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Personalis Regis University School of Pharmacy Newsletter
Summer 2015
Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is time to celebrate the graduation of the Class of 2015, the third to leave our classrooms and laboratories as Regis Pharmacists. As did the two classes before, this class enters practice as skillful, knowledgeable and principled professionals eager to use the education and values developed while at Regis to care for their patients. The Class of 2015 will be practicing in many different settings. Approximately 70% have accepted positions in community practice; about 8% in hospital practice; and 19% have accepted residencies. Those participating in the ASHP residency matching program outshone their peers by matching at a 75% rate, more than 10% over the national average. Regis graduates matched at residencies across the country: from Oregon to New York and from the Mayo Clinic to Johns Hopkins. We are very proud of all of our graduates as they show their commitment to their patients and to a value-based practice. Later in this issue you will find the student award and scholarship winners who received their recognition at our April Awards Ceremony held in the St. John Francis Regis Chapel. Students from all classes were recognized for excellence in the classroom, practice and service as well as for showing potential to be leaders in their profession. I want to thank all scholarship and award sponsors for their support of our students and our school. Recognizing excellence and financially supporting students’ education are critical elements in building our program and its reputation for producing skillful, knowledgeable and principled professionals. I would like to conclude with a quote from one of our community preceptors, Ryan Telford, speaking of the Regis students he has interacted with in his practice: “... in the two years that we have run this program, your students stand out from their peers in both in the interview process and in their performance in the program. Overall, they come with more polished communication skills, more comfortable in new settings, more prepared to contribute as members of a team and they bring more tangible leadership experiences with them to lean on as they continue laying the groundwork for their careers. I interview and work with a large number of interns and pharmacists and it certainly appears to me that Regis is focused on graduating professionals not just pharmacy school graduates. We appreciate having Regis as part of the Colorado pharmacy community.”
Rodney A. Carter, Pharm.D.
Dean, Regis University School of Pharmacy, P.S. I just received notification from ACPE of their Board’s review of our accreditation status. Thanks to your hard work, diligence and commitment to the program we received full accreditation for the maximum 4 year period!
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Executive Editor: Rodney A. Carter, Pharm.D. Dean, School of Pharmacy Regis University 303-625-1300
Editor: Miki Goldwire, PharmD, MSc, BS, BCPS Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice mgoldwir@regis.edu Student Editor: Elizabeth Khuong, Class of 2017 Photographers: Carl Buhay, Class of 2016 and University staff