Pre-Pharmacy Kickoff 2017- Ed Portillo
Speaker: Ed Portillo
Assistant Faculty Associate
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy
Graduated from UW School of Pharmacy in 2014
Why pharmacy?
Ed shadowed a pharmacist in high school and through that experience found three main reasons he loved the profession:
Knowledgeable
Well Respected
Accessible
These three attributes help make a POSITIVE IMPACT
How do I know if pharmacy is for me?
Think about your interests, what kind of skill set you’d like to have in the future, and the job market (more to come about this later)
Many routes you can follow all by getting one degree: PharmD
Miranda’s project:
Miranda is a current pharmacy student who is working on a project with Ed that is exploring the experiences and opinions of various types of pharmacists around the Madison area. Here are some brief summaries of her work:
Ambulatory Care:
Maria Wopat (PharmD, BCACP, TTS)
See patients in the clinic
Manage chronic disease states
Order meds and review labs
What she likes about her job?
Teaching
The veterans (she works at the V.A. Hospital)
Advice for pre-pharmacy students:
Volunteer!
Ambulatory care/academia
Barry Gidal, PharmD
Works at the V.A. epilepsy clinic one day per week
Teaches at the school of pharmacy
Research
Advice?
If you want to be a clinical pharmacist, do a residency!
Health System Administration Pharmacist
Dave Hager, PharmD
Leadership/management focus
Creates successful environment for pharmacists at UW
Pharmaceutical Industry-Medical Liason
Susie Moroney, PharmD
Researches/develops new medications. Sees them all the way to market.
What does she like about her job?
Variability, can work from home and travel
Medical educator
Home Health Care
Dr. Trisha Seys Ranola, PharmD
Work in a team to give care to a person with chronic disease in their home
Manages their medications, make sure they get the best care they need
Global Health Fellow
Dr. Laurel Legenza, PharmD fellow
Researches and works on projects to improve health systems
Work with a health team to manage antibiotics
What she likes about her job?
Seeing change!
Her advice:
Persistance
What does Ed do?
Ambulatory Care at the V.A. Hospital
Meet with patients in the clinic to oversee their chronic conditions
Prescribe meds
Order lab values
Place referrals
Determine follow-up appointments
Do you have to do a residency to get a job in pharmacy?
Nope
How’s the job market?
Great market
Thousands of additional pharmacists employed yearly
Aging baby boomer population→ needs pharmacists to help care for them
Future of Pharmacy:
Pharmacy Forecast 2016-2020 Strategic Planning Document (READ THIS!)
http://www.ashpfoundation.org/pharmacyforecast2016
Talks about projections for different areas of pharmacy in the coming years