Silver Scripts

Helping seniors better manage their medications
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Empowering Our Students

We empower first- and second-year student pharmacists to provide patient-centered care for seniors in the community.

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About Silver Scripts

Why is Silver Scripts important to seniors and Pitt Pharmacy students? It supports both seniors and student pharmacists in forming meaningful therapeutic relationships.

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For Seniors

Thank you for working with Pitt Pharmacy students! The time and openness you share with them makes all the difference in their learning.

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Students provide blood pressure assessments and collect health history to make recommendations. Pharmacist preceptors and fourth-year students guide student pharmacists in their recommendations to patients.

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Sophia M C Herbert

Welcome to Silver Scripts

It is a privilege to learn from and provide care to people in communities. Thank you to the seniors who make this program possible and to our student pharmacists for providing great care to Pittsburgh’s seniors.

Sophia M C Herbert

Assistant Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics

sophia.herbert@pitt.edu
412-383-3704

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Vaccines

Immunizations play an important role in the health of seniors, so student pharmacists will screen for recommended vaccines for individual seniors as a part of their visit.

Collaborative Preventative Screenings

Student pharmacists team up with students from other disciplines to screen for multiple conditions. Partner students include those in programs for nutrition & dietetics, social work, audiology, and dental medicine.

Language Ambassador

Multilingual students are available at select sites to overcome language barriers and deliver care. Our students have proficiency in Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Russian, and more.

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Feedback on Our Program

“A great opportunity for us to develop patient care skills as student pharmacists… opportunities like Silver Scripts are jump-starting our professional development early on in our careers.”
– Student pharmacist

“I had my whole [medication] list, and it was nice for me to ask questions and for him to learn, too. I had a few things that I knew that I wanted to talk to my doctor about based on what we talked about in the interview.”
– Senior Community Member

“It gives them [the seniors] the opportunity to talk freely where they are comfortable, and that’s why it’s a good program.”
– Community Center Coordinator

Publications

An introductory pharmacy practice experiment providing pharmaceutical care to elderly patients

2023-2024 Statistics

458 Encounters

401 Blood Pressures

174 Medication Reviews