Successfully Completed Medical Terminology Course To satisfy the requirement for a medical terminology course, I enrolled and successfully completed the Allied Health 033 course at West Los Angeles College (enclosed number 3 please find the transcript reflecting my final course grade). The course enabled me to master comprehensive set of medical vocabulary, expanded and reinforced my core medical knowledge, which builds a foundation for success in the pharmacy curriculum. Beginning with Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes and root words, the course improved my understanding of anatomy, as well as the function of the major body systems. I learned to study more efficiently by simply grouping terms and topics into similar categories, a skill which …show more content…
Under the supervision of Dr. Payam Shabboui, PharmD, I worked at Wilshire Le Doux Pharmacy three times a week for six to eight hours each day (enclosed number 4 please find a reference letter from Dr. Shabboui). During my time working in the pharmacy, I shadowed the pharmacist, observed pharmacy procedures, and fielded questions from customers calling about their medications, directing those to the pharmacist. In addition, I filed prescriptions for easy retrieval, completed assigned paperwork, and organized pharmacy inventory, correctly stocked supplies and products on shelves, returned stock medications to the correct shelf and removed expired medications. I became comfortable with pharmacy procedures, drug names, and their uses. The experience gave me a deeper understanding of professionalism, the value of being on time and organized, and enabled me to recognize why these are essential skills in pharmacy practice. I, too, learned to conduct myself professionally, get to work on time and complete tasks in a timely manner. Direct exposure to patients on the phone and in person helped me improve my communication skills and understand how to deal with patients. I am now familiar with many drugs, their uses, and side effects. Overall, the entire experience will be invaluable to my future success in pharmacy …show more content…
Rochelle Mendia, to discuss the recommendations of the Academic Standing Committee and seek further assistance, specifically with study skills and test-taking. Through our meetings, I learned how and when to approach or seek help from professors, valuable time management strategies, and how to conduct myself in any situation, I may be faced with. I learned to be open about my needs, which has strengthened and prepared me for my role as a student, and will guide me to future success. I continued to meet with Ms. Rochelle Mendia to discuss my progress and seek further guidance. I intend on attending at least one Student Success Workshop in fall of 2016 specifically on effective test-taking skills and managing test anxiety. With Ms. Mendia’s advice, I also intend to go to the instructors’ office hours for each course that I am taking at least once every two weeks, with specific questions on subjects I reviewed and set a mutually agreeable time and day to follow-through to avoid rescheduling. With Ms. Mendia’s assistance, I created a “student success action plan” to further help me to organize my studies, manage my time, and ultimately make me a better test-taker (enclosed number 6 please find a copy of my student success action
As a student in SDSU’s pharmacy program one of the activities required to prepare us for real world pharmacy practice would be to shadow a staff pharmacist at the Jackrabbits pharmacy on the SDSU campus. I have had previous work experience in a community pharmacy and there are some unique features which makes Jackrabbits pharmacy stick out.
I pleased to apply to the PharmD program as the program is one area that corresponds to my career dreams. Being part of this program gives one the opportunity to gain an excellent experience in working and collaborating with various health care providers in the ward. But more importantly, it facilitates a practical environment in dealing more closely with patients. Hence, it helps to provide the ultimate health care services to patients. Also, it permits me to carry on gaining different knowledge, skills, and values in addition to those I have already developed during my undergraduate studies. My interest in being a clinical pharmacist was first aroused during my SPEP rotation in the hospital setting where I was really impressed with the role of clinical pharmacists who provide a consistent process of patient care with healthcare teams to maintain the appropriateness, effectiveness and safety of the medication use. Unlike a pharmacist, a clinical pharmacist has a more diversified responsibilities and closeness to direct patient care. Moreover, provides
This is Brent Klemm. I am one of your students in your Basic Medical Terminology class.
“Don’t you worry, I’ll make sure we will get everything sorted out for you,” spoked the pharmacist to an overwhelmed patient. This was my first day shadowing a pharmacist at the UC Davis Medical Center during my winter break from college. I witnessed my shadowing pharmacist patiently consulted this patient on multiple medications, ensuring he followed the instructions with his take home prescriptions before discharging from the hospital. Over the course of this shadowing experience, I observed how pharmacists collaborated with doctors to provide the best pharmaceutical care and helped facilitate smooth discharge process. I was amazed at their extensive knowledge of not just pharmaceutical drugs but also on different disease states, social
Pharmacists have training and expertise in medication therapy as well as patient care capabilities to assess and respond to patients’ health care and drug-related needs. Pharmacists are important members of the health care team. Pharmacists are well accepted by general people as healthcare personnel who provide knowledge about medication to patient (Perepelkin, 2011) but they also acquire knowledge and training to asses and respond to patients’ healthcare and drug related need. So prescribing is a logical extended role of pharmacist. It is assumed that medicine and dentistry professions dominate the prescribing activity but some other health care professionals such as optometrists, podiatrists, midwives, and nurse practitioners have been granted prescribing rights (Sketris, 2009). It is suitable for pharmacist to expand their professional role by adopting prescribing because they have skill and knowledge to initiate, monitor and adjust drug therapy and develop patient-centered care. As a result to an expanded scope of pharmacy practice, pharmacists in several Canadian, American, and British jurisdictions can prescribe medications (Tonna, Stewart & McCaig, 2008).
Professionalism in community pharmacy is necessary to have. The pharmacist dresses professionally, which looks better and helps some people trust you more. Even though there are some patients that are very rude and impatient, the pharmacist must control himself or herself to communicate effectively. Even though there were stressful times during the workday for Mrs. Becks, she remained professional while doing her job. This shadowing experience was a great experience to have. I was able to learn a lot about the profession of pharmacy in the community setting along with make connections to what I am learning in class.
Although abbreviations are an extremely common thing which are used every single day throughout the medical field, it does not mean that they are always a helpful thing. Health care professionals generally use abbreviations during their work days to try to help them do things a bit more quickly so that they are able to move on to the next patient faster. One of the most common problems with using abbreviations is that it can sometimes be very difficult to decipher another person's handwriting. When a doctor or other medical personnel reads a patient's chart they may or may not always be able to understand exactly what another person has tried to abbreviate, either because of their handwriting or they may have accidentally written the abbreviation down wrong. In other cases the abbreviation may have been confused with another similar abbreviation, and that may end up causing a great deal of problems, not only for the patient but for whoever is in charge of dealing with the patient as well. There are quite a few things that can be done to help reduce the errors that abbreviations can cause such as; completely eliminating medical abbreviations, having written policies for the usage of abbreviations, knowing who should use them and when it would be acceptable, and why someone should use them in the medical field.
If I make a mistake in the pharmacy, I take every step possible to remedy that mistake. I educate the patient on the possible adverse effects of our mistake, I inform the provider, I remedy the mistake and log it and the steps that led to the mistake to prevent it from happening again. By learning from our mistakes, we hold ourselves to the ultimate standard of one day working without error. While this goal may be theoretically unachievable, it is what we must strive for as we are working with humans, not just with profit margins. Pharmacy has opened my eyes to what health care is truly all about.
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Taking Health Science class one in my sophomore year of high school, I learn all about the medical background.
INTRODUCTION Medical Terminology is language that accurately describes the human body and associated components, conditions, processes and procedures in a science based manner. Medical terminology didn't start here in the United States. Most medical terms are derived from Greek and Latin roots. Greek, Roman, and Arabic physicians had developed medically useful concepts and associated vocabularies long before the 21st century.
Most days I was able to observe and learn about a different job or task that is completed in the pharmacy. I started out with my preceptor who showed
During my senior year in high school, I started an internship at Walgreens Pharmacy in Brownsville, Texas. This was a unique opportunity for me to find out if I would like to have a career as a pharmacist. So far, not only have I learned about my interest in pharmacy, but I have also learned from Dr. Leonard, one of the pharmacists at Walgreens. Even though I have made many mistakes as a Pharmacy Technician Trainee, Dr. Leonard always motivated me to do better the next time and stay positive. He always has a smile when he is working and looks forward to helping others. As a result of his qualities, Dr. Leonard assists everyone work easier together because there are never arguments. If there is a misunderstanding, Dr. Leonard al...
Like every career, pharmacists have certain qualities and skills. I feel that I fit many qualities of pharmacists, including an attention to detail, communication skills, and science and mathematic skills. I have also been a perfectionist, paying attention to each detail of my work. This is what helped me stay organized throughout high school, and earn a 4.021 cumulative GPA. Pharmacists must be detail-orientated to ensure their patients receive the right dosage, amount, and type of medication. An error in this could harm the patient, therefore breaking the Hippocratic oath. Furthermore, a pharmacist must pay attention to the patient’s other prescriptions and medical history to avoid any negative reactions. Next, I have earned strong customer service and communication skills from my job at Fareway Food Stores. Since I earned this job in May 2012, I have made it one of my goals to assist and brighten the day of my customers. As a pharmacist, I would need strong communication skills with my patients to fit them with the best prescription possible. Additionally, I would counsel them on the directions of their mediation, any potential side affects, and how to add new medications into their lifestyle with the least amount of stress. Apart from my patients, I would have to communicate my with pharmacy technicians and any interns I may have, as well as insurance companies. Lastly, I feel I have natural abilities in science and mathematics. I