The J & J Pharmacy Podcast

Episode 68: Placement Spotlight Series - Philip Wong

Continuing our Placement Series Special, we next interviewed Phil Wong. Phil has both a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Pharmacy. Following the completion of his pharmacy education, Phil went on to work as a community pharmacist for 3.5 years, eventually making his way up to being a Manager of a Safeway Pharmacy. From there, Phil transitioned into working as a clinical pharmacist with Corrections Pharmacy, where he’s been at for the past 7 years and earned a nomination for Preceptor of the Year. Pushing the boundaries of pharmacy practice, Phil is also the owner and founder of Arlo Medical Injections, which is a botulinum toxin and dermal filler injection clinic in Calgary.
In addition to pharmacy, Phil is incredibly passionate about real estate investing, having written a book titled “Real Estate Side Hustle for Investors”, which is available on Amazon, as well as hosts a podcast called “Commonwealth Home Ownership Real Estate Investing”, which has over 4000 downloads to date.
In his freetime, Phil loves traveling and has been to over 30 countries! 
Both Jared and I had a blast interviewing Phil, and we hope you all also enjoy listening to this episode!

Episode 67: Placement Spotlight Series - Bruce Winston and Sabrina Sunderji

Hello everyone! Welcome to our Placement Spotlight Series. In these episodes we’ll be interviewing preceptors and students at unique placements. Whether it be a leadership rotation, a specialized clinical experience, or anything in between, be sure to listen in as we dive deep into what these placements offer and how you can best prepare yourself as students for success.
In this episode, we had the opportunity to interview both preceptor and student! On the preceptor side of things, we’d like to introduce Bruce Winston, a pharmacy grad from the University of Alberta. Following just 1 year after pharmacy school, Bruce purchased his first community pharmacy, before co-founding APEX Pharmacies, which operated 20 Alberta pharmacies under the Sandstone Pharmacies brand. Recently, he sold Sandstone Pharmacies to Neighbourly Pharmacy and is now employed by them as Head of Alberta Pharmacy Strategy and Professional Affairs. He is also a member of the Alberta Pharmacists’ Association Board of Directors where he served as past president. In his free time, Bruce is a real fan of watching Major League Baseball, and has even visited all but 8 of the Major League ballparks. He hopes to visit the rest in the next few years. Not to be left out, we’d like to introduce next Sabrina Sunderji, a fourth year pharmacy student currently on rotation with Bruce. Prior to pharmacy, she actually completed her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology at the University of Calgary. Furthermore, she worked as a kinesiologist and a Client Services Director at a private health care clinic for a few years before entering into the pharmacy program.

Episode 66: Placement Spotlight Series - Kim Taube

Hello everyone! Welcome to our Placement Spotlight Series. In these episodes we’ll be interviewing preceptors and students at unique placements. Whether it be a leadership rotation, a specialized clinical experience, or anything in between, be sure to listen in as we dive deep into what these placements offer and how you can best prepare yourself as students for success.
In this episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Kim Taube, a pharmacist working at the Edmonton Remand Center. Practicing to her full scope, Kim has her APA and is also a Certified Diabetes Educator. Not to be outdone, however, by our other esteemed guests, Kim’s other roles include being the current Vice-Chair of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists’ Education Committee, a Lab Facilitator for the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Alberta, and is involved with vaccination administration at the Edmonton Remand Center. When she is able to find some free time, you’ll probably have a good chance of finding her at the High Level Diner, enjoying their fantastic cinnamon buns! We hope you guys enjoy listening to this episode as much as we did recording it!

Episode 65: Placement Spotlight Series - Jason Kmet

Hello everyone! Welcome to our Placement Spotlight Series. In these episodes we’ll be interviewing preceptors and students at unique placements. Whether it be a leadership rotation, a specialized clinical experience, or anything in between, be sure to listen in as we dive deep into what these placements offer and how you can best prepare yourself as students for success.
For our first episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Jason Kmet. Jason is the owner and preceptor at Polaris Travel Clinic, of which he opened in 2013. Graduating from the University of Saskatchewan in 1994, Jason went on to receive his injection certification in 2008 and his ISTM Certificate in Travel Health in 2009. In his free time, Jason also hosts a podcast called the “Polaris Travel Health Podcast”, which is available via the usual streaming platforms and at www.buzzsprout.com.  
This was an amazing first episode to kick things off with this new series, and we hope you guys enjoyed listening to it as well.

Episode 64: Paxlovid - A Miracle Drug? Part 2 of 2

On part 2 of our discussion we dive into the clinical trial that Paxlovid was studied in and assess the validity and applicability of the study. 

Episode 63: Paxlovid - A Miracle Drug? Part 1 of 2

In this first episode of a 2 part special surrounding Paxlovid - a brand new drug tabbed to be the latest treatment for COVID-19 - we discuss all the key information anyone would need to know who is prescribing, dispensing, or taking this medication! 

Episode 62: We Are Back!

Welcome back everyone to a brand new episode of The J & J Pharmacy Podcast. In todays episode we discuss our plans for the podcast moving forward, why we took a 2 month break, and what we got up to over the winter holidays! 

Episode 61: Men‘s Mental Health - A Movember Conversation

In this episode of the J & J Pharmacy Podcast, we had a really candid conversation about our current mental health. Being that it is Movember, we thought it was really important to be vulnerable and share the trials and tribulations we’ve faced recently. We hope that this conversation is only one of many this month as we all work towards reducing the stigma around men’s health as a whole.

Episode 60: Frances Folkman

In this week’s episode, we had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Frances Folkman. Frances is a Pharmacy Clinical Practice Leader and Cancer Residency Coordinator, working out of the Tom Baker Cancer Centre at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary, Alberta. Listen to her powerful story as she recounts her sudden reversal from practitioner to patient when she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2014. No details were missed as we discussed her journey through treatment and how the arduous experience changed her own approach to treating cancer patients!

Episode 59: BBIT - The Be-All and End-All?

Diabetes is a well-known chronic disease that affects a significant amount of the population. Specifically, insulin-dependent diabetics are presented with the unique challenge of administering insulin to themselves in order to manage their blood glucose levels. In today's episode we discuss the different insulin regimens with a focus on BBIT and if it is in fact the best choice for all patients.