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Travel Vaccines

Guest: Elisha Andreas (email: Elisha.Andreas@gmail.com)

Community Pharmacy Practice Resident

Elisha comments: “A true Iowa City native through and through. I am a 2016 graduate of the University of Iowa, College of Pharmacy and the Current PGY-1 Community Resident. My practice site is at the Hy-Vee DrugStore Pharmacy in Iowa City, IA where I spend my time in direct patient care activities such as travel clinic, enhanced patient counseling, smoking cessation and diabetes education, MTM, and immunizations. Community pharmacy has been a passion of mine since I was first exposed as a technician nearly 8 years ago. I thrive on direct patient education and building trusting patient-provider relationships. Outside of pharmacy, I enjoy exploring new restaurants with family and friends, as well as spending time with my dog, Samson.”

1. Everyone’s leadership road is different, let’s start with where you are today, and how you got into your current position.

1. How did you fit the aspects of choosing, applying for and visiting potential residency sites in your P4 year? Why did you choose Iowa and Iowa City community pharmacy residency specifically for your residency? 

1. How do you feel you became a leader/innovator at the University of Iowa and how the opportunities you had there helped you.

1. What exactly is a travel clinic? What did you / residency site preceptor have to do to get approval for this clinic? How is it going? 

1. What other clinical activities are you doing at HyVee? How can other pharmacists / pharmacies learn from what you are doing? e.g., biometric screenings, immunizations, MTM, diabetes

1. How does HyVee's central fill take off some of the dispensing role so that you can expand these services? What is it about HyVee that makes it a good place to perform these services (they invested in a resident, but besides that, does employee owned affect the way things go?) 

1. How does working within a multiple site residency program develop your skills and ability to provide these services?  What would you recommend students look for who are thinking about residency?

1. How does being so close to a research-intensive College of Pharmacy open opportunities for you and the travel clinic?

1. Are you doing the PEPPR program and how is that going? How do you interact with other residents in the program?

Contact:

Email: Elisha-Andreas@UIowa.edu

http://pharmacy.uiowa.edu/pgy1-community-pharmacy-residency