Beyond Practice Ready

BEYOND PRACTICE READY CAMPAIGN FINISHEs ON A HIGH NOTE

Thank you! The Beyond Practice Ready (BPR) campaign wrapped up in December 2017 and was a great success all BECAUSE OF our loyal donors.

In November 2015, President Dewey and the Office of Institutional Advancement kicked off the BPR campaign with the goal of launching two student operated pharmacies in medically underserved areas of the Capital District and building three active learning classrooms on the Albany campus. Because of the outpouring of generous support, the College exceeded its BPR campaign fundraising goal of $6 million, bringing in $6,109,867.

Here’s what your support helped create.

College Hometown Pharmacy was not only the first student operated pharmacy for ACPHS, but the first of its kind in New York State. Launched in March 2016, the pharmacy is located within Hometown Health Center, a full-service federally qualified health care clinic in Schenectady, NY. The pharmacy has enjoyed steady growth under the leadership of Pharmacy Manager Anna O’Neil ’95, who is supported by students from the Pharm.D. program. With both of the College’s pharmacies approved for all major Medicaid managed care plans and a growing list of services that include asthma treatment programs and telemedicine, the future continues to look bright. The expansion and development of pharmacy services at Hometown Health Center are being led by Dr. Jacqueline Cleary, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, who maintains a clinical practice site at the community health center.  ACPHS students are assigned on IPPE and APPE rotations in both the pharmacy and with Dr. Cleary.

College Parkside Pharmacy in the South End of Albany has been in operation since early 2017 and is supervised by Gus Barranca ’79. Gus is also the Operations Manager for both pharmacies. The pharmacy is located in the Capital South Campus Center (CSCC) on Warren Street, less than a mile and a half from the college. The pharmacy is part of an emerging health care complex that will include the Collaboratory at 3 Lincoln Square and potentially a primary care clinic and CLIA lab in the CSCC.

The active learning classrooms are designed to prepare graduates to learn practical skills and to adapt to changes in the workforce. The technology-enhanced classrooms hold less than 70 students each. Tables in the classrooms seat six to eight students for group projects. “The space allows us to move into new ways of teaching and to address the skill sets our students need to learn,” said President Dewey. Thank you for making these initiatives possible and for contributing to the campaign. Our students will now be Beyond Practice Ready when they enter the workforce and prepared to succeed in the ever-changing health care landscape. We could not have done it without you.

CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS (AS OF October 11, 2017)