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Preceptor DevelopmentActivities Offered ThroughE*ValueExperience quality preceptor developments opportunities with flexibleeducational activities from Collaborative Education Institute (CEI)CEI’s preceptor development activities include a series of online,interactive educational activities which meet the ACPE standards foreducation and professional development of preceptors.Preceptor Activities Include:Preceptor Core Modules• College Mission & Assessment Tools• The Role of the Preceptor• Developing Your Rotation; and• Providing Constructive FeedbackContinue Your Development With:Preceptor Development Activities & Clinical Teaching Tools• A selection of CPE activities to choose from• Addition of 4 new activities each yearAlso Available to Preceptors & Rotation Students: CEI’s Log-In to LearnLog-in to Learn is an interactive, online journal club for preceptors andstudents to review and evaluate a clinical, primary literature article.Questions regarding CEI’s Preceptor Development Activities,please contact Kathy Schott at kathy.schott@drake.eduWesternU Preceptors may access online at no cost. For information contact OEE@westernu.edu• 80-minutes CD & DownloadableMP-3 Audio Format• Updates on MedicationManagement Regulatory Standards• Promoting the Role of the ChiefPharmacy Officer• Medication Safety Tips and Pitfalls• In the News — Articles of Interest• Establishing Medication ClinicalGuidelines• Sentinel Event Alerts• FDA MedWatch Alerts and BlackBox Updates• Updates to the Federal 340B DrugPricing Program• Tips for Increasing PharmacyOperational Efficiency• Interviews with Experts andNewsmakers• Pharmacy Technology andInformatics• Tools for Managing thePharmaceutical BudgetSponsored byHostsDan Ross, Pharm.D.Amy Gutierrez, Pharm.D.Order online at www.HospitalPharmacistMonthly.com or call 1-800-458-4779
Golfing for ScholarshipsBy Rodney Tanaka, Senior Communications WriterThe 9th Annual GNP/ICP Scholarship Golf Classic attracted169 participants to Robinson Ranch Golf Club in SantaClarita, Calif. on June 8, 2011.The event raised more than $232,000, with WesternU’sCollege of Pharmacy and USC School of Pharmacy eachreceiving $55,000, including $5,000 toward the fulfillment ofa $25,000 scholarship endowment.The 2010 Good Neighbor Pharmacy (GNP) and Institute forCommunity Pharmacy (ICP) Scholarship winners fromWesternU were: Jonathan Baharvar, Anthony Do, MarziehEsmaeili, Sana Fazai and Alex Moiseyev, all from the Classof 2012.“As a scholarship recipient, I was invited to attend the golftournament in June, which made me feel lucky and fortunateto be surrounded by people who cared and shared similarinterests,” Esmaeili said. “This event was amazingly organizedand I was able to have a chance to thank the people that weredonating money to support this scholarship. I would like tothank everyone who has supported this program in our schooland I hope one day I can be the one who can support otherstudents in the prosperity of their future.”Among the distinguished golfers were WesternU College ofPharmacy Dean Daniel Robinson, PharmD, WesternU boardmember John Forbing, WesternU Executive Director of PublicAffairs Jeff Keating and Dr. Sang-Ju Lee, California KoreanAmerican Pharmacists Association Chairman of ScholarshipFoundation.“It is hard to imagine a more worthy cause than to invest inthe future of our best and brightest students as they pursuecareers in community pharmacy practice,” Dean Robinsonsaid. “The scholarships that are generated through yourefforts are turning dreams into realities and ensuring athriving future for independent pharmacy in California.”The event featured a successful silent auction that includeddonations from College of Pharmacy Vice Dean, AcademicDiversity and Development Jesse Martinez, PharmD,WesternU board member Vince Naimoli, and Dr. Bill Chung.Tournament sponsors included Vicente, Lloyd & StutzmanLLP, Professional Audit, Accounting & Tax Services; CaliforniaKorean American Pharmacists Association (CKAPhA);Brian Komoto, RPh, owner of Komoto Pharmacy inBakersfield, Calif.; Ken Thai, PharmD, and Brian Garner,PharmD, of K&B Pharmacy Associates, Inc. A ProfessionalPharmacy Group; and WesternU alumna Melinda Mah,PharmD ’10, owner of Hope Pharmacy in Calexico, California.WesternU Board of Trustees member Mike Quick ofAmerisourceBergen’s Good Neighbor Pharmacy served as thehonorary chair for the GNP/ICP Scholarship Golf Classic. ■Below inset: WesternU and USC student recipients of the GNP/ICP Scholarships.Below left: Dr. David Breslow, CEO and President for the Institute for CommunityPharmacy, Mike Quick and Dean Daniel Robinson.RxBound | 27
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