Campus Conference

While being a member of IPA and APhA-ASP I have attended several state and national pharmacy events and meetings. I have gained so much insight while attending these and always feel that I need to tell everyone what I have learned. This year after attending the APhA-ASP Midyear Regional Meeting in Omaha, NE I decided I wanted to bring the student programming to campus. Hopefully by doing this I would be able to give students a small introduction to what state and national meetings offer. I know that getting more students to attend these conferences would make a huge impact for the students and Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

So in order to try to get more excitement for these meetings I held a “Campus Conference”. At the APhA-ASP Midyear Regional Meeting I realized all of the speakers and round tables I attended were all topics that could be covered by our awesome faculty and students! Therefore, I asked for help from them to help plan this professional event. Topics that we covered included: Exploring Leadership, Patient Care in the Community, Navigating Post Graduate Opportunities, Delta Rx Internships, Preparing for the Future in Pharmacy, Pharmacy Policy & Advocacy Debate, and Rotations Expectations.

We had 115 students register to attend the Campus Conference. It was held in the Cline Pharmacy building on a Saturday. Now that students have attended this Campus Conference I am hoping they see that this is just a small part of the pharmacy world and hopefully this will encourage them to attend state, regional, and national Conferences to further their experiences.

Jordan Ruestman
APhA-ASP President
PharmD Candidate 2011
Jordan.Ruestman@drake.edu