Dry Dry Run:

Reflection on Dry Dry Run (Journal 17):

Overall I think our dry dry run went quite well. We addressed everything that we wanted to speak about and how we would be doing so. I think we have a pretty neat idea of having the audience members “send in” questions they would like to ask us, almost like a real talk show, except we get to create the questions so we can make sure we discuss all of the points we want to cover. I also really like our game idea because it allows us to incorporate some of the common drugs we will be working with in the pharmaceutical industry into our presentation and we can also go over the common reasons for use and side effects that come alongside them. I think that while recording though, we need to set up a better game plan for how we will transition from the questions to the game part of the show because right now we aren’t 100% sure on how to do it but we have ideas. One more thing we might rethink before shooting is the order of the questions, we have an outline of how they will go but if we don’t check all possible options we won’t know if there is a better order for the questions. Generally speaking, though, I think we are well equipped for the upcoming recording, especially given that this was only the dry dry run.

Dry Run:

Reflection on Dry Run (Journal 18):

I believe our Dry Run was quite successful. Overall, there weren’t too many hiccups but there is some stuff that can be worked on. Specifically, with myself, I think I need to speak more clearly and louder in case the microphone is not near me so the viewers will be able to hear and understand what I am saying without any problems. I also think I could stand to be less monotonous because if I want the audience to be interested in what I am talking about I need to act as if I am interested as well. One other potential fix could be making the game seem more realistic instead of just having it seem like all of the answers are right there in front of us. Overall, though, I believe we did quite a decent job with our Dry Run. We didn’t forget any part of the talk show, which is good. We also didn’t go directly off of the script, we spoke mostly from the heart with a few keywords written down to give us some wiggle room for error in the talk show. I also think we did a good job making it seem like an actual talk show – we incorporated something about “next weeks show,” we made it seem like myself and Kenzie were guests on the show, we created a game for the show and of course, we answered questions too.

SPEECH 4 BRAINSTORM:

Talk show: In Our Element

Host: Hailey

Pharmacist/Professor: Kenzie

Pharmacy student: Andrew

Do interviews combined 

*Intro to the show and guests

*Talk about pharmacy and what it is

*Ask the audience for questions 

*Interview guests

*Pharm jokes

*Background music

*Fake laughing

Questions:

  1. What does a typical day, week or year look like for you? K
    1. Veterinarian Pharmacy:
    2. 8am-8pm during the weekdays
    3. 8am-5pm during the weekends
    4. Review/fill prescriptions
    5. Consulted when something new comes up
    6. Deal with 34,000 animals a year
    7. Dealing with drug stability and drug compatibility
    8. Drug relation to animal metabolism
    9. A lot of math
  2. What do you enjoy most about your job, what is most challenging? K
    1. Most enjoy getting the animals the help they need, and being able to cure them. Also, you get to learn so much from the medicine aspect to how it can cure the animal.
    2. The challenges in the field include that it is a very small field of pharmacy so you need to be willing to go where the job is. 
  3. What are all the different types of pharmacy that one could go into? K
    1. Veterinarian 
    2. Retail (rite aid, walgreens, cvs)
    3. Clinical (hospital)
    4. Nuclear
    5. Government
    6. Ambulatory
    7. Trama 
    8. Doctors office
    9. All the specialties 
  4. What advice would you give someone looking to get into the school of pharmacy? A 
    1. Lot of work
    2. Find letters of recommendation
    3. Make sure to keep your GPA up and only take necessary courses
    4. Try to work and volunteer 
    5. Make sure you enjoy what you are doing
  5. Why did you want to become a pharmacist? A
    1. The amount of various industries that pharmacy has to offer
    2. You can work in any state
    3. The hours are great 
    4. You also get to help people of course
  6. What kind of education, training, or background does this job require? K
  1. To become a pharmacist, you need to have earned your Pharm.D.
  2. Typical schooling is 6 years.
  3. Earn a passing score on the Pharmacy Admission College Test (PCAT)
  4. Coursework in pharmacy and pre-pharmacy includes chemistry, physics, biology, anatomy, and physiology.
  5. Additionally, PharmD students must complete a series of rotations in a variety of clinical and pharmaceutical settings.
  6. Can you name some of the qualities that would benefit you as a pharmacist? And is there anything you would like to improve on? A
  1. Good memory- drug nomenclature, side effects, and interactions between pills is a sometimes-life-and-death prerequisite for the job
  2. Detail Oriented- we must stay on top of every minute detail of a patient or risk overlooking how an existing condition of medication might have disastrous side-effects.
  3. Kind- 1) People often see a pharmacist after receiving bad news – to one extent or another – from a doctor and  2) People show up at a pharmacy to receive medication for a medical condition they are battling
  4. Interpersonal skills- Pharmacists often have to juggle between doctors who don’t like to be questioned (see point 2), and frustrated patients who are upset at having to wait for their prescriptions
  5. What are you going to do if you don’t get to a Pharmacy School? A
    1. Many other majors that require the same courses as pharmacy
    2. With the heavy chem and bio background a chem or bio major could be foreseeable 
    3. You can always apply again next time or apply to different schools

Game:

Now it is time for the ultimate test. I have acquired some unmarked pills and am going to see if Dr. Charest can identify and explain them. 

Synthroid (levothyroxine), 21.5 million. (Hormone It can treat hypothyroidism. It can also treat an enlarged thyroid gland and thyroid cancer.)

Crestor (rosuvastatin), 21.4 million. (Statin It can treat high cholesterol and triglyceride levels. This may reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, and related health conditions.)

Ventolin HFA (albuterol), 18.2 million. (Bronchodilator It can treat or prevent bronchospasm.)

Nexium (esomeprazole), 15.2 million. (Proton-pump inhibitor It can treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). It can also lower the risk of bleeding after endoscopy in patients with ulcers.)

Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine), 10.4 million. (Stimulant It can treat ADHD and binge-eating disorder.)

Lyrica (pregabalin), 10.0 million. (Nerve pain medication It can treat nerve and muscle pain, including fibromyalgia. It can also treat seizures.)

Props:

*White lab coat

*Pills (tic tacs)

*Text book

*Labels for Pills

UPDATED BRAINSTORM:


Host: (starts off the show and introduces herself and the guests)

Hello Everyone! Welcome back to this week’s episode of “In Our Element.” I am your Host Hailey Smith and today we will be learning all about Pharmacists and the required schooling to become one. Pharmaceutical texts date back all the way to 2100 BCE, to now, 2019, where pharmacists are one of the most needed health professionals with a very large range of specialties. 

Today we have two very special guests, Dr. Charest and Mr. Andrew Straffin!

Pharmacy student: (Introduces himself)

Hello, I’m Andrew Straffin. I am a current student at the university of new england. I am apart of the 2+4 PharmD program and I am a first year student in the Pre Pharm Program. Over the summer I will be applying to the college of pharmacy and hopefully by the time my interview rolls around I will have decided my chosen path in the pharmaceutical industry.Today I will hopefully have some answers to your questions and maybe even learn something along the way as well.

Host: (introduces game)

Well thank you so much for being here! Happy to have you both. Now I am going to ask that the audience sends in questions to ask either Dr. Charest or Andrew. You can send your questions in at inourelement.com or tweet them to me @inourelementhost and we will come back to them later in the show. 

Now it is time for the ultimate test. I have acquired some unmarked pills and am going to see if Dr. Charest and Andrew can match them with their name and explain them. 

Pharmacist: (tries to match the pills and gives facts about them)

  • Lyrica (pregabalin), 10.0 million. (Nerve pain medication It can treat nerve and muscle pain, including fibromyalgia. It can also treat seizures.)
    • This is pregabalin, a common brand for this drug is called Lyrica, and it is used to treat muscle pain, such as fibromyalgia, which is musculoskeletal pain.
  • Ventolin HFA (albuterol), 18.2 million. (Bronchodilator It can treat or prevent lung problems that accompany asthma such as lung spasms, wheeziness, etc.)
    • This is Albuterol, a common brand is Ventolin, and this is able to treat bronchospasms which is tightening of the muscles in the bronchi of the lungs. 
  • Synthroid (levothyroxine), 21.5 million. (Hormone that treats hypothyroidism. In simpler terms it helps your thyroid to regulate the body’s metabolic rate as well as heart and digestive function, muscle control and even brain development,  .

Host: (introduces questions from the audience-goes back and forth for each question with the guests)

Well that was definitely impressive; I can’t even imagine being able to identity random medications like that. Wow.

Pharmacist and Pharmacy student: (answer (questions above)

Pharmacist Answers

Q:1

  • Veterinarian Pharmacy:
  • 9-12 hour days
  • Deal with 34,000 animals a year
  • Dealing with drug stability and drug compatibility
  • Drug relation to animal metabolism

Q:3

  • Veterinarian 
  • Retail (rite aid, walgreens, cvs)
  • Clinical (hospital)

Q:4

  • To become a pharmacist, you need to have earned your Pharm.D.
  • Typical schooling is 6 years.
  • Earn a passing score on the Pharmacy Admission College Test (PCAT)
  • Coursework in pharmacy and pre-pharmacy includes chemistry, physics, biology,anatomy, and physiology.
  • Additionally, PharmD students must complete a series of rotations in a variety of clinical and pharmaceutical settings.

Pharmacy student answers:

Q:2

  • The amount of various industries that pharmacy has to offer
  • You can work in any state
  • The hours are great 
  • You also get to help people of course

Q:3

  • Good memory- drug nomenclature, side effects, and interactions between pills is a sometimes-life-and-death prerequisite for the job
  • Detail Oriented- we must stay on top of every minute detail of a patient or risk overlooking how an existing condition of medication might have disastrous side-effects.
  • Kind- 1) People often see a pharmacist after receiving bad news – to one extent or another – from a doctor and  2) People show up at a pharmacy to receive medication for a medical condition they are battling
  • Interpersonal skills- Pharmacists often have to juggle between doctors who don’t like to be questioned (see point 2), and frustrated patients who are upset at having to wait for their prescriptions

Q:4

  • Many other majors that require the same courses as pharmacy
  • With the heavy chem and bio background a chem or bio major could be foreseeable 
  • You can always apply again next time or apply to different schools

Host: (thanks the guests for attending)

Well I think this is all the time we have for today! I wanted to thank you both so much for coming on to today’s show- I know the audience has definitely learned a lot from the both of you. 

Stay tuned for next week’s show where I will have two special nursing students joining me from UNC Chapel Hill!

I am Hailey Smith, and this is In Our Element. Thank you.

SPEECH 4 REFLECTION:

Overall, I believe our speech went quite well. We were very organized and had prepped a lot for the speech. We all knew our lines and there were only some minor speed bumps in the road. I also believe that we had the talk show segmented out quite nicely, with the short little introductions from each of us that lead into the game and then into the question portion of the show. I also believe the game was pretty neat, incorporating the common drugs into the talk show with short little descriptions each. I thought that it was clever, too, how I could get bonus points on my next quiz for being able to tell the name of the drug (skittle) in front of me. I believe our questions were quite important questions as well. With them we hinted at some reasons why pharmacy is really interesting and we also went over what to potentially do if you don’t get into pharmacy school, which is something I know I never thought about so that was an eye opener for me. I do believe that I sounded a bit monotonous when I was speaking but I believe I made up for it with good eye contact with the audience (camera).