opportunity

to attend the 59th IPSF World Congress (IPSF’s annual meeting) for 10 days in Utrecht,

the Netherlands as a U.S. Official Delegate. Participating with over 400 students from

60 countries was an experience of a lifetime! It all begins with the Leaders In Training

(LIT) workshop where 20 student from round the world gather to participate in

interactive leadership development; these students will also be responsible for organizing events and workshops during World

Congress.

This year’s World Congress theme “Global Healthcare for the Individual Patient” was carried through the scientific and educational

symposia where professionals presented on topics related to personalized medicine and collaborative practice. Workshops ranged

from topics related to leadership to intellectual property issues in medicine. Students also had the opportunity to participate in

various competitions such as a patient counseling competition, a clinical skills competition, a compounding competition, and a

scientific poster competition.

Evenings at World Congress are filled with exciting social and cultural events where students can network and be exposed to

cultural diversity. The highlight is always International Night, where students come together to share food and beverages from

their respective nations. Students also present a cultural activity or dance that is unique to their own country. Auction night is

always exciting as students bring items from their own country to be auctioned off as charitable donations to the IPSF

Development Fund.

World Congress would not be complete without the General Assembly (GA). The GA is comparable to the House of Delegates

at APhA Annual Meeting, except member associations (countries) are represented rather than chapters. At the GA, decisions are

made that affect IPSF policy and future action. It was very exciting to represent the U.S. as one of three Official Delegates (along

with Sheena Patel and Cory Nelson) for APhA-ASP at the GA. I am proud to say that we seconded three motions (co-authoring

two) pertaining to World Congress registration fees, a regional nomination process, and the student exchange program which

were all passed! We stood on the auditing committee with students from Egypt and Portugal and presented a financial report to

the GA; our findings will likely affect how future audits are performed.

I also had the honor of co-organizing a “Policy & Advocacy 101” workshop along with your APhA-ASP President-elect, Nick

Capote. Policy and advocacy projects are very developed within APhA-ASP, whereas some nations struggle to get these projects

started. It was very humbling and inspiring to speak with students from various about their challenges and limitations in

promoting pharmacy and how to overcome them.

A P h a - A S P I n t e r n a t i o n a l p h a r m a c e u t i c a l s t u d e n t s ’ f e d e r a t i o n

Students at the APhA-ASP International

Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation Summer

Meeting.

Student Pharmacists at the APhA-ASP

International Pharmaceutical Students’

Federation Summer Meeting.

APhA-ASP showed up ready to compete, as well! We won first place in the IPSF Member Association Poster Competition and in

the Clinical Skills Event Jeopardy (Australia was a very close second). We successfully elected two APhA-ASP members to the

IPSF Executive Committee: Miranda Law is now the Chairperson of Student Exchange and Sheena Patel is the Chairperson of

Public Health. This had left our APhA-ASP International Standing Committee a bit vacant (they were both members), so we are

now welcoming Van Duong as your new APhA-ASP/IPSF National Project Coordinator and Colleen O’Connell (South Dakota

State University) as your new APhA-ASP/IPSF Student Exchange Officer-Assistant.

Did you know that IPSF has regions just like APhA-ASP? There are five IPSF regions, and we are a part of the Pan-American

Regional Office (PARO) along with Canada and South American countries. We are happy to announce that Hend Barry and Grace

Chun of APhA-ASP have been elected to the PARO Executive Board.

Finally, the conference concludes with an optional Post Congress Tour where students can travel around the host country to learn

more about the customs and traditions of that country. I am glad I was able to share my experience with you. The 60th IPSF

World Congress will be in Porto, Portugal next summer. Perhaps some of you are interested in experiencing it for yourselves?

Please contact your APhA-ASP/IPSF National Contact Person, Cory Nelson, at usaipsfcp@gmail.com for more information on

this and IPSF leadership opportunities.

Ashley Potter APhA-ASP/IPSF Student Exchange Officer South Dakota State University APhA-ASP Chapter President

APhA-ASP/IPSF Resources: APhA-ASP/IPSF: http://www.pharmacist.com/apha-asp-ipsf-information https://www.facebook.com/APhA.ASP.IPSF IPSF: http://www.ipsf.org/

PARO: http://paro.ipsf.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ipsf.paro

Upcoming Events:

Student Exchange Program Pre-Applications due September 15th through November 1st.

http://www.pharmacist.com/apha-asp-ipsf-information

Contact: usaipsfseo@gmail.com with questions!

AEFRA (Argentina’s Student Pharmacist Federation) is hosting their first national congress! (November 7-9th) Contact: usaipsfcp@gmail.com with questions & how to register!

60th IPSF World Congress in Porto, Portugal

(Summer 2014)

https://www.facebook.com/ipsf2014

A P h a - A S P I n t e r n a t i o n a l p h a r m a c e u t i c a l s t u d e n t s ’ f e d e r a t i o n C o n t

W h a t d i d y o u r c h a p t e r d o f o r A m e r i c a n p h a r m a c i s t s M o n t h ?

University of Iowa College of Pharmacy

The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy chapter of APhA-ASP is celebrating American Pharmacists Month in many ways! We wrote a

public service announcement about the services a pharmacist can provide to their community and it has been playing on the University of Iowa

radio station throughout the month. To further spread the word, APhA-ASP partnered with the College of Pharmacy Student Leadership

Council (SLC) to write an Op-Ed article that we distributed to all the weekly and daily newspapers in the state in hopes that some of them

would choose to run it! APhA-ASP and SLC are also partnering to host a student pharmacist appreciation lunch on the last day of the month.

Finally, in order to recognize our stellar staff and faculty at the University of Iowa, APhA-ASP is hosting a staff and faculty appreciation breakfast

next week. In true APhA-ASP spirit we have shared the celebratory month with our patients by hosting a variety of patient care projects in Iowa

City, Cedar Rapids, North Liberty and Maquoketa!

Another update that I'd like to share is that our chapter will be rolling out the Policy Postcard Challenge this month and that we have incorporated voter registration into our process! Finally, The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy chapter of APhA-ASP is so excited to host MRM and we have been working very hard to make it a wonderful experience for all attendees!

University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy—Duluth

Another October brings another American Pharmacist Month. The purpose of the month is to celebrate, advocate, and bring awareness to

anyone and everyone about the Profession of Pharmacy. The University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy in Duluth started the month out with

the first annual White Coat 5K. This was a new idea and it was brought to life with the help of many hard working students. MPSA, GAPSA,

and UMD Pharm D teamed up to put together the 5K! About 75 medical students, pharmacy students, faculty and community healthcare

professionals came out to the event. It was a fun afternoon to promote and celebrate our profession. Also, the University of Minnesota has been

putting on free potlucks for the college of pharmacy every Friday. This is always a fun way to eat and spend some time with the whole college of

pharmacy. Besides that, the College of Pharmacy in Duluth has been promoting the month with a media advertisement around the school,

emails, countless facebook posts, buttons, stickers, and T-Shirts. These are all fun ways to advocate and get the word out about our profession

and about all the great things pharmacist do.

Drake University College of Pharmacy

For American Pharmacists month we held a variety of events to promote community awareness of current health issues, raise money for patient

care events and screenings, and give flu shots! One event that we held was a fundraising event at a local deli. With this event, we were able to

raise money for our chapter's patient care events by receiving sponsorship money from the deli, while at the same time promoting proper OTC

medication use and self-care. We also collaborated with some students from Iowa State University to give flu shots to community members in

the Ames area, and promoted substance abuse awareness by giving Generation Rx presentations in schools in our area!

South Dakota State University College of Pharmacy

The South Dakota State University Chapter (SDSU) of APhA-ASP has worked hard to advocate for pharmacy during APhM. In collaboration

with the SDSU College of Pharmacy and the South Dakota Pharmacists Association, we displayed two APhM billboards in South Dakota during

the month of October! We continued mass promotion of pharmacy through our SDSU College of Pharmacy Float in our homecoming parade in

early October. We also addressed international pharmacy advocacy by inviting international student talk about pharmacy practice in their home

countries during one of our chapter meetings. Advocacy would not be complete without showing the public what we can do! We organized

various patient care screenings and events throughout the month; locations have included our campus, a local soup kitchen, and a local church.

University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy—Twin Cities

For American Pharmacists month the Twin Cities campus hosted a Happy Hour with free appetizers for all University of Minnesota students,

faculty, and staff. We also hosted a Toxicology Lecture where a Specialist in Poison Information came in to talk to the students about synthetic

drugs and the toxicology of these medications. Finally we hosted “Cupcakes and Trivia with Lucy.” Lucy (from Peanuts) is a statue that was

donated to the College of Pharmacy. During this event we had many dental, nursing, and other health professional students stop by to play

some trivia and learn more about the profession of pharmacy. We look forward to continuing many of these events in the future.

W h a t d i d y o u r c h a p t e r d o f o r A m e r i c a n p h a r m a c i s t s M o n t h ?

University of Nebraska Medical Center

To kick off the month, we began by decorating our college to show our pride for the profession. We put up streamers, hung prescription vials filled with candy from trees and placed party hats on the busts and photographs of past Deans to include them in the celebration. Our university thought this was so cleaver it was featured on their website as a tribute to pharmacists. We also painted the giant window of our building that faces 42nd street, a busily traveled street by many in Omaha. This year it says, “Know your Pharmacist, Know your Medicine” and accompanied by various medication paintings as well. Something new we

tried this year was sidewalk chalking. On the sidewalk leading into the college it says, “October is American Pharmacists Month” and has several elaborate pharmacy theme drawings such as a vial with capsules, a glucometer and a mortar and pestle.

Another big part of the month was to continue doing our patient care projects but be creative and try something new. Our Operation Heart committee set up health screenings at a local fall favorite, Valas Pumpkin Patch in which they performed blood glucose and blood pressure readings. Additionally, Pinky the Elephant was present to hand out information on Poison Control. Our Operation Diabetes and Operation Self Care have been very busy. We attended a Hy-Vee Wellness bus health event as well as a local Health Fair at a firehouse. We then had a philanthropy project and did the Humane Society’s Dog Walk.

Additionally, we voted on our resolution to be discussed at MRM and had a state association meeting. The Nebraska Pharmacists Association held a town hall meeting in which students attended to voice their concerns with the practice of pharmacy and how we can continue to better our profession in Nebraska. Next Wednesday October 16th, I will be headed to our state’s capitol, Lincoln, to attend a proclamation signing ceremony. The governor will sign a proclamation declaring October as American Pharmacists Month in the state of Nebraska.

The most exciting week will be October 21st-25th. This is the week we choose to actually celebrate American Pharmacists

Month. We have a Spirit Week similar to Homecoming in which different student organizations sponsor a dress-up day. We have a class competition to see who can have the most participation and then treat the entire class to something special! On Monday it is hometown/undergraduate pride sponsored by our Rural Pharmacy Students Association, Tuesday is Husker Pride for Team Jack sponsored by Kappa Psi, Wednesday is our celebratory luncheon and we will wear special t-shirts that state Keep Calm and Be the Change. Thursday is Think Pink for breast cancer awareness sponsored by Kappa Epsilon, and finally on Friday is dress the part sponsored by Student’s Society of Health Systems Pharmacy. On Wednesday October 23rd we will have a celebratory luncheon with a guest speaker who is currently a pharmacist. Dr Tamela McCreadie will be giving a speech on how important it is to give back to the community and “Be the Change” as a pharmacist. We will also have a reading of the proclamation by our very own state senator Pirsch. Dr Joni Cover from the NPA will also be in attendance and share a few words about pharmacy in the state of Nebraska.

To wrap up the month we will continue doing patient care projects by holding several flu shot clinics as well as Diabetes screening sat a local business named Nebraska Beef as well as an Operation Heart event in a rural Nebraska town named Hebron. Also, we will participate in the National Drug Take-Back on October 26th at several local pharmacies.

APhA-ASP Region 5

Saturday

Expo = Networking Opportunities

Great meetings and workshops

Chance to win an iPad of the Chapter’s Baskets

Optional Social from 8-10pm

Sunday

Chance to win 1-2 Annual Registrations

Running for a Regional Position

We look forward to seeing you all in Iowa

City, Iowa at the end of the week.

Don’t forget your boots and flannel! Gear up

for some line dancing and many other fun

events and prizes!

Here is a little glimpse at what will be

happening at MRM!

Friday Night

-Line dancing lessons

-DJ to follow the dance lessons

-Texas Hold ‘Em

-Photobooth

-Prizes! Including :

“Pharmacy Preparation Package”

“Wild West Cowboy’s Outdoor Adventure”

“Classy Cowgirl’s Choice”

“City Slicker Items”

“Gun Show Items”

G e t y o u r b o o t s o u t !

Saddle Up for

a Change

More Information at

Pharmacist.com

S e e y o u a t M R M