Pharmacists as part of medical team make patients healthier and reduce costs, study says
By Christian Ruiz Auxiliary Label Staff Pharmacists working in collaboration with other health-care providers can improve the quality and cost of care for patients, according to a recent study. A recent article in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy makes the case that pharmacists working as part of the primary-care team can be crucial life […]
How to Be an Entrepreneur, Lesson 2: Find a niche
By Nicole Carter Auxiliary Label Staff Midlothian Apothecary is an independent pharmacy in Chesterfield County, just outside Richmond, that has survived under the same management since 1990. Auxiliary Label’s Nicole Carter met with Janet Darby, a VCU School of Pharmacy alumna, to talk about the business of independent pharmacy today. Auxiliary Label: What is your […]
Auxiliary Label: Antibiotic stewardship research in a community outpatient setting
By Victoria Hammond Auxiliary Label Staff Antibiotic resistance — when bacteria are untreatable by current antibiotics — is a growing public health concern. To reduce antibiotic resistance, prescribers use antibiotics only when necessary. In hospital settings, experts called antibiotic stewards monitor trends in resistance, prescribing, costs and adverse effects. Prescribing trends are compared to current […]
Auxiliary Label: Lessons from pharmacy school
by Victoria Hammond Auxiliary Label Staff In my third year of pharmacy school, as I am beginning to think about choices for Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences rotations, I am reflecting on my experience here. When I started, I remember thinking how thriving in pharmacy school was going to be impossible. When classes began I was […]
Auxiliary Label: Pharmacy students take part in community care
By Michael Ong Auxiliary Label Staff I arrived for my afternoon shift at the Charles City County Fair around 1 p.m. With the forecast of rain later on in the day, I hadn’t expected many people to attend. But the large parking lot was full. As I was getting out of my car, a mother […]
“Failure shouldn’t stop you”: an interview with healthcare innovator Hilton Bennett
How to Be an Entrepreneur, Lesson One: Time Commitment By Nicole Carter Auxiliary Label Staff Hilton Bennett is a young man to admire. While studying at VCU, he has been a husband and a father of three. Now 38, he is pursuing a master’s in product innovation. VCU has filed for four patents in the […]
VCU agrees to automatically accept eligible Randolph-Macon College students into pharmacy school
VCU and Randolph-Macon College have signed an agreement to automatically grant admission into VCU’s Pharm.D. program to eligible Randolph-Macon students. Randolph-Macon sophomores who meet VCU’s requirement for health-care shadowing and who successfully complete an on-site interview will be given provisional acceptance into the doctor of pharmacy program under the articulation agreement. If they maintain their […]
Auxiliary Label: Working to build better opioids
By Christian Ruiz Auxiliary Label Staff Opioids are a class of highly addictive pain-relieving drugs derived from the opium in poppy plants. These drugs are at the center of today’s opioid-overdose crisis, in which at least 115 people per day in the United States die after opioid overdoses. If you have ever had your wisdom […]
About Auxiliary Label
Auxiliary Label is a student-created blog examining pharmacy life, education and research at the VCU School of Pharmacy from a student perspective. It is overseen by Greg Weatherford, the school’s director of communications. Contact him here. MEET THE STAFF Nicole Carter has a BS in biochemistry with a minor in biology from Old Dominion University. […]
Dr. Rx: Apps can help people stay on top of medications
By Yasser Ali Q: How can technology help me keep track of my medications? A: Nearly 50 percent of Americans over the age of 55 are on at least one prescription medication, with 12 percent of those over the age of 65 taking four or more. That is a lot to keep track of on […]