P2 Reflection

During the process of P2 year in pharmacy school I noticed that the amount of academic information provided to us was more extensive than previous P1 year, which made it more challenging for me to try and balance any extracurricular activities with my academic duties. From every situation that I experienced so far the task that presented the most challenging has been finding an efficient and practical way of studying for IP infectious disease course. I have struggle not necessary due to the amount of material presented but with time in particularly as this course requires repetition and significant reading and memorization in order to perform well and this is something that I am struggling with. I do believe I have learned and gain valuable …show more content…
For example while in my community pharmacy rotation at Clarks Pharmacy I was able to visit the Psychiatric homes and see the process on how the pharmacist ensures the medications for the patients are placed and stored in the correct areas in compliance to law. In addition, I learned how you could check and verify their medication regimen making sure the meds they have on stock match with the documentation of the dispensing pharmacy. In addition, I was able to see the role of a community pharmacist in control substance verification of inventory from a hospital they provide service to. In regards to my Hospital rotation I was able to aid in the bi-annual hospital nursing training in which we reviewed with them common reconstitution types of mathematical calculations, proper aseptic techniques and reconstitution of different IV bags. This experience was unique as I was able to serve as an educator to …show more content…
Not only I have gain knowledge but as well I have been able to become more empathetic with patients as well I have improved greatly my communication and writing skills. There are some topics we covered on class such as IP infectious disease that I wish I had been able to grasp better in order to feel more prepared for the future, but I understand that it is up to me to make the best of it and it is my intention to self study during the summer to further solidify and reinforced those areas were I did not felt as confident as I would have liked. I believe that factors that played a role in this area was time mainly and finding a good method or technique to study for this class. In addition, other areas were I did not grew to my desire level was in the leadership aspect. I was able to perform a role of leadership as an outreach coordinator as part of the committee for Christians Pharmacist Fellowship International (CPFI) at the College of Pharmacy, but I wanted to excel even further into a higher leadership position such as President or Vice-president of another organization, which I failed to apply and do so. Partially what limited me was my worrisome on not having enough time to perform the demanding tasks that the position