Spring/Summer 2012 - Purdue College of Pharmacy - Purdue ...

Preceptor
Perceptions
On April 27, 2012, the College of Pharmacy recognized
outstanding preceptors at the Graduation Banquet.
Dr. Beth Mason received the “Preceptor of the Year Award”
for her dedication to the teaching and mentoring of our pharmacy
students. Dr. Zach Weber received the “Outstanding Faculty
Preceptor of the Year Award”. Please help us congratulate these
fine individuals for their dedication to serving our students.
PRECEPTOR OF THE YEAR
Dean Craig Svensson presents Dr. Beth Mason with the Preceptor of the Year Award
Dr. Beth Mason (BS 1978, PharmD
1995) is a clinical pharmacist at
Provena United Samaritans Medical
Center in Danville, Illinois, where she
oversees clinical pharmacy services
in the ICU and Medical/Surgical units,
provides education to pharmacy,
medical and nursing staffs, and serves
as a pharmacy student preceptor. She
is also an advanced cardiovascular life
support instructor and a pediatric
advanced life support instructor. She
is a member of the American College
of Clinical Pharmacy and American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists
and attends both national conventions
regularly.
Beth and her husband, Jeff, have
two daughters who have continued
their mother’s Purdue Pharmacy
tradition. Molly is a 2010 graduate and
is currently completing her second year
pharmacy residency in Emergency
Medicine at the University of Kentucky.
Ally is a fourth professional year
pharmacy student completing APPE.
Beth comments that she is
passionate about the profession
of pharmacy and considers precepting
pharmacy students as a privilege and
a very rewarding experience. A goal
setter, she is always eager to accept
the next challenge. She has been a
Purdue preceptor since 1999.
What do you like most about
serving as a preceptor? The ability
to interact with students at different
levels of experience and helping them
to maximize their strengths and improve
their level of self-assertiveness is the
most rewarding aspect of being a
preceptor.
What is unique about your
practice? I practice at a community
hospital with a large Medicare/Medicaid
patient population. We are forced to be
good stewards of available resources
and have the responsibility to provide
the very best quality of services with
limited resources.
How do you involve students in
your rotation to build your practice?
How do you utilize students serving
rotations to advance patient care
services? When the student feels
comfortable with the practice site,
I expect them to function as a clinical
pharmacist and become involved in all
aspects of this position (drug dosing
and monitoring, patient education, staff
education, etc.). They are also involved
in preparation of various items for the
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
(Medication Use Evaluations, Drug
Formulary Review, etc.).
What advice do you give students
entering practice? What aspects
of professionalism do you impress
upon students? I encourage all students
to set their goals high and take advantage
of every challenge that they are faced
with. I challenge them all to give back
to the profession and the schools of
pharmacy that have afforded them
the opportunity to be all they can be.
I expect students to show respect to
all other healthcare practitioners and
have empathy for all patients.
18 The Purdue Pharmacist