Pharmacy Students Help Seniors Unravel Complexities Of Medicare Programs
“The analogy I make with Medicare’s Part D is that’s like an onion, the more layers you peel, the more you want to cry,” says Dr. Raj Patel, head of the program in which the students help the seniors.
Capital Public Radio:
Stockton Pharmacy Students Help Seniors Understand Medicare's Part D Program
University of the Pacific pharmacy students are reaching out to seniors with Medicare in Northern California to help them understand and determine what medications to take along with the costs in Part D of the program. Almost 100 pharmacy students and more than 30 licensed pharmacists will assist attendees at this health fair in Stockton. (Ibarra, 10/17)
In other news from across the state —
Orange County Register:
CSUF Researchers Tackling Substance Abuse With Federal Grant
This August, a team of CSUF nursing, social work and human services faculty secured a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a federal agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to train students to screen for SUDs. The $258,823 grant for the program’s first year will fund a “SBIRT” training program. SBIRT, which stands for screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment, is a standardized procedure developed by SAMHSA to identify drug and alcohol abuse. (Ormseth, 10/17)
Orange County Register:
South Orange County Students March Against Bullying
Students from San Clemente High School and El Camino Real Charter High School in Woodland Hills mobilized Saturday in a rally to build awareness of bullying in schools. Two hundred marchers representing Cool 2 Be Kind clubs walked in the 5th annual People’s March Against Bullying. (Ritchie, 10/17)