On December 3rd, 2018 NCPA student chapter hosted NCPA’s annual legislative Day; the event was organized by Hong Kong Tran, NCPA’s Director of Legislative and External Affairs. NCPA hosted three guest speakers for this event, Dr. Victor Law, President of the California State Board of Pharmacy, Dr. Steven Gray, CSHP's 2018 Lifetime Honorary Membership Recipient, and Dr. Ken Thai, President-Elect of CPhA.
On September 25th, WesternU NCPA chapter held an Epipen training session to help students be ready and act immediately in the case of a patient experiencing anaphylactic shock. Thanks to Dr. Mireles and Dr. Jimenez for helping with guiding this session and to all those who participated and made this event a success.
Dr. Mireles showing students how to use Epipen
On January 20th WesternU's NCPA student chapter hosted the first Rx ownership bootcamp in the west coast. This event was sponsored by McKesson. This event was mainly to educate student about pharmacy ownership and the steps they need to take in order to be a pharmacy owner.
Legislative Day was a two-day event organized by Angineh Moradi Masihi, NCPA’s Director of Legislative and External Affairs. On September 25th, NCPA hosted Dr. Victor Law, the Vice President of the California State Board of Pharmacy as our guest speaker. On October 1st, students were given a presentation about Robert’s Rules of Order.
The 11th Annual Legislative Day was held on Friday, September 22, 2017. The event was proudly hosted by NCPA, APhA, CSHP, AMCP, and Kappa Psi. Guest speakers included CPhA CEO Jon Roth, Senator Jeff Stone, Dr. Kathleen Besinque, and Dr. Tony Park. The speakers described their involvement in the legislative process and encouraged students how they can get involved to help progress the pharmacy profession.
NCPA hosted the September 6th Seminar featuring guest speaker Dr. Dee Zuniga where she informed students about Mail Order Pharmacy.
At the annual Pharmily Feud event hosted by NCPA and AMCP, the P1's came out on top by beating the P2 & P3 team!
On August 23, 2017, NCPA joined with organizations throughout all health professional programs at WesternU to participate in Fall Club Day. NCPA was able to feed hungry students delicious calzones, while also welcoming in the newest members of NCPA. If you are interested in becoming a member of NCPA, you are still welcome to join! Please contact our President-Elect Christine Wong at christine.wong@westernu.edu to find out how to become a member of NCPA!
On August 20, 2017, NCPA participated in a health fair at the Anaheim Marketplace Community where student pharmacists helped provide blood glucose and blood pressure readings to patients.
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Recently NCPA members took time to participate in APhA's Interprofessional Health Fair. This was open to Pomona public as we had students from all Colleges at Western University of Health Sciences. Students performed various tests ranging from blood glucose readings, blood pressure, nutrition information, and even how to reduce stress and make your own trail mix! And that was just with the College of Pharmacy. Other colleges performed other tests that were unique to their profession.