Public Service
Travis Myers, P4, center, talks with Vanderbilt medical students about a patient at the Shade Tree Clinic Pharmacy.
From left: Bethany Leachman, P3; Tien Ngo, P3 and Daniel Teberg, P2
Above, from left: Daniel Teberg, P2, confers with Vanderbilt University medical students Jonathan Dallas, M1, and Tony Qui, M4.
Dr. James Wheeler counsels a patient at the Shade Tree Clinic Pharmacy.
A student’s point of view Sara Fletcher, P3, serves as the pharmacy student coordinator for the clinic. She says, “My involvement with the Shade Tree Clinic has absolutely been beneficial. The greatest benefit has been the opportunity to be part of an interprofessional team. At Shade Tree, we have the chance to work with medical students, nursing students, student translators, physical therapists, and social workers, to name a few. It is also extremely rewarding to provide care to patients in our community, and exciting to begin putting my pharmacy school knowledge to practical use. My time at Shade Tree has highlighted the impact pharmacists can make as part of the health care team. Even as a student pharmacist, I have helped optimize medication therapy and promoted medication adherence and safety for my patients. I hope to foster the collaboration between our student pharmacists and the Shade Tree clinic, so current and future UTSC COP students here in Nashville may have the Shade Tree experience for years to come.”
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