The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) recently presented faculty member Stephanie Harriman McGrath, PharmD '07, with the Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Companies Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award during PPA’s 2013 Annual Conference held at the Wyndham Gettysburg on September 28, 2013, in Gettysburg, PA. The Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Companies Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award recognizes new pharmacists for their dedication to and participation in PPA, commitment to the practice of pharmacy and involvement in community activities.
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McGrath with Nominators - L to R Jennifer Bacci, Stephanie Harriman McGrath, Melissa Somma McGivney, Maria Osborne[/caption]
McGrath is a 2007 University of Pittsburgh graduate and completed a PGY-1 community practice residency. After residency, McGrath accepted a dual dispensing and clinical position with Rite Aid with the goal of creating a patient care practice where she could teach pharmacy students and residents how to care for patients. In 2009, McGrath became a certified APhA immunization and CPR trainer. She has singlehandedly taught classes where over 500 pharmacists were certified.
McGrath also serves as a primary preceptor for the University of Pittsburgh Community Pharmacy Residency program. She also serves as a preceptor for Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE). In 2010, McGrath also accepted a Visiting Faculty position at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and became an assistant professor in 2011. McGrath coordinates the SilverScripts experience, which allows first-year pharmacy students to enter local senior centers to care for real patients for the first time in their professional careers.
More Pitt Pharmacy PPA 2013 awards:
PittPharmacy Student Membership Award
Alumnus Robert Maher Jr. Excellence in Innovation Award
McGrath with Nominators - L to R Jennifer Bacci, Stephanie Harriman McGrath, Melissa Somma McGivney, Maria Osborne[/caption]
McGrath is a 2007 University of Pittsburgh graduate and completed a PGY-1 community practice residency. After residency, McGrath accepted a dual dispensing and clinical position with Rite Aid with the goal of creating a patient care practice where she could teach pharmacy students and residents how to care for patients. In 2009, McGrath became a certified APhA immunization and CPR trainer. She has singlehandedly taught classes where over 500 pharmacists were certified.
McGrath also serves as a primary preceptor for the University of Pittsburgh Community Pharmacy Residency program. She also serves as a preceptor for Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE). In 2010, McGrath also accepted a Visiting Faculty position at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and became an assistant professor in 2011. McGrath coordinates the SilverScripts experience, which allows first-year pharmacy students to enter local senior centers to care for real patients for the first time in their professional careers.
More Pitt Pharmacy PPA 2013 awards:
PittPharmacy Student Membership Award
Alumnus Robert Maher Jr. Excellence in Innovation Award
