Campbell Comments Spring 2015

Spring 2015

Campbell Comments For Alumni, Students & Friends of Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

CPHS’s Nursing Program Evolves to the Catherine W. Wood School of Nursing Inside this Issue Message from the Dean Student News College News Alumni Spotlight Class Notes Upcoming Events

Photo by Bennett Scarborough

On Wednesday, March 25, the Campbell University Board of Trustees’ Executive Committee approved the establishment and naming of the university’s eighth school: the Catherine W. Wood School of Nursing.

Campbell began a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program last August under the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences with 85 students enrolled in its first seminar. Currently there are about 110 students enrolled in pre-nursing seminars. The Executive Committee’s action gives university leadership the approval to move forward with evolving the BSN degree program into a full school.

The approval of the Catherine W. Wood School of Nursing came the same day that Campbell broke ground on a 72,000-square-foot facility that will house the school as well as the university’s physical therapy, occupational therapy and medical research programs. The new facility will be formally called the Tracey F. Smith Hall of Nursing & Health Sciences.

DEAN’S MESSAGE

Dear Alumni & Friends: It is a pleasure to sit down and write my first Campbell Comments letter to you as dean of the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. The past three months have been hectic, but I am settling into my role and learning new things daily.

During this transition period, I am adamant about being intentional about the next moves that we make in our programs and as a whole. I am meeting with faculty and staff to discuss opportunities we can pursue and ways to build upon the great foundation laid out for us by Dr. Maddox and all that have contributed to the success of CPHS over the last 29 years.

The College has undergone many changes over the last eight years. We have two new buildings, refurbished a third, and planning a fourth. We have changed our name, expanded our program offerings, and increased the total number of students exponentially. I thank you for your continued support and commitment throughout all of our changes. Change is rarely easy, but it is my firm belief that the only way to improve is through strategic change that strengthens our passion for health care and our ability to produce quality health care providers.

We are not the only ones making changes around Buies Creek either. As you may have heard, Campbell University President Jerry M. Wallace has announced his retirement effective June 30, 2015. He plans to take a one year sabbatical, and then return as chancellor in 2016. I encourage you to visit the University’s website for a thoughtful series on Dr. Wallace’s time here. He holds a special place in our history, as he has been with the School of Pharmacy since it opened in 1986. I will especially miss his stories of asking if “there’s a Campbell pharmacist in the house” when he visits pharmacies around North Carolina. With Dr. Wallace’s departure, we welcome J. Bradley Creed, PhD, as Campbell’s 5th president. Creed comes to us from Samford University, where he played a significant role in establishing its College of Health Sciences.

In closing, I want to thank you again for your support and dedication to the mission of Campbell University and the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences during this time of transition. It is reassuring to know that despite the season of change we are in, our mission will always be to educate future health care professionals in a Christian environment. It is an honor to work with you in supporting this great institution and initiating changes that move us forward.

Sincerely,

Michael L. Adams, PharmD, PhD Acting Vice President for Health Programs Dean, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

2

Campbell Comments

spring 2015

STUDENTS

Campbell confers 38 PA degrees in winter commencement ceremony Thirty-eight students received their Master of Physician Assistant Practice degrees in one of Campbell University’s winter commencement ceremonies on Saturday, December 13. They are the second cohort of PA students who have graduated from Campbell.

Marc S. Katz, president elect of the North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants, delivered the PA commencement speech. Katz, who has been a practicing physician assistant for more than 35 years, noted that there was no better time for graduates to join one of the foremost careers in the health care arena.

“The Affordable Care Act has brought millions of additional patients into an already burdened system,” Katz said. “I’m confident that PAs can help address the shortage of trained physicians. We are trained as generalists and can adapt to specialties as needed.”

In addition to the keynote address

by Katz, the class was addressed by Jerry M. Wallace, Campbell University President, Ronald W. Maddox, dean of the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Ben Thompson, chair of the Campbell University Board of Trustees,

and Jaime Harding, an alumna from the inaugural Campbell PA class and member of the CPHS Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Several distinct honors were awarded in addition to the Master of Physician Assistant Practice diplomas. Six members of the class were inducted in to the Pi Alpha Honor Society, a society for the promotion and recognition of significant academic achievement, leadership, research, community/professional service, and the encouragement of a high standard of character and conduct among physician assistant students.

The Physician Assistant Service Award was awarded to two students this year, Andrew Nida and Allyson Norwood. Recipients of this award are selected by faculty members based on academic standing, professionalism, and outstanding dedication to service of classmates, the program, and the community.

The Excellence in Professionalism Award was awarded to Rahul Desai for his exemplary professionalism and personification of Campbell University’s guiding principles of faith, learning and service.

Andrew Zimmerman was selected for this year’s Outstanding Clinical Performance Award for his consistent high levels of performance on clinical rotations. Lastly, the newly-established Jerry M. Wallace Legacy Award was given to Abby Young. This award, named after President Wallace, was established this year to acknowledge a PA student who has shown exceptional ability to serve as a compassionate health care provider.

In addition to student awards, the members of the PA faculty selected Ronald Maddox as its Honorary Physician Assistant Award recipient. Maddox retired from his post as vice-president for health programs and dean of the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences at the end of 2014.

Entire PA class joins CPHS Alumni Association The Campbell University Physician Assistant Class of 2014 is the first class in the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences’ (CPHS) history to join the CPHS Alumni Association at 100 percent.

The Association celebrated this achievement with an informal luncheon and bestowing of their first piece of alumni apparel at the beginning of the class’s graduation weekend. Members of the class, along with the PA faculty and staff, Campbell University provost, Mark Hammond, and incoming dean of CPHS, Michael Adams, attended.

“We are thrilled to have the entire PA Class of 2014 join the Alumni Association,” said Leigh Foushee, PharmD, director of alumni relations and clinical associate professor of pharmacy practice. “I think it shows the level of commitment this class has to Campbell and to giving back to future PA classes.” cphsalumni.campbell.edu

3

STUDENTS

Ms. Ballou goes to Washington: P4 Rotation on Capitol Hill What would you attempt to do if you were not afraid to fail? That is a question most of us have been asked at one point in time in our lives, from either invested advisers eager to help us succeed in our careers or from family members or friends after a tough week at work.

For fourth-year student pharmacist, Jordan Ballou, that question embodies the experiential portion of her education.

Ballou spent the fourth month of her clinical rotations in Washington, D.C., with the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Student Pharmacist Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective (APPE) Program. This APPE program is designed to help student pharmacists gain experience in leadership and management on the association level of the profession. APhA opens the admissions process to student pharmacists throughout the United States. Fifteen students were selected for the 2014-2015 academic year and were able to select from seven disciplines: board of pharmacy specialties, governance, government affairs, pharmacy technician certification board, professional practice, publications, student & new practitioner development, and APhA Foundation. Ballou chose to spend her month-long rotation focusing on student development.

“I chose the student development track because I knew the positive impact that the department has on APhA-ASP chapters,” said Ballou. “I wanted the chance to see the behind-the-scenes work that goes into each chapter’s success.”

During her time in the nation’s capital, Ballou was challenged with putting in a forty hour work week while navigating a city that is slightly larger than Buies Creek. Throughout her four weeks, she was responsible for researching pharmacists’ services for public health departments, analyzing nationwide student chapter achievement report data, and designing the inside cover of the January/February 2015 issue of APhA-ASP’s Student Pharmacist Magazine.

In addition to being behind a desk, Ballou attended a Senate subcommittee hearing about generic drug prices and met influential people at APhA, including chief executive officer, Tom Menighan.

“This was such an awesome opportunity,” said Ballou. “We were able to talk about his vision for the profession, and he shared with me some of the experiences that got him to where he is today.”

Since returning to North Carolina from her Washington adventure, Ballou shared that she has a renewed passion for pharmacy and she is excited for what the future holds for her.

“This rotation really forced me to step outside of my comfort zone,” she said. “I had been teetering with the idea of residency since the beginning of my P3 year, but I couldn’t quite make up my mind because I was afraid of being pushed to my limits. This rotation made me realize it is okay to be uncomfortable, and I started writing my letters of intent as soon as I got home from Washington.”

Ballou has a bachelor of science from North Carolina State University and will graduate with Campbell University’s Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2015 on Friday, May 8. She is a brother of the Delta Lambda chapter of Kappa Psi and serves as Vice Strap for the Atlantic Province of the fraternity. Next year she will serve as a PGY1 community pharmacist resident with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Brame Huie Pharmacy.

4

Campbell Comments

spring 2015

STUDENTS

Public Health alumna encourages active lifestyles for next generation When Rebekah West applied to become a member of the charter class of the public health program at Campbell University’s College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, she knew she wanted to make a difference in the community. Three semesters after enrolling, West had completed all of the coursework required for the degree and landed her first job in public health.

West graduated with her master of science in public health in December 2013 and promptly went to work for Active Routes to School, a North Carolina Safe Routes to School project. Active Routes to School is a partnership between the North Carolina Division of Public Health and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), and it is funded by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Through Active Routes to School, West oversees Region 6 of the North Carolina Public School System which includes: Anson, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, and Scotland counties.

She returned to her alma mater in late October to lead a seminar for current public health students on how she uses her degree in the workplace. She explained that her job is to create a culture that encourages activity on a daily basis for elementary and middle school children. She does this by hosting events where students can walk or bike together as a group to school and by working with the NCDOT to provide safer routes for children and their guardians to use as a method of active transportation to

school.

“Essentially, the day-to-day activities of my job are to encourage students to take responsibility for their own health,” said West to the first-year public health students.

In the ten months she has been working for the program, West has increased the participation in Active Routes to School in Region 6 from five schools to 32. Buies Creek Elementary School is one of the schools that is now participating in the initiative and has connected with students at Campbell to assist with these events.

“Rebekah’s success with Active Routes to School is a great example of what our students can do with their degree after graduation,” said Wesley Rich, PhD, associate dean for administration and chair of the department of public health.

“The program really reflects the interdisciplinary nature of public health through the strong cooperation between the Department of Transportation and the Division of Public Health,” said Rich.

“Here we have public health specialists working closely with engineers and policy experts to create comprehensive and creative solutions that promote health and address complex health problems such as obesity, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.

Given the recent decision to establish a School of Engineering, Rebekah’s work highlights how the masters in public health complements the new engineering degree.”

West will be working on this grantfunded project through 2016.

Campbell Candids

We’ve been up to a lot since we last saw you – from pies in the face for fundraisers and welcoming our latest class of DPT students to wishing Dr. Maddox a fond farewell and practicing our blood drawing skills. Keep up with all the action on Instagram @campbellcphs.

cphsalumni.campbell.edu

5

COLLEGE

Pictured, left top to right bottom: Dual degree candidates Sara Suh and Angela Cheung, children donned sunglasses to protect their eyes during examinations, Gaylord in his best white coat, and the first year public health students celebrating a successful event.

PA, Public Health students host free health event for Harnett County children Students from the Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences’ PA and public health programs teamed up at the end of February to offer Give Kids a Smile, a free dental clinic for Harnett County children who do not have dental insurance.

The two programs, along with volunteers from the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine and the Harnett County Department of Health, worked alongside each other to provide free dental examinations, cleanings, sealants, fluoride treatments, general health screenings, and information 6

Campbell Comments

spring 2015

sessions on the importance of oral hygiene.

Throughout the day-long event, students and volunteers were able to provide dental check-ups, cleanings, and sealants to 50 children.

Give Kids a Smile is part of an ongoing practicum for students matriculating through the dual degree physician assistant and public health program.

The dual degree curriculum requires the completion of a practicum so students can apply what they learn in the classroom to real-world experiences. Events like this one demonstrate the importance of interprofessionalism and how the public health field addresses a multitude of health disparities in a community.

“This event was great for many reasons,” said Julia Niemi, dual degree candidate and Give Kids a Smile event

coordinator. “It shows how important and how successful it can be for a variety of health care professionals to work together, and it helped us learn how to create a fun health care experience for children. Going to the dentist can be a scary experience for some children, so we had to present it in a way that was fun and comfortable for the kids.”

Other practicums students may participate in throughout their curriculum include: Active Routes to School with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, community assessments with the Johnston County Department of Health, Farmworker Health Clinics at Benson Area Medical Center, Project Lazarus with the Harnett County Department of Health, and food assessments with Voices Into Action.

COLLEGE

ASHP Foundation selects CPHS as host site for leaders program The ASHP Research and Education Foundation has selected Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (CPHS) as a host site for its prestigious Visiting Leaders Program. Harold N. Godwin, a professor and associate dean of pharmacy for medical center affairs at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, visited Buies Creek to meet with CPHS faculty and residents.

The American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) is a national professional organization representing pharmacists practicing in hospitals and health systems. The ASHP Research and Education Foundation, also known as simply the ASHP Foundation, serves as a philanthropic branch of the greater organization. The Visiting Leaders Program provides an opportunity for pharmacy residents to interact with an established health-system leader to cultivate leadership skills and gain insight on making the most out of their pharmacy residency experiences. CPHS is one of twenty-five institutions in the nation selected for this year’s program.

“We are pleased that Campbell was selected to be part of this program,” said Ann Marie Nye, associate professor of pharmacy practice and primary proposal writer. “The residents and program directors benefited from learning from such an accomplished leader in pharmacy.”

The College has eight residents matriculating through the program this academic year and typically sees twenty-five percent of each graduating doctor of pharmacy class apply and match to residency positions. The program also hosted nine residents from six other local programs. Godwin was on campus for his visit March 23-24.

CCNC President and CEO to deliver graduation address Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) President and CEO, L. Allen Dobson, Jr., MD, will deliver the graduation address at Campbell University’s College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences’ 26th hooding and commencement exercises.

“I’m excited to be addressing new graduates entering a health care world that will be very different from that of their predecessors,” said Dobson. “Their skills and energy will be critical to providing the state and nation with a robust primary care system built on effective collaboration among multi-disciplinary medical home teams.”

In addition to his leadership roles at CCNC, Dobson is a Visiting Scholar at the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. He has been actively involved in health policy on both the state and national level and is recognized as an early leader and developer of the Community Care of North Carolina program. Formerly, he served as the Assistant Secretary of Health for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

Dobson attended medical school at Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University and completed his residency in family medicine at East Carolina University. He received his undergraduate education at North Carolina State University.

Graduation exercises will be held in the John W. Pope, Jr. Convocation Center in Buies Creek on Friday, May 8 at 3:00 p.m.

Adams named Acting Vice President of Health Programs Michael L. Adams, PharmD, PhD, has been named acting vice president of health programs, Campbell University announced in January.

Adams, who recently assumed the role of dean of the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, will succeed Ronald Maddox, who retired from his post as vice president in December.

In addition to his responsibilities as dean, Adams will oversee the development and management of all of Campbell’s programs in the health sciences field with the exception of the Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine.

cphsalumni.campbell.edu

7

ALUMNI

Moose Makes a Difference: Charter Class Member Making Waves in the Profession 25 Years Later Picture this: you are heading into your seventh hour of a twelve hour shift when you learn that a patient of yours has been readmitted to the hospital due to a drug interaction. You are frustrated because you, as a pharmacist, could have prevented the readmission. You wish there was something more you could do, but your patients are lining up and there are prescriptions that need to be checked.

Thanks to the innovative spirit of charter class member, Joe Moose, PharmD ’90, and a $15 million grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Community Care Network of North Carolina (CCNC) is working towards eliminating those moments behind the counter.

The CCNC was awarded the grant “to develop, implement and test new approaches to care delivery with the goal of helping to lower health care costs through the better use of medicines.” In his role as Lead Community Pharmacy Coordinator for the CCNC, Moose is tasked with developing methods for participating community pharmacies to use at the point of care and ways to manage work flow.

“If we are working on population management, we can’t just stay behind the counter,” Moose said. “We have to reach out to our patients where they live, work and play. With this grant, we are establishing a network of pharmacies across North Carolina that will perform at a higher level.”

The pharmacies identified by Moose and his team are responsible for conducting population management through reinforced care plans and deliberate interaction. The first pharmacies selected had to have a desire to be involved and have certain capabilities to fulfill the objectives.

8

Campbell Comments

spring 2015

Pictured, top: Moose oversees staff members in the Concord branch of Moose Pharmacy. Pictured, opposite page: Moose through the years – in pharmacy school, at graduation, and in 2015

“We deploy our pharmacists to the riskiest patients,” Moose explained. “As big as community pharmacy is, we don’t have enough pharmacies or pharmacists to touch all of the patients, but we do have enough to make an impact for those who are at high risk if we know who we need to help.”

The standard protocol for this project is to create a care plan with patients posthospital discharge and engage community pharmacists and case managers to enforce the best plan of action. The goal is to remain in contact with patients to prevent drug interactions, non-adherence, and possible trips back to the hospital.

Through this three year grant, Moose and CCNC will continue to research and develop the best courses of action to implement this plan in community pharmacies and health care networks

throughout the state.

“North Carolina is such a progressive state for pharmacy,” he said. “That came from people like Dr. Maddox, people like my father, people like Ashley Branham [PharmD ’08], people who get involved with state associations and dive into the politics of pharmacy. That is how we move forward as a profession.”

Moose is an award winning pharmacy leader of North Carolina. He has been named a Next-Generation Pharmacist, awarded the 2015 Community Pharmacy Residency Excellence in Precepting Award by the American Pharmacists Association, and awarded the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists Community Care Practice Forum’s Community Care Pharmacist of the Year. He has also received the College’s own M. Keith Fearing, Jr., Community Practice Award.

ALUMNI

Finding Campbell in a Family of Carolina Blue If you ask Joe Moose, PharmD ’90, how he started his journey to becoming a pharmacist, he will laugh and say Dean Maddox was in a good mood the day he interviewed at Campbell’s newly founded School of Pharmacy. However, that is not the whole story. Moose comes from a distinguished line of pharmacists that started with his great-grandfather, A.W. Moose, in 1882. A.W. attended the University of Maryland to study pharmacy after seeing the need for a compounding pharmacist in Mount Pleasant. At the time, physicians frequently compounded or made medication for patients, so A.W.’s newly acquired pharmaceutical skills were

put to use as the town’s first pharmacist.

As the years passed, the Moose family passed down their passion for health care and pharmacy. A.W.’s son, Hoy, enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and began a legacy there as Whit Moose, Sr., and Whit Moose, Jr., earned their white coats in Chapel Hill as well. Much like his attitude towards his profession, Joe took the road less traveled and found his way to Buies Creek.

A chance encounter with Ronald Maddox at a National Board of Pharmacy meeting had him on his way down to Campbell in no time.

“I remember Dr. Maddox asking me to come see what they had going on at Campbell and I nonchalantly agreed,” said Moose. “When I got home, my parents reminded me that I had told him I would

visit and I needed to honor my word.”

Stepping on campus, Moose was greeted by the three faculty and staff members of Campbell’s School of Pharmacy – Dr. Maddox, Mrs. Betty Wallace, and Dr. Dan Teat. What started as a half-hearted visit turned into an interview, and Moose was convinced to become a member of the charter class of Campbell’s pharmacy program by the time he was headed home.

“We spent that day walking around campus talking about pharmacy and where it was headed,” said Moose. “I liked the fact that Campbell had a PharmD program and I liked that Dean Maddox took time to meet with me personally. By the end of the day, he told me that if I wanted to attend Campbell, there was a seat waiting for me.”

Prescription for Success: Joe’s Advice for the PharmD Class of 2015 Pharmacy and health care is very much in flux right now. We don’t really know what works anymore, but we do know that we bring value to the equation. My first piece of advice would be to tell your story, and tell it to someone other than pharmacists. We have done a great job of establishing how we can reduce the total cost of care and how we can improve health care in general, but we have done a lousy job telling people who aren’t pharmacists that we have

done this.

The second thing would be to remind them they don’t have to take the job that is posted on Monster.com. You have a unique, specific skill set, and you can go out and create your own job. You have value, so look for gaps in health care or needs in health care. Fill those needs because your skill set is very specific but it is extremely broad, too. Create the job that you really want.

cphsalumni.campbell.edu

9

ALUMNI

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY NIGHT

Dirty Dancing Festival - FREE Free screening of the movie outdoors at a park within walking distance Drop-in Social – Overlook Cabin

SATURDAY MORNING

Hot Breakfast for all guests in Main Dining Room Continuing Education Free time Fill your free time with a round of golf, a day at the spa, hiking, zipline tours, lake tours, beach time, or horseback riding

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Free Time Fill your free time with a round of golf, a day at the spa, hiking, zipline tours, lake tours, beach time, or horseback riding

SATURDAY NIGHT

Beach Bonfire & Cookout at Lake Lure

SUNDAY MORNING

Brunch at the Lake Lure Inn For more information and to register, visit our website at www.cphsalumni. campbell.edu or give Leigh a call at 910893-1313.

10

Campbell Comments

Lake Lure, NC August 14-16, 2015 CPHS Alumni Association spring 2015

ALUMNI

Class Notes ANNOUNCEMENTS Dave L. Dixon, PharmD ’06, was elected to the Board of Directors for the Southeast Lipid Association Chapter of the National Lipid Association. He will serve a three year term from 2014 to 2017.

Amanda Leister, PharmD ’13, MSCR ’13, and husband, Charles, welcomed their son, Austin Randolf, on November 8, 2014, weighing 6 pounds, 4, ounces.

Mary Herring Parker, PharmD ’98, was recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy at the 2014 ACCP Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.

BABY CAMELS Rebecca Miller Brady, PharmD ’08, and Philip Brady announce the birth of their son, Jaxon Nathaniel, born on November 25, 2014 and weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces.

Austin Randolf

Emily Parker Jordan, PharmD ’11, MBA ’11, and husband, Andy, welcomed their son, Parker Anderson, into the world on October 6, 2014, weighing 8 pounds, 1 ounce.

Photo by Bennett Scarborough

Jaxon Nathaniel

Parker Anderson

What’s the best thing about our students?

They’re smart AND school-spirited!

Andrew Currin, a MS in Public Health student, won the J. A. Campbell look-alike contest during Founder’s Week.

Two camels walk onto a naval base in Japan…

LT Rob Boyer (right), MSC, USN, PharmD ’13, and Navy Reservist Scott Holuby (left), PharmD ’03, posed for this “mug shot” with their CPHS coffee mugs while stationed in Okinawa, Japan.

Boyer is currently serving as a Navy pharmacist in Japan, while Holuby is based in San Antonio as a clinical pharmacist at San Antonio Military Medical Center. Holuby was sent to Okinawa for three weeks as a relief pharmacist.

cphsalumni.campbell.edu

11

Office of Alumni Relations & Advancement Post Office Box 1090 Buies Creek, North Carolina 27506

Upcoming Alumni Association Events For more information visit www.cphsalumni.campbell.edu or contact 910-893-1313 APRIL 14th Annual Alumni & Friends Golf Classic Pencil in some tee time April 10, 2015 Keith Hills Country Club Buies Creek, NC

AUGUST Alumni Weekend Have the time of your life August 14-16, 2015 Lake Lure Inn & Spa Lake Lure, NC

OCTOBER Homecoming 2015 Mark your calendars for homecoming!

October 24, 2015 Barker-Lane Stadium Buies Creek, NC

Connect. Support. Belong. Join Today.

Find us on Facebook

www.cphsalumni.campbell.edu

facebook.com/CampbellCPHSalumni

Update your contact information

Follow us on Twitter

cphsalumni@cambpell.edu

@CampbellCPHS