Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacy Student Interest Group
About
The primary objectives of our student interest group are the following: Educational opportunities, community outreach and service, mental health and wellness promotion and pharmacist career exploration. On the foundational level of our operations we are focusing on providing members of our interest group with educational opportunities to learn about current topics in psychiatric and neurological pharmacy. These educational opportunities are sourced from local experts in the field as well as faculty at the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy. We provide these educational opportunities through student interest group meetings and faculty led journal clubs.
Coupled with educational opportunities, we conduct community service and outreach projects to advance pharmacists’ involvement in psychiatric and neurological conditions. Our student group strongly feels that one of the biggest barriers that patients with psychiatric and neurological conditions face is a lack of awareness of their conditions. Therefore, we partner with community organizations with existing outreach infrastructure to provide advocacy and patient support for those with psychiatric and neurological conditions.
Part of our mission as future pharmacists working in this field is to promote mental health & wellness for our members as well as the entire School of Pharmacy. We play a pivotal role in putting on wellness week each year as well as posting articles, self care tips, and other information to promote well being to our wellness wall and brochures around the school.
To give back to our member base, we provide networking and career exploration opportunities. We accomplish this by networking with local pharmacists involved with psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy and coordinating shadowing opportunities. Further, we use various student interest group meetings to bring in current psychiatric and neurological pharmacists to discuss their role in patient care.