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MEOC and University of Appalachia College
of Pharmacy Host Second Annual Brown
Bag Medicine Reviews
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The College of Pharmacy
students who visited Big Stone Gap, conducted medications reviews
and health education presentations in the conference room of the
MEOC Office. This event was attended by older citizens from Big
Stone Gap, Appalachia, Dryden and Pennington Gap. After the reviews
were completed, students commented on how well informed many of the
older citizen in attendance were about their own medications. Before
returning to Grundy, the group gathered for a photo. Pictured (L to
R) in the front row are: Dr. Holly Hurley, Professor; Megan
Metivier, Leslie Li, Jessica Lee, Jamie Ratliff, Zenkhane Patel and
Hang Tran. Picture (L to R) in the back row: Fadehe Olanegan,
Adam Stitt, Kristen Hodge, Stacyl Sowers, Chris Augustus, Stephanie
Dlye and Dr. Raymond Weber.
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Participants at Mountain Empire Older Citizens WIN (Wellness
is Now) Centers located in Pound, Norton, Coeburn and Big
Stone Gap, as well as members of each community, recently
had the opportunity to have prescription and
non-proscription medications reviewed by students from the
University of Appalachia College of Pharmacy located at
Grundy, VA. A total of 75 people, each with medications in
a “brown bag”, had private medication consults with pharmacy
school students. With the oversight of one or two pharmacy
professors at each location, participants received personal
guidance on—medication expiration dates, possible food or
drug interactions, the importance of following the doctor’s
instructions about time of day to take a particular
medication and taking with or without food. Prior to
beginning the medications review at each location, each of
the pharmacy students presented a mini-lesson health
education lesson on such topics as “fall prevention”, “adult
immunizations” and “counterfeit drugs”.
The
Brown Bag Medicine Reviews were made possible through an
ongoing partnership between Mountain Empire Older Citizens,
Inc. (MEOC) and the University of Appalachia College of
Pharmacy (UACP). We at MEOC are so grateful for the
service that the medication reviews provide for area senior
citizens and look forward to the third annual Brown Bag
Medicine Review in 2008.
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Lenore Stapleton from Pennington
Gap (Right) gets some medication questions
answered by pharmacy students Stacy Sowers
(Left) and Chris Augustus (Center).
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Pharmacy students, Jessica Lee
(Left) and Stephanie Dye (Center) take time to
take a close look all medications and offer
suggestions for getting optimum benefit from
each. MEOC Advisory Council member and
volunteer, Lula Belle Reasor, from Pennington
Gap finds the MEOC Brown Bag medicine review
events to be very beneficial for older citizens. |
The Mountain
Empire Older Citizens WIN Center at the Town
Hall, was the location for the medications
review in Pound. Twelve smiling pharmacy
students accompanied by their professor, Dr.
Treye Heim, reviewed medications and made
educational presentation to twenty-five center
participants and staff at the Pound Center.
Here the student group gathers
for a photo in the council chambers of the Town
Hall. Pictured Left to Right are: 1st
row: Lara May; Mark Ykap; Mounish Patel; Sang
An; and Ravindra Shah. 2nd row:
Daniel Manobianco; Danh Phan; Magaly Wong; and
Joseph Werner. 3rd row: Gavin
Counts; Aadon Barnette; Mohamad Salem; and Dr.
Trey Heim.
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MEOC and University of Appalachia College of Pharmacy Host
Second Annual Brown Bag Medicine Reviews
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The pharmacy students at all
Brown Bag event locations, not only provided
beneficial information about medications but
spent time getting acquainted with
participants. Here Sang An (left) and Aaron
Barnette (right) are pictured with Beulah
Osborne from Pound. |
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Long-time Pound
resident, Bruce Cantrell, enjoyed sharing some
local history with pharmacy professor, Dr. Treye
Heim.
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The Coeburn WIN
Center, located next door to the old Lays
Hardware in downtown Coeburn, hosted a
medications review for center participants and
the community. Eleven University of Appalachia
College of Pharmacy students and one professor
donated their services for the Brown Bag
Medicine Review in Coeburn. Pictured (Left to
Right) are: 1st row: Michael
Logsdon; Pascal Kemelong; and Joshua Spackey. 2nd
row: Falon King; Kynsi Kline; Khusku Patel;
Heather Bray; Mital Patel; Ritha Lyimo; Jenny
Choi; Thao Pham; and Dr. David Gettman. |
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The entrance sign
to the Town of Coeburn states that it is “The
Town of Friendly People”. Dine Mullins (Center),
who works at the MEOC Coeburn WIN Center, gives
pharmacy students, Mital Patal (Left) and Jenny
Choi (Right) a warm Coeburn welcome!
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