RX Counter

RX Counter

By University of Iowa College of PharmacyEducation
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RX Counter episodes

  • RX Counter Creators
    P3 Students Matthew Yeates, Aaron McDonough, and Meredith Lumberg had the idea of starting the RX Counter Podcast to spread information and leadership opportunities to students and pharmacists who couldn't attend the live discussion.
    22 min
  • A Fraud Pharmacist
    Kari Starbeck, a first-year pharmacy student presents the article "A Fake Pharmacist, 745,000 Prescriptions and a $7.5 Million Settlement" by Mihir Zaveri to the counter.
    22 min
  • Combat Vaping
    Emily Steimel, a first year student pharmacist, presents the article "Teen e-cig use is epidemic, while many adults vape to quit smoking" by Cara Young at the counter. We discuss the vaping epidemic and what we can do as student pharmacists and pharmacists to help people realize the issues surrounding e-cigarette use.
    22 min
  • Meet Pharmacy's GRPOOBA
    The Grand Poobah from Phi Delta Chi himself, Ralph Saroyan, joins us at the counter today. He answers many questions through his stories and experiences that he obtained over his time being a national leader and current mentor to others. Anyone can take his lessons to heart no matter what organizations you may belong to.
    39 min
  • Policy For Pharmacy
    Areeb Nagamiyan, a third year student pharmacist at Drake University, meets us at the counter today to talk policy. We help make policy and the rules pharmacists have to follow less ambiguous.
    16 min
  • Advocacy For Dummies
    Advocacy. What is it? Why is it important?
    A group of third year student pharmacists came together to discuss their experience with advocating for the pharmacy profession. You'll hear tips that these students used to go from wall-flowers to stellar advocates.
    29 min
  • Flavors of the Pharmacist
    Aaron McDonough brought The New York Times article "The Unsung Role of the Pharmacist in Patient Health" by Aaron E. Carroll to the counter. Students discuss the wide variety of value pharmacists can bring to the patient and the healthcare system.
    NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/upshot/pharmacists-drugs-health-unsung-role.html
    21 min

About RX Counter

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At The Rx Counter we provide student insight into the pharmacy profession. This podcast, produced by student pharmacists at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, is a place for discussion and opinion sharing about topics regarding the pharmacy profession and how it fits into the healthcare system.