The Monograph February 2010 Volume 11 Number 5 The Monograph February 2010 Corner S Hi fellow pharmers! Executive Team P Can you believe it’s already February? Time is flying with only two more months of school left! We hope you had a restful Reading U Week, and feel energized for the last month of school before finals Editors-In-Chief season! Even despite what little time we have left, UPS still has Rachel Fu a packed schedule of extracurriculars for you to enjoy! As March Janet Leung comes around and academics begin to slow down a bit, we hope to [email protected] see you around at a few of our upcoming events! 1T0 Representative In the spirit of the Olympics and hardcore sports – which class will take home the Robaxacet Athletic trophy and more importantly, ‘best class’ bragging Milson Chan rights? Stay tuned to your athletics reps to hear more about the upcoming Robax [email protected] challenge events, and come out to help your class edge out the others! st th 1T1 Representative Next up – Pharmacy Awareness Week! From March 1 to 5 , it’s up to you Andrew Ting-A-Kee to help make pharmacy known, or even to learn a little bit more about pharmacy [email protected] yourself! Either by participating in our Bill 179 IPE debate, or going out into the community to educate elementary school children through the CPhA Kids and Medicines Programme, there are tons of events and activities to participate in. 1T2 Representative Sidika Dhalla Let’s take home the CAPSI Award of Professionalism for the school to win most [email protected] spirited, organized, and professional PAW! Finally, as our academic year is coming to an end, 1T3 Representative so is the 2009-2010 UPS council’s term! Though it Rose Liao feels bittersweet, we’re excited to see a new group of Rose. [email protected] spirited individuals to take our place next year! If you’ve been ever been to any UPS events and PRINTED BY have thought about your own vision (what’s The Learning Achievement Centre your dream semiformal theme?) or would www.TLAC.ca love to bring your own favourite sports to our Toronto Printing - 233 College St. faculty; don’t be shy and throw your name into the ring! We have an amazing variety of roles for you to be involved in – Monograph editors, Yearbook, External Affairs, or… maybe even President and Vice-President? Looking for ways to contribute to If you’re feeling unsure, always feel free to The Monograph? We’d love to ask us what it’s like – either catch us in the hallways or send us an e-mail! publish your articles, stories, Until next time! photographs, shout outs, jokes, Tina Hwu Joanna Yeung artwork, rants and poetry. UPS President 2009-2010 UPS Vice-President 2009-2010 Contact your class representative for more information. The Articles of The Monograph are not reflective of the University of Toronto, the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Potential advertisers can contact nor the Undergraduate Pharmacy Society. They are strictly The Monograph by e-mail at the opinions of the authors. If you find any articles offensive, please contact the editors to discuss the matter in further [email protected] detail. 2 The Monograph - February 2010 table of contents Editors’ Note Welcome back pharmacy! We hope you’ve had a wonderful reading week - celebrated with a dash of anticipation, a sprinkle of excitement 4 The CAPSI Column and a plethora of Olympic Spirit since Canada is hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics. Spirits are higher than ever as Canada Prescription to Rock earns their first Gold medal on home turf and the party doesn’t end since our Olympic stars 6 To Commuters - Try Moving continue to rake in the golds and silvers. Out Here at The Monograph headquarters we’ve been working hard in bringing home the Gold – that is “Love and the Golden 7 This Is Why We Can’t Have Ratio” as written by Rose Liao on page Nice Things 18. In this issue of the Monograph, 8 OPA - How Can You Get you’ll also be seeing stars, (no – not Involved? motion sickness induced by death spirals or quadruple axels in Olympic figure skating routines), but by the equally innovative 1T3 playwrights in 9 Simply Complicated “1T3’s get Creative with Phm 120 Ethics” on page 16. There is also lots of exciting news and golden opportunities on 10 PharmaFiles the pharmacy athletics frontier. The biggest news in Pharmacy Athletics is the OPA Student Cup to be held on March 20th against Waterloo 11 Introducing the New Pharmacy students. But, don’t forget to scope out our intramural teams’ i>Clicker, Version 1.T2 progress on page 21. As a final note, Ali Haji, 1T3, has won this month’s Monograph 12 PHailBlog! raffle for the article “When Your Best Friend Goes on Methadone”, page 14. An unfortunate situation, but let’s hope we won’t see any DRP’s in 13 Focus On: Radiation Therapy these Olympic games! Pharmacy – let’s hear your spirit for athletics all across the board. 14 When Your Best Friend Goes Go Team Pharmacy! Go Team U of T! Go Team Canada! On Methadone Rachel Fu and Janet Leung Monograph Co-Editors, 2009-2010 16 1T3’s Get Creative With 120 Monograph Poll! Ethics Here is how the 1T0s are finding their SPEP experience so far: Didn’t I already vote in Not very good. It is 18 Love and the Golden Ratio this question before? impossible to apply the 19 Things That Make No Sense Therapeutic Thought Process Fantastic. It is by far the best fast enough in real life. thing that ever happened to me 20 My Perspective: Thinking of in pharmacy. Hospital Practice? 21 Athletics 22 Art & Diversions Not bad, at least no one has Good. The patients are attempted to sued me for surprisingly more friendly and negligence yet. compliant than the standardized The Monograph - February 2010 actors in PPL. The CAPSI Column PHARMACY STUDENTS IN ACTION!! presentation is about 45 minutes long. By Sabrina Pietrobon and Monica Chung This is an exciting opportunity for students to teach others about their health. It also allows us to promote the profession Even amidst the long labs and classes, work shifts, and of pharmacy and explain to students the important role of studying, pharmacy students are finding time to be active in their pharmacists in society. It has been a very fun and rewarding community to educate students regarding important health issues. experience for the students who have participated in the program Each year, CAPSI organizes their community outreach program in the past. The students are very engaged and it is a fun program in which pharmacy students go to elementary or high schools of to present. their choice to present one of three programs: Operation Wash- Up, Operation Allergy, and the Sexual Outreach Program teaching Thank you to all of the students who have already signed up about the Human Papilloma virus or Emergency Contraceptives. to volunteer. We’ve had a great turnout so far. For anyone still All three are a fun and creative way to help promote the profession interested, there’s still time to sign up. Please contact Sabrina of pharmacy! Pietrobon ([email protected]) or Monica Chung ([email protected]) if you’d like more information. The Details Both Operation Wash-Up and Allergy are geared at SAVE THE DATE : Monday March 29th, 4pm elementary school students in grades 2-6. Following along with Considered by many as being the top speaker at PDW, Dr. the LAB BRATS in an interactive DVD, students learn about Zubin Austin held an uplifting and motivational break out session either the importance of proper handwashing or allergies. for PDW delegates last January. In order to share the experience Through the Sexual Outreach Program, high school students with all U of T students, CAPSI has asked Professor Austin are educated on the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), including the to have a reapeat of his talk, Negotiation of Interprofessional Gardisal vaccine, and Emergency Contraceptive Use, including Culture Shock : What We Can Learn About Collaboration Plan B. They both have a clear connection to pharmacy! From Pharmacists Who Have Become Physicians, for the Winter CAPSI symposium. This symposium will be Monday March Students can present together or individually in groups of 29th, at 4pm. Save the date! It’s a talk you won’t want to miss. 1-3 to a classroom of their choice on a date of their choice. The The location and other details will be announced in the weeks to come. PRESCRIPTION TO ROCK by Natalia Persad, 1T2s Headliner Editors right across the street which allows you to advantage. I was lucky enough to be in the Guest The Antlers Opener People in Gray make a mad dash for the doors. Second, if second row and near the centre. Perfect! Venue Phoenix Concert Theatre you have to bring a coat, bring one that you Date Feb 16, 2010 @ 8:30PM One new addition to the theatre is Price $25.00 don’t mind carrying in your hand. The coat check is slammed after the concert so unless a barricade in front of the stage. I’m Venue you either leave before the encore or are assuming they put the barricade in place really fast to the door, you will be waiting! because during the last concert I went to The Phoenix Concert Theatre is Finally, use a bathroom before leaving, both Gary Jarman (of the Cribs) and Adam located in Toronto East side and provides a hydrate before going to the concert and Greene went crowdsurfing.