PharmCAST

As soon-to-be P1s anxiously wait to begin their first year, we thought it would be a good time to connect with current students who have been in their shoes and ask them to share some guidance and words of wisdom.

Here's what's coming up for PharmCAST!

With recreational marijuana becoming legal in many states and more of the population being exposed to the substance, we wanted to speak with experts here at the College of Pharmacy to get some guidance on how we as healthcare providers should view these recent developments.

In this episode, we have friend of the pod, Dr. Mandana Naderi with us to answer all the questions we have about the vaccination process, how it works, and what this means for the world as we pass the one-year mark of the global pandemic.

Whether you’re applying to pharmacy school, a residency program or your first professional position, chances are you’re going to find yourself in an interview, virtual or otherwise, in the near future. This episode features several guests from the College of Pharmacy who will share their secrets to performing your best during an interview as well as tips for those on the other side of the table asking the questions. We’ve also invited two recent graduates to walk us through their interview experiences and what they’ve learned in their first few years as pharmacy professionals.

From everyone here at PharmCAST, we hope you have a safe holiday and a happy new year! 

On our fourth episode, we’ll be covering provider status from the pharmacy profession’s perspective, addressing what pharmacists and the community need to know about the quest for provider status, while also speaking with experts who will help us demystify collaborative practice agreements and the pharmacy billing system.

To get you into the halloween spirit, we are going to put on our plague masks and talk about some creepy crawly critters that are still used in modern medicine and may even be lurking in an inpatient pharmacy near you.

Our first guest will be Dr. Lourdes Castanon, a trauma and burn surgeon at Banner University Medical Center Tucson who will shed some light on the modern management techniques of complex wounds which sometimes involves dabbling in the arcane. Then we’ll hear what it’s like to work with some unusual pharmacy colleagues from Dr. James Camamo.

In this episode, we'll talk about how a string of murders that happened in and around Chicago in the early 80’s shook the nation and helped to usher in safety measures still in use today.

Welcome to the FIRST EVER episode of PharmCAST presented by the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy. Your guide through the latest in Pharmacy news, practice updates and research breakthroughs. I’m your host Dr. Christopher Edwards, assistant professor and clinical pharmacy specialist in emergency medicine and I’m here with my co-host Ali Bridges, director of communications for the UA College of Pharmacy.

We decided to kick off this show by discussing the topic that is on everyone’s minds these days, SARS-CoV-2 also known as the pathogen that causes COVID-19.

Today on the show we have three guests from the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Dr. Rick Schnellmann, Dean of the college of Pharmacy, will provide us with some insight into the mitigation plans schools are considering for the fall, as well as Dr. Ashley Campbell who will discuss how plans were created at the college level, and then Dr. Mandana Naderi, will stop by to talk with us on the current status of COVID-19 treatment options.