San Jose Clinic Pharmacy #3

I continue to work on the Pharmacy Assistance Program again this week in the pharmacy. I checked in about 25 packages of medication (each package may have up to 5 different medications). After an hour of PAP work, Dominga (pharmacy tech) led me to an area where we store patient's medication (each patient have a bin) to show me the procedure of pull expired medications out of these bins. Next, she showed me another section for patient's medication except this area consists of hanging plastic bags with patient's name. I found out that Ryan Kahl (former UST student - 2010) was the one that came up with this system for the clinic. Actually that was an understatement, Ryan is an amazing worker here in the pharmacy. Although I have never met Ryan, I knew right away that he is someone I can look toward to as a role model. Ryan volunteers at San Jose Clinic - Pharmacy when he was doing the service-learning project for Cell Biology. Although the class is over, Ryan continues to volunteer in the clinic at least twice a week. According to the pharmacist in charge (Sandy), Ryan is a permanent member of the pharmacy and his work is very important in helping the pharmacy run smooth!

Near the end of my volunteer time, I was able to speak with Sandy about the field of pharmacy and the emerging role of the pharmacist in the health field. I was able to get a lot of information from her and of course her opinion and point of view as a pharmacist. I also found out she was a former UST student for a year before she transferred to Texas A&M. Overall, this week volunteering is very inspirational and I will strive to be more like Ryan!