American Society of Consultant Pharmacists-Pitt Student Chapter

happy valentine’s day from Pitt ASCP! this year, we celebrated by sending some love to the 120 residents of Manor Care nursing home in Shadyside and reminded them someone is thinking of them and loves them even though we can’t visit. don’t forget to reach out to the older adults in your life!💘

shoutout to VP and Secretary Danielle for their hard work💘

Happy holidays from Pitt ASCP! Thanks to the leadership of our wonderful advisor, Dr. Ruby, our chapter donated lotions, body washes, soaps, and other self care products and Christmas cards to our local longterm care facility. Remember to reach out to the older adults in your life who may be feeling lonely this (quarantined) holiday season🎄⛄️🕎🧼🧴

Check out our awesome students in this week’s Student Chapter Spotlight from ASCP Nationals!

For this week’s Student Chapter Spotlight we are recognizing the ASCP student chapter at the University of Pittsburgh ()! They had a fall semester filled with engaging events and they worked with several other organizations. They collaborated with Pitt SNPhA for the 4th Annual MLK Day Health Fair at a retirement community, held a geriatric pharmacy residency panel, and they collaborated with CPNP to host a discussion about the challenges of Alzheimer’s disease from a pharmacist’s perspective. These are wonderful ways to connect with older adults, other organizations, and engage student pharmacists. Congrats on a fun and highly productive semester!

ASCP is hosting a live webinar tomorrow regarding COVID-19

Hear from the health professionals caring for some of the nursing facilities already hit hard by the coronavirus in our LIVE webinar tomorrow, March 13 at 12pm ET. Visit http://ow.ly/61w750yKlPh or http://ow.ly/Bzb750yKlPk to watch!

Here’s a nice feature from Pitt Pharmacy about our chapter’s recent health fair!

PittPharmacy Students Provide Community Service – ePittPharmacy PittPharmacy’s ASCP chapter held the 4th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Health Fair at the Oakmont Retirement Community. Students worked in collaboration with PittPharmacy’s SNPhA organization to speak with many residents about various topics such as stroke prevention, cold and flu, chronic ...

Shoutout to everyone who came to our Fidget Blanket Party last week!! Pharmacy students let their creative skills shine to create several fidget blankets! These blankets will be donated to patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia, to serve as sensory therapy.

Studies have shown that use of fidget blankets as sensory therapy during behavioral outbursts can decrease the use of psychotropic medications in the nursing home setting!!

Today was one of our favorite events of the year - our MLK Day Health Fair in collaboration with !! We had an amazing turnout from Pitt Pharmacy students and undergraduates, and we interacted with over 90 residents from Longwood at Oakmont retirement community! ASCP

Great article by NYT bringing some attention to the important work of ASCP and senior care pharmacists!

The Hidden Drug Epidemic Among Older People People in their 60s take an average of 15 prescription drugs a year. Combined with over-the-counter products, they may do more harm than good.

Our members had a wonderful time presenting at the ASCP National Conference earlier this month!

PharmD Students Present at American Society of Consultant Pharmacists – ePittPharmacy PittPharmacy students Ann Herbster, Diana Mansour, and Tristan Tyger presented their work during the Robert J. Miller Research and Education Poster Session at the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists 2019 Annual Meeting in Grapevine, Texas on November 7-10th 2019.

Our Dean’s Theme Chair, Emily, put on an awesome tabling event this weekend in partnership with the collaborative! Students educated patients at the Southside Giant Eagle Pharmacy about drug safety in older adults. @ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania