Wisconsin Society of Pharmacy Students
General Meeting
January 26th, 2009
6:00-7:00 PM, rm 2002

I.	Slide show playing before people come in
II.	Welcome- Introduce any guests 
III.	Academies Present 
a.	Career and Professional Affairs
APhA-Register online before March 4th for a discounted rate
Book your flights and hotels early.
DPH-1s: White Coat Ceremony Committee Mtg., Rm 1105 after this mtg
-Also, keep taking pictures for the White Coat Ceremony slide show
b.	Education and Professional Development
Congratulations to Ted Grabarczyk for taking 1st place in the Patient 
Counseling Cometition! (Also, congrats to Phil for taking 2nd)
c.	Community Outreach
There will be a cholesterol screening at Hilldale on 3/6
-Sign up for 2 hours shifts (DPH-1s) or shifts of any length (other 
pharm. students)
IV.	Appointment announcements
a.	These positions need a little more training and thus elections occur earlier 
in the semester.
b.	Appointment process: An e-mail has been sent out with the application.
The appointments will be made on 2/9 and announced on 2/16.
Training will occur over the next three months and all new officers will be 
sworn in at the May general membership meeting.
c.	OI 
*side note: there will be an informational health fair at Legislative Day on 
2/11
*side note: the Glogerm campaign has begun; slots are open and available 
to sign-up for.  DPH-1s, you need to sign up for 4 slots in order to get 
credit.
d.	OD 
*side note: The 4th-6th grade school presentations are coming up in Feb 
and Mar; the presentations will occur at local schools from 8-10am.  More 
information will come.
*side note: Legislative Day health fair on 2/11
e.	OA 
*side note: training sessions will occur on 2/4 at 4:45 and on 2/5 at 4:45
-one of these must be attended in order to participate in OA events (if you 
have not done so already)
f.	MEDiC 
*side note: a DPH-2 or 3 is needed for a clinic on 2/10ÉPlease sign up!
g.	Webmaster 
V.	Legislative Day 
a.	February 10-11, 2009
b.	It's FREE!  Register online and select that Mail Check option so that you 
can register for free as a student.
c.	Learn about current legislative issues (on both the state and federal level), 
learn more about the PEB and meet current legislators while promoting 
pharmacy.
d.	Tuesday 2/10
-Legislative Reception 5-7pm
-Inn on the Park Hotel (Top of the Park)
-Free food and drink
-Students are urged to invite legislators to the reception in order to speak 
with them in a "less formal" manner---They want YOUR vote!
       e. Wednesday 2/11
	-Events occur at the Inn on the Park Hotel from 9am-4pm
	-see www.pswi.org for a full agenda
*Tips on speaking to legislators:
-Speaking with aides is cool too, they have some legit power
-Be polite, positive and brief
-Tell them how the issue impacts YOU-they enjoy personal stories
Consultation Exam UPDATE: The exam will now be an online formatÑthis was an 
emergency rule and will not hold authority forever.  It now needs to be passed onto the 
state legislators.  The importance of consulting with every patient on every prescription is 
something that we as students can speak with legislators about at Legislative Day this 
year.
VI.	Clinical Skills Competition -Congratulations again to the winners: Catherine 
Pearce and Jessica O'Laughlin who represented us at the ASHP Midyear Meeting.
a)	2 hours to analyze a case (the same case is used across the nation)
-#1, #2 and #3 priority lists
-determine goals, develop a plan and then determing monitoring parameters 
            b) 2 minute case presentation to a panel of judges
*Strategies: Find a partner that you work well with.  Ideally, someone who has different 
interests than you.  Divide and Conquer.  Trust your partner.  Do the local competition 
every year that you are able in order to build confidence.  Practice your oral presentation 
during your 2 hour preparation.  As part of this, anticipate and prepare questions and 
answers that might occur.  Research primary literature and topics that the case could 
represent.
*Why should you suffer?
-FREE ASHP registration
-Some monetary compensation by WSPS
-Possibility of winning Reference Materials/Cash and a Trophy
-Honor and Prestige, CV
-A way to strengthen your clinical knowledge and problem solving abilities
VII.	Assessment of WSPS thus far 
-Feel free to email Leiha with any comments that you have.
VIII.	Speed Networking game		
IX.	Food _