I attended NCPA Advocacy Night to prepare for Legislative Day. This event was an exciting evening with great speakers! We were joined by Megan Marchal and Max Peoples, who spoke to us about how they first got involved in advocacy and advice they had for us as students. One of my favorite things about these types of events is that everyone got involved in advocacy for a different reason, and everyone participates in a different way, but in the end we all want the same thing – to see pharmacists allowed to provide better care for patients at the top of their license!
To follow up that great event I attended student legislative day at the Ohio Statehouse. Along with many other student pharmacists from across the state we discussed pharmacy legislation and met with legislators. Every year this is one of my favorite events, and is always inspiring to see so many people that care about our profession and our patients.
After participating in advocacy events I know I am drinking the pharmacy kool-aid, and I hope everyone else is too! Because now we have lots of work to do to push our profession forward and show people that #PharmacistsProvideCare
I love your quote about “drinking the kool-aid”! This is good kool-aid 🙂 Nice job attending both legislative days! I hope this has motivated you to continue to participate in advocacy events!