PharmCAST

Associate Clinical Professor Maryam Fazel, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, CDE, joins us to talk about Ozempic and other weight loss drugs making waves in the news and on social media.

We take this episode of PharmCAST on the road and speak with attendees of the 2023 AzPA Annual Convention. Alumni, students, faculty, and others stopped by our booth and shared with us some of the interesting topics of discussion during this year's convention, what they're excited about for the field of pharmacy, and the importance of networking and getting involved.

Opioids have been used for centuries, both for pain relief and for recreational use.  Because of their addictive nature, opioids can lead to dependence, tolerance, and addiction if used persistently. The opium poppy was first cultivated in lower Mesopotamia in 3400 B.C.

Rattlesnakes are venomous snakes found all over North and South America, but the larger concentration is in the U.S Southwest and Northern Mexico. Arizona is home to 13 species of rattlesnakes, more than any other state.  On this show get expert advice on how to avoid snake bites and what to do if you get bit. This podcast includes great information for clinicians and hospital emergency room personal too!

Spotlight Guest: Steven Dudley, PharmD, Director of Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center

Host: Christopher Edwards, PharmD, Assistant Clinical Professor

Co-host: Michele Vaughan, MBA, Director of Communications

Produced by:  Nancy Montoya, UA Digital Futures Studios

Telehealth is a word that we have all heard, and possibly a model some have a bit of experience with.  In this episode, we spoke to Dr. Jenny Bingham, PharmD, CBACP, FAzPA, Director of Ambulatory Care Residency Programs and Research at Tabula Rasa Healthcare, to learn all about what telehealth is, how pharmacists fit into this model, and what the future of telehealth looks like.  Be sure to check out this informative episode!

As soon-to-be P1s anxiously wait to begin their first year, we thought it would be a good time to connect with current students who have been in their shoes and ask them to share some guidance and words of wisdom.

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With recreational marijuana becoming legal in many states and more of the population being exposed to the substance, we wanted to speak with experts here at the College of Pharmacy to get some guidance on how we as healthcare providers should view these recent developments.

In this episode, we have friend of the pod, Dr. Mandana Naderi with us to answer all the questions we have about the vaccination process, how it works, and what this means for the world as we pass the one-year mark of the global pandemic.

Whether you’re applying to pharmacy school, a residency program or your first professional position, chances are you’re going to find yourself in an interview, virtual or otherwise, in the near future. This episode features several guests from the College of Pharmacy who will share their secrets to performing your best during an interview as well as tips for those on the other side of the table asking the questions. We’ve also invited two recent graduates to walk us through their interview experiences and what they’ve learned in their first few years as pharmacy professionals.

From everyone here at PharmCAST, we hope you have a safe holiday and a happy new year! 

On our fourth episode, we’ll be covering provider status from the pharmacy profession’s perspective, addressing what pharmacists and the community need to know about the quest for provider status, while also speaking with experts who will help us demystify collaborative practice agreements and the pharmacy billing system.

To get you into the halloween spirit, we are going to put on our plague masks and talk about some creepy crawly critters that are still used in modern medicine and may even be lurking in an inpatient pharmacy near you.

Our first guest will be Dr. Lourdes Castanon, a trauma and burn surgeon at Banner University Medical Center Tucson who will shed some light on the modern management techniques of complex wounds which sometimes involves dabbling in the arcane. Then we’ll hear what it’s like to work with some unusual pharmacy colleagues from Dr. James Camamo.

In this episode, we'll talk about how a string of murders that happened in and around Chicago in the early 80’s shook the nation and helped to usher in safety measures still in use today.

Welcome to the FIRST EVER episode of PharmCAST presented by the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy. Your guide through the latest in Pharmacy news, practice updates and research breakthroughs. I’m your host Dr. Christopher Edwards, assistant professor and clinical pharmacy specialist in emergency medicine and I’m here with my co-host Ali Bridges, director of communications for the UA College of Pharmacy.

We decided to kick off this show by discussing the topic that is on everyone’s minds these days, SARS-CoV-2 also known as the pathogen that causes COVID-19.

Today on the show we have three guests from the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Dr. Rick Schnellmann, Dean of the college of Pharmacy, will provide us with some insight into the mitigation plans schools are considering for the fall, as well as Dr. Ashley Campbell who will discuss how plans were created at the college level, and then Dr. Mandana Naderi, will stop by to talk with us on the current status of COVID-19 treatment options.