Greetings All!
Excited for the House of Delegates (HOD) session at MRM? Read below for advice from our Regional Delegate, Kaitlyn Skulkan. She briefly reviews how to prepare yourself for the HOD session at MRM:
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APhA-ASP's Mission is "... To be the collective voice of student pharmacists, to provide opportunities for professional growth, to improve patient care, and to envision and advance the future of pharmacy."
How will you discover your voice in the APhA-ASP MRM Policy Process?
As an active member, you can prepare to participate in the MRM Policy Process through the following two activities:
We'll see you all there!
- Katie
- Plan a chapter meeting to discuss resolutions that will be proposed at MRM.It is important to discuss these resolutions beforehand so that the delegate can gather feedback from the chapter. The delegate can provide their chapter's feedback during the policy discussion and voting process.
- Each member should read the background statements for each proposed resolution
At MRM, members will be able to discuss and debate each proposed resolution. By reading the background statement, the member will understand the intent of the resolution and can provide better feedback during the policy discussions at MRM.
We'll see you all there!
- Katie
Important Dates
Here are some important dates that you all may want to keep track of...
MRM 2014 Proposed Policies Deadline: Friday, October 3, 2014
Mandatory Webinar Meeting for VP of Policies: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 9:00pm - 10:30pm PST
Hotel Reservation Deadline for APhA-ASP Region 7 and 8 MRM: Friday, October 10, 2014
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Important Dates:
MRM 2014 Proposed Policies Deadline: Friday, October 3, 2014
Mandatory Webinar Meeting for VP of Policies: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 9:00pm - 10:30pm PST
Hotel Reservation Deadline for APhA-ASP Region 7 and 8 MRM: Friday, October 10, 2014
Registration Deadline for APhA-ASP Region 7 and 8 MRM: Friday, October 17, 2014 at 11:59 PST
UOP Student develops Smoking Cessation App!
Sunny Nagra, a student
pharmacist at the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at the
University of Pacific, recently developed a Smoking Cessation Application (http://www.kickspy.com/projects/snagra/quit-smoking-ios-app-and-research-project)
that was featured on the Pharmacy Times! Here’s a direct excerpt from the
developer himself:
“…I get exposed to a lot of patients at our free
health fair outreach events and in the pharmacy. This allows me to witness the
tolls that smoking can take on the body and on a patient's overall health. I
started the Quit Smoking Project in order to explore new ways of using
technology to help lead to positive patient outcomes. My long term goal is to
take what I learn from making an iOS app for smoking cessation and apply that
knowledge to other disease states in the future, such as diabetes and
cardiovascular diseases.
What sets this application apart from every other
application is that it was developed with the driving force of research in
mind. The application is developed from the ground up to be used as a research
tool. It is true that there are other smoking cessations apps on the iOS App
Store, but they were not designed to help push forward the collective knowledge
on health care. We live in a world surrounded by technology, such as
smartphones, and many different research groups are focusing on why this may be
having a negative effect on our health, but the end goal should be finding ways
of making this technology have positive effects on our health. The goal of this
project is not just providing smoking cessation for the patient, but it is also
to create momentum that will drive scientists and health care providers to
create even more innovative patient oriented applications that have a positive
effect on the patient's well being. If I am able to show positive results with
my research, then I can provide a model for future projects to push innovation
even further with personalized technology driven health care.”
We are EXTREMELY proud of
your accomplishment. Congratulations Sunny!
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