Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience
The University of Iowa – Westlawn Student Health Pharmacy
(9/21/2012)
My fourth
shadowing experience was with Westlawn Student Health Center on The University
of Iowa Campus. It was interesting to
learn about a different kind of community pharmacy setting. I found it very
similar to a retail community pharmacy and the pharmacist was very receptive to having
me shadow her. The focus of the pharmacy is college students so there is a
different focus of medications. I did
like the smaller nature of the practice site and the fact that even though it
was a community setting, the pharmacist could interact with doctors and nurses
in the same building. I am really glad I
did my IPPE1 shadowing this semester because it has really helped me to start
thinking about which areas of pharmacy I am most interested in and how I can
prepare myself throughout pharmacy school to practice at the type of site that
most interests me.
