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Advertiser’s Index

President’s Perspective Executive Director’s Viewpoint From the Editor New Practitioner Corner Rosalind Franklin University Midwestern University SIUE School of Pharmacy St. Louis College of Pharmacy

7 Alliance for Patient Medication Safety 8 Pharmacists Mutual Companies 25 HD Smith 26 Lindsay Law 26 PAAS 26 PTCB 28 PACE

Featured This Issue 16 Legislative Day Highlights

IPhA Executive Committee Chairman of the Board Cindy Mende Russell, RPh caamende@yahoo.com

Executive Director Garth Reynolds, RPh greynolds@ipha.org

President Eric Bandy, RPh eric@bandys.biz

Accounting Manager Erica Burris ericab@ipha.org Member Services Manager Kimberly Condon kimc@ipha.org

President Elect Ben Calcaterra, RPh ky_bjc@yahoo.com

Administrative Assistant Sandra Dial sandrad@ipha.org

Vice President Laura Licari, PharmD llicari@hotmail.com Secretary Jessica Kerr, PharmD, CDE jekerr@siue.edu Treasurer David Mikus, RPh davetravel1@aol.com

MISSION STATEMENT: The Illinois Pharmacists Association is dedicated to enhancing the professional competency of pharmacists, advancing the standards of pharmacy practice, improving pharmacists’ effectiveness in assuring rational drug use in society, and leading in the resolution of public policy issues affecting pharmacists.

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Director of Government Affairs J Michael Patton mpatton@ipha.org Director of Clinical Programs Starlin Haydon-Greatting, RPh starlin@ipha.org Clinical Program Assistant Denise MacKenzie, PharmD denisem@ipha.org

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President’s Perspective

It is time for PBM regulation!!!

As we get ready for IPhA Legislation Day, I want to reiterate how important it is for the pharmacy profession to support with all their capabilities the PBM legislation we are introducing. PBM’s continues to take away and destruct the pharmacy profession with overbearing mandates, below cost reimbursements and unrealistic audits. Pharmacists must push their legislators to join with this legislation to protect the future of pharmacy!

I am going to give you an example of PBM’s and their overbearing power. About 2 weeks ago I was called by my Access Health representative (Access Health is a PSAO which works with PBM’s on behalf of independent pharmacies so that they do not have to negotiate with each PBM on their own) and was given a “warning” from one of our largest PBM’s. Our pharmacy had a prescription that the PBM was reimbursing $800 below our cost for the prescription. We were working through Access Health to try and correct the problem, but the PBM would not respond. The patient said she would call and try to help us get a response. The PBM instructed Access Health to call and give a “warning” that if we had another “financial discussion” with a patient that they would pull our contract with them. They also stated that if we refused to fill any prescription we had in stock that they would pull the contract. What part of this scenario would be considered fair in any business?

There is no business that should be put under that type of demand.

IPhA President Eric Bandy, RPh

It is time for PBM regulation!!! All pharmacists must unite to call legislators to pass this legislation.

Please consider spending whatever time, money and support to help push this legislation forward to protect the future of pharmacy.

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Executive Director’s Viewpoint

IPhA Executive Director

Quality is Improvement and Improvement is Safety

Garth Reynolds, RPh As the spring session of the General Assembly continues to roll along and we wait on developments in the budget crisis, we have been examining a recent piece of legislation, SB3336 and HB6180, which could have a major impact on your practice.

In short, the legislation would: • Require that pharmacies establish and maintain a quality assurance program aimed to identify and prevent dispensing errors.

• Establishes what would be required in a written record for the quality assurance program and how the records shall be maintained.

• Protects these reports and other documents from discovery from arbitration, civil and criminal proceedings.

• Would allow access to the reports and other documents by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

This legislation does have much merit in stating that pharmacies should have a quality assurance program. Pharmacies should be doing

everything within their means to identify and prevent dispensing errors.

But at the same time, this process needs to be able to be protected (some anonymously) to ensure proper, accurate, and timely reporting; so that errors can be addressed and assessed. This specific point is why IPhA is against SB3336, in its current form. It would allow DFPR access to the records for the quality assurance program and related documents concerning the dispensing errors, not currently accessed through the Pharmacy Practice Act. IPhA has long opposed mandatory reporting of dispensing errors. It is our position that opening these records to the Department would erect barriers to quality improvement and accurate reporting. Pharmacists would not feel protected to report dispensing errors under this legislation. Also, the current legislation does not set criteria upon when and how (often) the Department would be access to these records.

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the protections and analysis that a patient safety organization provides.

As healthcare providers, pharmacists are the last and final step in ensuring the safe delivery and dispensing of medication and education to our patients. We are also responsible for ensuring that the dispensing process and/or operational policies do not interfere or create situations that may endanger a patient’s safety. This is why the process is continual and must be allowed to remain secure without creating an environment that would erode the foundation of safety or prevent a pharmacist to intervene in the protection of the patient.

IPhA House of Delegates have established the following policies related to this topic.

Mandatory Reporting of Dispensing Errors for the Illinois State Board of Pharmacy – 1999 IPhA is opposed to legislation and/ or rules that pharmacists and or pharmacies be mandated to report or document dispensing errors for review by the Board of Pharmacy and/or the State Pharmacy inspectors.

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Executive Director’s Viewpoint Pharmaceutical Care – 1993, 1998, 1999

Patient Safety and Prescription Error Reduction – 2005

The Illinois Pharmacists Association endorses the concept of pharmacists providing pharmaceutical care, as defined in the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 (as amended), and being compensated for their cognitive services. 1993

IPhA supports ensuring the patients safety and reducing all errors throughout all components of: the pharmacy environment, pharmacistpatient services, and dispensing process.

b. The Illinois Pharmacists Association recognizes the right of its members covered by collective bargaining to negotiate with their respective employers for working conditions that would foster compliance with the standards of the Pharmaceutical Care as established by the profession. 1998 The Illinois Pharmacists Association recognizes that maximizing patient outcomes is the paramount mission of Pharmaceutical Care. To endeavor such mission achievements, IPhA endorses utilization of technical support, including technicians and automated systems, providing that such support by coordinated, monitored and authorized by a pharmacist throughout all phases of an integrated Pharmaceutical Care System. 1998 d. IPhA supports the practice of pharmacy only in settings where workloads minimize medication errors and maximize pharmaceutical care to protect the public health and safety.

1999 Distractions occurring in Pharmacy Practice – 2003 IPhA supports that pharmacists use professional judgement and strive to involve themselves exclusively in those activities relevant to rational medication use and that pharmacists not be required to engage in activities that can lead to disruptions in pharmaceutical care provisions or risk commission of errors.

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IPhA encourages all pharmacies in the State of Illinois to continually create and review all patient safety programs to reduce all errors.

IPhA recognizes as an excellent foundation to ensuring patient safety: the works of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Pharmacy Associations (National, State, and Local), and the efforts of all State Boards of the Pharmacy, including North Carolina with their work on Item 935.

Settings of Quotas – 2012 IPhA opposes the setting of quotas, minimum numbers of prescriptions to fill per shift, number of immunizations per shift, or any other services provided by a pharmacist.

A pharmacist should be able to use their professional judgment and take as much time as needed in order to perform their job in a safe and effective manner for their patients.

Restrictions of Pharmacy Operations

by Third Party Payers – 2012 IPhA opposes any and all restrictions that are imposed upon pharmacies by a third party payer that will negatively affect patient care by setting standards or regulating policies, procedures and operations of the pharmacy including but not limited to: hours of operations, percentage of prescription dispensed and/or delivered, and the preparation of prescriptions.

and Illinois Pharmacy in: • Encouraging pharmacies to establish quality assurance programs and participation in patient safety organizations.

• Encourage pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and student pharmacists to report dispensing errors, so that proper action and analysis occurs.

• Encourage pharmacies to examine their practice environment and workflow to determine weaknesses that could promote errors and correct them.

• Ensure that operational policies and procedures do not create opportunities for dispensing errors to occur.

• Provide education and continual training of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and student pharmacists on dispensing errors prevention and report.

IPhA is committed to working with the Department and other stakeholders towards an amenable solution that promotes and ensures patient safety and protects pharmacists and pharmacies.

If you or your pharmacy is interested in knowing more about establishing a quality assurance programs and participating in a patient safety organization, such as the Alliance for Patient Medication Safety, please contact the IPhA Office – 217/5227300 for further information or at medicationsafety.org.

Editor’s Note: Since the initial submission of this article, IPhA, IRMA, ICHP, and Walgreens were able to successfully negotiate a compromise on SB3336 with the Department that supports IPhA policy and position on patient safety and error reporting.

The above policies have guided IPhA

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From The Editor

You REALLY Want To Be A Healthcare Professional?

IPhA Editor Jeffery Ellis, RPh I think I have finally figured

out when pharmacy went “officially” downhill. It was the day the drive-up window became accepted and expected. (An aside: everyone else at work calls it a “drive-thru” window. I am the only one who calls it a “drive-up” window. I think it has to do with the A&W drive-up I was familiar with growing up. That and my age.) The drive-up (thru) window confirms the impression we are no different from any other drive-up business such as fast food or banks.

You and I know they are very different businesses, and we can talk about it among ourselves and with patients until we are “blue in the face” but having that window substantiates the impression we are just distributing a product, not offering a service. And that impression is correct; through that window we are just dispensing medicine. There is not much counseling happening no matter what our intention is or how hard

we try (and we try very hard). Why do medical doctors have no driveup’s? If you endeavored to design a format intended to avoid talking to a patient about their medication, it would be hard to improve upon that drive-up window. Not to mention the fact most (not all) of those drive-up customers need desperately to get out of their cars.

“My opinion: the day chains take out that window is the day community pharmacists are really established as healthcare professionals.”

If we really cared about our patient’s health we would add walking to the pharmacy counter to their exercise regimen! It possibly could be the only exercise some of my patients get. (That was a snarky comment, even for me. I withdraw it.)

I understand why it is commercially impossible to remove that blasted window. Your competitors and the media would rip you apart.

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And there is a segment of the population for who the drive-up window is a genuine lifesaver.

The invalid and the young mother with multiple children in car seats are two that spring to mind. And with independents numbers decreasing, delivery is becoming a thing of the past. Free delivery is unsustainable anyway with these profit margins. Call a taxi to deliver your medications to see what it really costs.

Got off topic there.

My solution; put the pharmacy in the front of the store and remove that window. Then I can run it to the curb if I have to and discuss it with the patient faceto-face, which is the only kind of counseling that works. My opinion: the day chains take out that window is the day Community Pharmacists are really established as healthcare professionals.

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New Practitioner Corner

Your First Job May Not be Your Last Job in Pharmacy

by Emily Wetherholt, PharmD

What was your dream career when you were eight years old?

Was it the same when you were 18? Is it even the same now? I know mine aren’t. If I stuck to my astronomer aspirations I had through undergrad you would not be reading this article in Illinois Pharmacist. Aspirations can change as we grow older and so should our career goals.

Pharmacy is an evolving profession and you can evolve too. Sometimes these can be small changes like moving up the corporate ladder or moving to a new pharmacy location. Other times you change directions entirely, flipping from the community side to ambulatory care.

The Illinois Pharmacists Association and the New Practitioner Network has all the tools you need to meet career goals that you may not even know you have yet.

After spending four years completing professional level course work, spending a year or two

doing a residency, then ultimately landing that first pharmacy job, the absolute LAST thing on your mind is thinking about the search for a second job. You worked hard to get here, but sometimes a new direction can get you more professionally satisfied or yield a better work/ life balance. There is no way to get through pharmacy school without realizing that the face of pharmacy is changing and you must change along with it. Yes, the thought of change can be scary but it is not always a bad thing and with practice can keep you relevant in the whole of your career.

Thinking about possible future jobs is not the same as jumping to a new one or even applying for anything at all. It does involve looking at where you want to be and what credentials you need to get yourself there.

Maybe it is a board certification in pharmacotherapy or ambulatory care pharmacy from the Board of Pharmacy Specialties. It can even be an APhA certificate in diabetes,

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cardiovascular or immunizations.

Whatever your goals may be in the changing world of pharmacy, the New Practitioner Network has many other pharmacists asking the same questions about their longterm goals. As a network, we hope to provide all New Practitioners the experience and support needed for everyone to lead a successful and happy career in pharmacy.

If you would like to learn more about the New Practitioners Network, please reach out to your local Regional Director or Kristen Komaiko (Pharmdtt1@gmail.com).

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Rosalind Franklin Students Win the ASHP Clinical Skills Competition!

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science students William Alegria and Haley Spaulding won the 2015 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Clinical Skills Competition (CSC)!

Will and Haley, both Class of 2016, were one of 129 student teams that competed in the annual competition, which involves the assessment, presentation, and discussion of a complex patient case.

The competition was held at ASHP’s annual meeting in December in New Orleans. Pharmacy schools and colleges can put forth one student team per year, and the team was selected to represent RFU at the national level after winning the College of Pharmacy’s local CSC in fall, 2015.

Haley Spaulding and William Alegria accept their first-place award from ASHP President John Armitstead and ASHP Foundation Vice President Barbara Nussbaum.

medicine and other health professions provide care, free of charge, to Lake County’s uninsured.

The CSC victory is a crowning achievement for the Alegria-Spaulding duo after years of personal academic excellence and co-curricular successes. Will was named a Franklin Fellow at RFU, which involved the creation and implementation of an interprofessional service project in Lake County. Haley was named an AACP Walmart Scholar. Other highlights include their shared contributions to RFU’s student-run Interprofessional Community Clinic, where students from the University’s colleges of pharmacy, podiatry,

RFU’s commitment to interprofessional education and team-based care make the team’s victory all the more sweet. “This success reflects their excellent work as students in the College,” said Marc S. Abel, PhD, Dean of the College of Pharmacy. “It is also a testament to the program and the quality faculty and staff in the college, who dedicate themselves every day to the education and training of outstanding pharmacists.”

UIC Professor Given Service Award from Kappa Psi

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UIC College of Pharmacy Advocate Dean of Professional Development Dr. Nicholas G. Popovich was honored for his years of service to the Kappa Psi Fraternity. During the Chi Chapter and Illinois Graduate Chapter’s Founder’s Day celebration, Popovich was awarded the Preston W. Eldridge, Jr. Order of the Golden Mortar award for his 50 years of service to the Fraternity and the professoin of Pharmacy.

Dr. Popovich is the first recipient of this prestigious award at the UIC College of Pharmacy.

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Midwestern University

Midwestern University Embraces One Health Philosophy There are also several elective courses that emphasize One Health. Introduction to Veterinary Pharmacy introduces students to issues associated with the provision of veterinary-focused pharmacy services and the management and prevention of common diseases found in pets.

Midwestern University has a long-standing commitment to interprofessional education. In an effort to expand that commitment, the University adopted the principles of One Health. Simply put, One Health recognizes the connection between human, animal, and environmental health. The University’s One Health initiative promotes collaboration between faculty and students in osteopathic medicine, dental medicine, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, physical therapy, optometry etc., and research scientists in research, teaching, and service.

Chicago College of Pharmacy integrates One Health in its curriculum in a number of ways. In the required Pharmacotherapeutics courses, faculty discuss insect, plant, and environmental causes of various diseases, as well as proper drug disposal.

All students at Midwestern University may enroll in Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in the Environment, which informs students on how the improper disposal of medications and personal care products can have negative consequences on other species and the environment. The Development of Newly Approved Drug Therapies course is also available to all students at the University. This course teaches students about new therapies for both animals and humans, and also discusses how new drug discoveries may come from plants, animals, and sea life.

One Health is also evident in the College’s research projects. For example, pharmacy faculty are working with colleagues in the basic sciences on studies on dog pneumonia and infections in baby elephants.

Midwestern University expects the new One Health philosophy to inspire students, faculty, and staff to work collaboratively on understanding the interconnection between animal, human, and environmental health. This in turn, will positively impact the patients we serve.

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The last two months at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SIUE SOP) have been very busy. Our faculty have excelled in scholarship and learning. Faculty members Min Liu and Lakesha Butler co-authored the textbook “Patient Communication for Pharmacy: A Case-Study Approach on Theory and Practice.”

The book was officially published Friday, Dec.18, 2015 by Jones and Bartlett Learning (www.jblearning. com). Dr. Mark Ruscin received a two-year grant valued at $329,862 for “Community-based VTE Care Transitions Coordinated through a Senior Services Organization.” The grant is a collaboration between Pfizer Independent Grants for Learning & Change (IGLC) and Bristol-Meyers Squibb Independent Medical Education, who are providing all project funding, and The Joint Commission, who will provide administrative oversight for the program. The SIUE School of Pharmacy and Senior Services Plus, based in Alton, will work closely to improve the safety and effectiveness of medication use during care transitions from hospital to home for older adults treated for venous thromboembolism (VTE). The SIU School of Medicine’s Center for Clinical Research is also a collaborator on the project.

December is a difficult month for mental illness as individuals may struggle with depression and family strife during the holiday season, while college students across the country attempt to manage the stress and anxiety

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appointed to the Oncology Specialty Council for 2016-2018 by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS).

Michael Johnson received in commission from Sgt. Kevin Alvarado of the U.S. Air Force on December 16, 2015.

of fall semester final exams. Dr. Kelly Gable of the SIUE SOP is committed to empowering students with steadfast safety and support.

In collaboration with the School of Nursing and SIUE Counseling Services, she received a Campus Suicide Prevention Grant through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) valued at $299,442. The SIUE iCARE suicide prevention initiative is an aggressive, multitiered approach to increase awareness and education on recognition of at-risk behaviors of students in crisis, improve campus policies and procedures for assisting these students, and reduce negative stigmas of counseling and helpseeking.

Other faculty accolades include Lakesha Butler, PharmD, clinical associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, and her husband being featured by St. Louis radio station Old School 95.5 FM as people who are “Making Black History in St. Louis.” Also, Terri Poirier, PharmD, has been

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The SIUE SOP is pleased to be introducing a master’s program in pharmaceutical sciences to begin fall 2016. The SOP is the only school in Illinois and the metro St. Louis area to offer this degree. Students of the new program may choose a concentration in the areas of medicinal chemistry, pharmacology and pharmaceutics. Through this new offering, students will have the tools necessary to pursue careers in pharmaceutical sciences research engaging in the discovery and development of new drugs, or to pursue PhDs in health sciences, medical and drug discovery research. Additionally, students will be prepared for other non-research, but science- and technologyrelated positions relevant to the pharmaceutical industry.

We are proud of SIUE SOP student Michael Johnson, of Pittsfield, who raised his right hand and took the U.S. Air Force’s oath of office in December 2015, affirming his official appointment as a second lieutenant. Johnson is one of 10 pharmacy students nationwide to receive a coveted Health Professions Scholarship from the U.S. Air Force this year. Upon his graduation from SIUE in May and completion of his boards, Johnson will undergo Commissioned Officer Training (COT) and will be an active duty officer, working as a clinical pharmacist with the Air Force.

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5. Proclaim Your Professionalism

REASONS TO JOIN

Adding your name to the ranks of your colleagues who currently are members declares your pride in the profession you have chosen. Support IPhA’s advocacy efforts as we work with policy makers to implement health care reform legislation and as we continue to advocate for legislation and regulations that positively impact the profession. Join us in efforts to promote the important role of pharmacists on the health care team.

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6. See It All

1. Strengthen Your Career IPhA members enjoy educational opportunities designed to increase knowledge and keep up with the latest information. Members also receive a discount on titles available in the IPhA Bookstore, as well as access to the Online Career Center.

IPhA is the only statewide pharmacy organization that represents all pharmacists in all practice settings – you can learn about all the opportunities available within pharmacy and gain insights from pharmacists representing a variety of practice settings.

2. Advance Patient Care

7. Reach Out to Your Community

The more you learn about drug and treatment updates through our publication, Illinois Pharmacists, as well as electronically through the EIE (E-Info Exchange), the better equipped you are to help your patients. IPhA is also a licensed partner to provide the following certificate programs:

IPhA recognizes an array of local and cultural organizations that provide an opportunity for you to network within your own community.

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Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services

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As well as the advanced pharmacy training program: Pharmacy-Based Travel Health Services

3. Network with Others in Your Field IPhA members are invited to join their colleagues at the IPhA Annual Meeting. Meet members with similar professional interests online through IPhA’s networking sites on Twitter, Facebook, and www.ipha.org. Members are encouraged to join e-Communities and Special Interest Groups.

Pharmacy professionals can also meet and engage with other professionals by attending Local Pharmacy Association Events.

8. Develop Your Leadership Skills Participate as an active leader in a variety of workshops, training series, and volunteer leadership positions that will develop your skills as you give back to your profession.

9. Receive Scholarships and Awards IPhA has a distinguished awards and scholarship program recognizing members for involvement in the Association, for leadership, academic success and grassroots advocacy. The IPhA Foundation supports members through awards and scholarship programs. In 2015, IPhA is adding two new awards: IPhA Educator of the Year and Generation-Rx, sponsored by Cardinal.

10. Gain the Competitive Edge 4. Advocate for Your Profession By joining IPhA, you are supporting the only organization the represents the unified voice of all pharmacists. During the past year, IPhA’s work on health care legislation and regulation increased policy makers’ awareness of the pharmacist’s role in combating the medication use crisis. IPhA continues to work to affect policy on your behalf. The Legislative Report keeps you up-to-date with current bills that IPhA is tracking that have potential to affect your practice!

IPhA gives you exclusive access to unique experiences, career information, and resources designed to meet your needs and provide support as you advance in your career.

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Harris-Stowe State University and St. Louis College of Pharmacy Launch New Dual Degree Program St. Louis, MO (Feb. 17, 2016) – Harris-Stowe State University (HSSU) and St. Louis College of Pharmacy (the College) announce the formation of a new program to provide educational opportunities for students in the field of pharmacy. The dual degree program will allow students to pursue a Doctor of Pharmacy degree in a 3+4 format. Students will complete three years of study in the Biology/Pre-Pharmacy track at Harris-Stowe and in their fourth year, they will begin work on their Doctor of Pharmacy at the College. The institutions celebrated the agreement in a formal signing ceremony today in the new Academic and Research Building on the St. Louis College of Pharmacy campus.

“This partnership with St. Louis College of Pharmacy will allow our students the chance to enter an exciting health care career with tremendous employment potential,” said Dr. Dwaun J. Warmack, president, Harris-Stowe State University. “Today’s students realize that pharmacists work alongside physicians on health care teams and play a vital role in improving their patients’ overall health and wellbeing.”

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Americans are expected to seek health services due to the aging population, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment in health care occupations is projected to grow 19 percent between 2014 and 2024.

In the recently released report: “African Americans: College Majors and Earnings,” African Americans who chose pharmacy careers with a bachelor’s level degree saw the highest median annual earnings, at around $84,000. Earning potential is even higher with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree: according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the 2014 median salary for pharmacists was $120,950.

“We take a lot of pride in making St. Louis College of Pharmacy a supportive and enriching environment for growth,” says Dr. John A. Pieper, president, St. Louis College of Pharmacy. “To live that mission, we are always looking to create as many opportunities as possible for students interested in pursuing a rewarding career as a pharmacist.”

According to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, of the total number of students enrolled in first professional degree programs for fall 2014, 61.4 percent were

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women and 12.4 percent were underrepresented minority students. Administrators at HSSU and the College recognize this collaboration as an inventive and necessary opportunity for the institutions to increase the number of underrepresented students in this field.

Dr. Dwaun Warmack, president of Harris-Stowe and Dr. John A. Pieper, president, St. Louis College of Pharmacy signed the agreement surrounded by faculty, staff and Harris-Stowe students interested in the program. Representing HSSU were Dr. Dwyane Smith, provost and vice president for academic affairs, Dr. Michelle McClure, associate provost, Dr. Jon Corbett, chair for the Department of Mathematics and Natural Science, Dr. Jana Marcette, assistant professor of biology, Dr. Sandra Leal, assistant professor of biology, and Dr. Tommie Turner, director of the Math and Science Academy.

Also representing the College was Dr. Bruce Canaday, dean of the School of Pharmacy, and Dr. Brenda Gleason, associate dean for academic affairs.

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courses by the end of their junior year. The student must also hold a cumulative GPA of at least 2.7, hold no individual course grades below a C- in prerequisite courses, successfully complete an in-person interview and writing assessment, and taken the Pharmacy College Admission Test.

These requirements are the same as any student applying to transfer into the College’s professional program. Students who successfully complete four years of study in the dual-degree program will earn a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a Pre-Pharmacy minor from HSSU. They will earn a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the College after completing the remaining professional program coursework and progression requirements.

Coursework in the first three years of the program will primarily be held on the HSSU campus. In their sophomore year, students will take eight credit hours of organic chemistry on the College’s campus.

In their junior year, they will take four credit hours of physics and three credit hours of health care communications on the College’s campus. HSSU students will be eligible to enter the program as early as this fall.

About Harris-Stowe State University Harris-Stowe State University (HSSU), located in midtown St. Louis, is a fully accredited four-year institution that offers 31 majors, minors and certificate programs in education, business and arts & sciences. In 2014, HSSU ranked No. 1 in the state of Missouri and No. 47 in the nation in granting degrees in mathematics and statistics to African Americans according to

Missouri Department of Higher Education and Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, a news magazine that has ranked institutions conferring the most degrees to minority students for the past 30 years. Harris-Stowe also ranked No. 28 among the 2016 Top HBCUs in the country according to Niche, an online content provider of reviews and insight on more than 1,100 colleges nationwide. The University, which has origins dating back to 1857, offers the most affordable bachelor’s degree in the state of Missouri.

About St. Louis College of Pharmacy For more than 150 years, St. Louis College of Pharmacy has been committed to educating the best pharmacists in the United States.

The region’s only independent college of pharmacy, St. Louis College of Pharmacy is the third oldest continuously operating and 10th largest college of pharmacy in America. The student body is comprised of nearly 1,400 students from 32 states and 10 countries. The College admits students directly from high school and accepts transfer students and graduates from other colleges and universities in the sophomore and junior years of the undergraduate program and the first year of the professional program. Students earn a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) with an integrated Bachelor of Science degree in a seven-year curriculum.

An education at the College opens up the world to graduates for a career in a wide range of practice settings. Graduates have a 100 percent job placement rate. The campus is transforming to better fit the needs of students, faculty, and staff. This summer, a new six-story, ILLINOIS PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION

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