USF College of Pharmacy Announcement

Please see the following message from Dr. Kevin Sneed, Dean, USF College of Pharmacy:

I have great news to share with all of you!  The USF College of Pharmacy (COP) family is proud to announce that it was awarded candidate accreditation status by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Board of Directors in June 2012.  The Candidate accreditation status denotes a developmental program that is expected to mature in accord with stated plans within a defined time period.  ACPE states that graduates of a program with Candidate accreditation status have the same rights and privileges of those graduates from a fully accredited program.  This marks a great step in the development of our pharmacy program!

We hope you can share in the enthusiasm that the University of South Florida has for our program.  We are building a progressive and transformative program that will meet the needs of a quickly evolving healthcare landscape.  Our faculty and staff are striving to develop a program that will not only meet but exceed the highest standards and expectations of ACPE.  We are grateful to be a part of a collaborative community of pharmacy practitioners here in Florida, and we are very thankful to everyone that contributed to this important endeavor. This action by ACPE is validation of the important work we all strive to do in accomplishing the College's mission: to develop outstanding pharmacist clinicians that provide educational, preventive, and therapeutic pharmaceutical care services to patients,  communities, and health care providers with foundational principles based upon innovation, leadership, achieving interprofessional collaboration, application of clinical evidence, and  life-long learning values.

The USF COP is the only state-funded, metropolitan, comprehensive college of pharmacy in the State of Florida. The College is part of USF Health, which includes the colleges of medicine, public health, nursing and schools of physical therapy and biomedical sciences. Our students will be trained in an interprofessional environment utilizing state of the art clinical resources such as the Center for Medical Learning Simulation (CAMLS).  The college, which enrolled its inaugural class in August 2011, received over 500 applicants for its second class.  The College is encouraged by the quality of applications received. Applications for the third class are already arriving and the number and quality of applicants is only expected to increase now that the College has candidate accreditation status. 

Students can contact the Office of Admissions by email at pharmdadmissions@health.usf.edu and/or by phone at 813-974-5699. Mrs. Jackie Grosser, the Admissions Advisor, is available to assist applicants through the application process.  The website (www.pharmacy.health.usf.edu) is a useful resource which  now includes prerequisite guides by school as well as a general evaluation guide. 

Volunteer Opportunity - Medical Interpreters Needed

Judeo Christian is a free Clinic located at  120 ½ N. MacDill Avenue, Tampa FL 33607. 

Here, USF medical students and physicians provide healthcare to patients that could not afford a visit to the doctor.

Because most of our patients are immigrants, our staff frequently needs help from bilingual interpreters (Spanish, if you speak French/Creole there may be a PRN opportunity for you).

If you are interested in volunteering or have any questions about JCHC, please contact Daniela Aguirre, Interpreter Coordinator, via e-mail.

This is a great learning opportunity if you plan on going into the healthcare field. Even if you are a non-medical major, this is a fun volunteering experience.

A link to a flyer for their free medical interpreting course is below.   Although it is mandatory to attend the course, you do not need to attend the session on June 9 to become a volunteer.

The times that the clinic is most in need of volunteers is Mondays and Wednesdays from 1-5pm and some Wednesdays from 5-9pm.

Here is the website to the Clinic if you want more information!

http://www.judeochristianhealthclinic.org/english/ 

Medical-Interpreting-Flyer

A Brief Guide to Osteopathic Medicine, For Students, By Students

AACOM is very proud and excited to share with students a brand new, comprehensive guide, written by current osteopathic medical students, Patrick Wu and Jonathan Siu, from Touro University California, designed to help aspiring physicians understand osteopathic medicine and the path to becoming an osteopathic physician.

The 32-page guide
 • explains what osteopathic medicine is and what a DO does
 • explores the philosophy and history of osteopathic medicine, from its U.S. origins to its worldwide reach today
 • outlines osteopathic manipulative medicine techniques (OMM)
 • presents the growing opportunities available for osteopathic medical students and DOs.

The PDF download available free of charge and is found at: http://www.aacom.org/resources/bookstore/Pages/BriefGuide.aspx

With all best wishes from AACOM!