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Recap of Meetings 

APhA Midyear regional meeting 

• several educational programs are available at the meetings
• There is information about career paths in pharmacy
• legislative workshops
• information on residencies
• bioterrorism workshops
• officer positions within APhA
  • SPIN (student political information network)
  • keeps student involved in politics that concern pharmacy 
  • forum for the student's voice to be heard
  • legislative day: go to state legislature for direct contact with senators and congress
• 4/1/05 - 4/5/04 : national annual meeting in Orlando, Fla

NCAP annual meeting 

• New president: Davy Waget 
• Talk with Richard Burr (district 5)
  • Drug reimportation - remove liability from pharmacists 
  • Medicare Drug Benefit: make CPP's providers
  • Standard form for low income assistance for medication form pharmaceutical companies
  • PBM's: get them to be more transparent so that savings are passed on to the patient 
  • Medicare modernization act has cut funding to oncology research
  • wants to get the AWP up to retail price

Blood Pressure Screenings were successful; Wingate was happy to see pharmacy students active at a school wide event

Blood Drive - received 45 sign-ups; gave away 2 gift certificates to O'Charley's

New Business:

CPFI: liaison - Hollie Cole 

• operation Christmas child 
  • fill a box up with toys (must be wrapped separately on top and bottom)
  • age group and sex is optional 
  • bring this back to school to give to Samaritan's purse 
  • place label in box and a note with you name so we can assign service credit
  • collection dates: 11/15 - 11/19
  • can team up 2-3 people per box 
  • box goes over seas - not to local children 
  • need $5 for shipping - can find sponsor for this

Blood Drive - Maria

• Football game was successful 
• need one P1 and one P2 to sit through lunch and take appointments (service credit available)
• also need 2 students Friday, 11/12/04 to sit in DPC for appointments between 11 and 1 pm 
• meeting with the red cross this week to discuss shifts 
• pharmacy students will have to provide the canteen (sign-up sheet for what you would like to bring will be in the back of the P2 classroom)

Health Quest: liaison Jake Kimsey 

• help fill prescriptions on Tuesday and Thursday 8-10 am 
• Pharmacy is open until 5pm but pharmacist is only there until 1pm
• times may expand as volunteers become trained 
• may implement projects directly with patients
• Hours will be recorded at healthquest 
• Interest sign-up sheet will be in the back of the P2 classroom 
• Schedule will be designed from this 
• also need help at healthquest to keep patient paperwork up to date 

More Service Opportunities

• educational program
  • giving short presentations to 20-30 year old women on the importance of taking a multivitamin and folic acid during child bearing years
  • this will take place at health department
  • contact Dr. Jolly

Future officers and liaisons of PILLS

• email Jenna if interested in running for an office or as liaison for organization
• please do this before next meeting to set up a small meeting

As we design this program - there will be organizational problems: please try to provide suggestions and be part of the solution rather than simply complain and add to the problem

Next meeting 11/9/04 at 9:45 am