April 10, 2014
More than forty students from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy attended the 2014 APhA Annual Meeting held March 27–31 in Orlando, Florida. The group included fourteen students from the School’s Asheville campus.
The Carolina Association of Pharmacy Students received the 2012–2013 APhA-ASP Chapter of the Year Award. CAPS is the School’s chapter of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists. The award is the highest honor an APhA-ASP chapter can receive. Macary Marciniak, PharmD, serves as the group’s adviser along with Dennis Williams, PharmD, and Phil Rodgers, PharmD. CAPS is also supported by two new practitioner mentors, – David Steeb, PharmD, former APhA-ASP national president, and Megan Smith, former vice chair of the APhA-ASP Education Standing Committee.
CAPS was the first runner-up for the APhA-ASP Operation Heart National Award (cochairs are Jesse Fletcher and Lauren Gray) and for the APhA-ASP Operation Self-Care National Award (cochairs are Jay Kim and Sarah Peters).
The organization was also second runner-up for the Generation Rx National Award for the second year in a row. Two pairs of cochairs worked on Generation Rx: Marti Guidotti and Beth Tevepaugh and Rachel Carpenito and Meghan Maples.
For the second year in a row, CAPS was recognized as the regional award winner for 2012-2013 Operation Diabetes. Julie Carrington and Melanie Hurtt were the School’s Operation Diabetes cochairs.
Joel Farley, PhD, was named chair-elect of the APhA Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science Economic, Social, and Administrative Sciences Section and honored as an APhA fellow.
PGY1 community resident Charlie Frye, PharmD, and PGY2 community pharmacy resident Ben Culpepper, PharmD, received APhA Foundation Incentive Grants.
Drew Roberts, PharmD, a graduate student in DPOP, received the 2014 APhA-APRS Economic, Social, and Administrative Sciences Section Best Podium Paper Award for his presentation entitled “Implications of Washout Period Duration in Incident User Study Designs in Commercially Insured Populations.”
PY4 Justin Arnall is the recipient of the 2014 Juan and Esperanza Luna Scholarship from the APhA Foundation.
Students Assume Leadership Roles
- Arnall is an ASHP delegate to the APhA-ASP House of Delegates.
- PY1 Evan Colmenares is a chapter delegate to the APhA-ASP House of Delegates.
- PY3 James Fok is the UNC-Chapel Hill representative in the APhA-ASP National Patient Counseling Competition.
- PY3 Erin Turingan is vice chair of the APhA-ASP Communications Standing Committee.
- PY4 Michael Wolcott is vice chair of the APhA-ASP Awards Standing Committee.
Presentations
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Current and former CAPS APhA liaisons PY1 Evan Colmenares, PY2 Jenny Levine, Clinical Associate Professor Macary Marciniak, PY3 Erin Turingan, PY4 Justin Arnall, and PGY1 community resident Megan Smith Erin Turingan (PY3) and Marti Guidotti (PY3): Presentation at the APhA-ASP Generation Rx Workshop
- David Steeb, PharmD, (Global Engagement Fellow): Panel presentation entitled “APhA-ASP Year in the Life of New Practitioners,” panel presentation entitled “Pharmacy Careers Student Roundtable”
- Patrick Brown, PharmD (PGY1 community resident): Patient Care Services Pearl entitled “Home Visit Comprehensive Medication Reviews for Medication Adherence Patients.” This is the third time a Moose Pharmacy resident has been selected for a Pearl presentation.
- Ashley Branham, PharmD, adjunct instructor and preceptor: Patient Care Services Pearl entitled “Adherence Monitoring in the Community Pharmacy” (3rd time Ashley was personally selected for a pearl presentation); presentation entitled “ACOS and Medical Homes: Where Does the Pharmacist Fit?”
- Jay Campbell, JD (faculty): Presentation entitled “Ethical and Legal Responsibilities of the Pharmacist-in-Charge”
- Delesha Carpenter, PhD, MSPH (faculty): APhA-APRS ESAS Contributed Papers Oral Poster (roundtable) entitled “Using Videos to Improve Children’s Inhaler Technique: A Randomized Controlled Trial”
- Denise Rhoney, PharmD (faculty), and Herb Patterson, PharmD (faculty): Presentation entitled “Putting Knowledge into Practice: A Hyponatremia Primer and Case Discussion to Achieve Clinical Success”
- Betsy Sleath, PhD (faculty): APhA-APRS ESAS Research Roundtable Breakfast Presentation entitled “The Role of Theory in Social Behavioral Research”
- Dennis Williams, PharmD (faculty): Copresented the APhA Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery certificate training program; presentation entitled “Respiratory Update 2014: Allergic Rhinitis Asthma and COPD”
Posters
- Justin Arnall (PY4), Erin Turingan (PY3) and Macary Marciniak: The ABCS of Heart Health: Student Support of the Million Hearts Initiative
- Julie Lauffenberger (PhD student), Joel Farley , Denise Rhoney , A Gehi, M Brookhart, Gang Fang : Dabigatran and Warfarin for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Factors Associated with Use following New Market Entry in Real-World Patients
- Phung On (PGY1 managed-care resident), Trista Pfeiffenberger, Kristen Lundeen, J Scott, S Branski, R Watkins: Impact of a Community Pharmacist in Resolving Medication-Related Care Gaps for a Commercially Insured Patient Population
- Robin Sayner (postdoc), Sue Blalock, Delesha Carpenter, K Muir, M Hartnett, S Lawrence, A Robin, Betsy Sleath: Patient-Reported Problems with Using Glaucoma Medications and Question-Asking about Glaucoma Medications during Glaucoma Medical Visits
- Delesha Carpenter (faculty), Lorie Geryk (postdoc), Sue Blalock (faculty), C Lee, M Weaver, D Reuland, T Coyne-Beasley, C Loughlin, Betsy Sleath (faculty): Using Videos to Improve Children’s Inhaler Technique: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Courtney Humphries (PGY1 community resident), Ouita Gatton, Laura Cates, Stefanie Ferreri, Macary Marciniak: Addressing Barriers to Pneumococcal Vaccination: Training Pharmacy Technicians for Roles in Vaccine Advocacy
- Patrick Brown (PGY1 community resident), Will Holland (PGY1 community resident), Ashley Branham, Erin Dalton, Joe Moose, Stefanie Ferreri, Macary Marciniak: The Effort for Pharmacist Provider Status: A Survey of State Pharmacy Associations
- Will Holland (PGY1 community resident), Patrick Brown (PGY1 community resident), Ashley Branham, Erin Dalton, Joe Moose, Stefanie Ferreri, Macary Marciniak: The Perception of Provider Status: A Survey of North Carolina Pharmacists
- Megan Smith (PGY1 community resident), Andria Eker, Stefanie Ferreri, Macary Marciniak: Coordination of Care in Outpatient Practice Settings: Prevalence of Mediation Discrepancies and Drug Therapy Problems Identified by a Community Pharmacist
- Charlie Frye (PGY1 community resident), Cathy Huie, Angie Roark, April Chapman, Lane Ferguson, Macary Marciniak, Stefanie Ferreri: Hospital to Home: A Coordinated Effort Between a Rural Hospital and Community Pharmacy to Reduce Readmission Rates for High-Risk Patients
- Luke Berenbrok (PGY1 community resident), Natasha Michaels, Jessica Lee, Dana Petri, Macary Marciniak, Stefanie Ferreri: The Influence of Community Pharmacists on Star Ratings: Focus on Diabetes Medication Adherence
- Delesha Carpenter, Lorie Geryk (postdoc), M Weaver, D DeWalt, Betsy Sleath : Are Children with Asthma Overconfident That They Are Using Their Inhalers Correctly?
- Drew Roberts (graduate student), Stacey Dusetzina, Joel Farley : Implications of Washout Period Duration in Incident User Study Designs in Commercially Insured Populations
- Drew Roberts (graduate student), G Crisp, D Esserman, Mary Roth, M Weinberger, Joel Farley: Patterns of Adherence and Health Service Utilization among University of North Carolina Health Care Pharmacy Assistance Program Enrollees with Chronic Disease
- Ben Culpepper (PGY2 community resident), Natasha Michaels, Dana Petri, Stefanie Ferreri, Macary Marciniak: The Influence of Community Pharmacists on Star Ratings: An Analysis of Factors Affecting Performance
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