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Operation Diabetes Award Report
Section I
School or College of Pharmacy Name: Creighton School of Pharmacy and Health
Professions
APhA-ASP Chapter Address: 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska 68178
APhA-ASP Chapter President Name: Chad Smith
APhA-ASP Chapter President E-Mail Address: csm58129@creightonedu
APhA-ASP Chapter Advisor Name: Dr Sam Augustine and Dr William Hamilton
APhA-ASP Chapter Advisor E-Mail Address: sca26247@creightonedu and
wrh52454@creightonedu
Operation Diabetes Student Coordinator: Amanda Pasche
Operation Diabetes Student Coordinator Address: 3058 S 60th St, Apt 11,
Omaha, Nebraska, 68106
Operation Diabetes Student Coordinator E-Mail Address:
amp06869@creightonedu
Operation Diabetes Student Coordinator Phone Number: 320-295-6043
As the chapter advisor, I hereby state that the following materials are
the work of our chapters members and the activities represented in this
entry are an accurate portrayal of the work our chapter has completed
Signature of Chapter Advisor _____________________________Date___________
As the Operation Diabetes Student Coordinator, I hereby state that the
following materials are the work of
our chapters members and the
activities represented in this entry are an accurate portrayal of the work
or chapter has completed
Signature of Student Coordinator ________________________ Date____________
DEADLINE: Entries must be postmarked or submitted no later than January
1st, 2008, Midnight PST
Section II
While attending the national meeting in Atlanta in March 2007, we
talked to many other chapters to see how their Pharmaceutical Care
committee was organized In the past, we have had trouble with the
continuity and growth from year to year, and also communication between
the committees and the executive committee Therefore, we decided that
to be more effective as a Pharmaceutical Care committee, we had to
restructure the committee We decided to implement a three-tiered
structure At the top of this tiered structure is Amanda Pasche P2,
the Pharmaceutical Care coordinator, who communicates with the executive
committee and each of the sub-committees Each ASP-sponsored campaign
has a different chair or co-chairs, in charge of planning and
implementing the various events In the case of Operation
Diabetes this
task is taken on by Grace Pestinger P2 Each committee has committee
members that help the chairs plan and implement the activities
The goal for the future is to have first year students make up the
committee, second year students become chairs and the Pharmaceutical Care
coordinator, and the third year students can serve an advisory role for
the students who take on their past responsibility This should help us
maintain that continuity from year to year and to grow and expand on our
already successful projects
The Operation Diabetes campaign used to be a very successful
project at Creighton University, however, we have not participated in
education or screening patients about diabetes for at least 5 years
This year we decided to get this campaign started again, and it has been
very successful in its first year We had 36 students help out with this
new campaign this year and 7 of our faculty members
To get this campaign started, we first split up the tasks that were
needed to get the project started and help us to be able to present the
information at health fairs We made a pamphlet of information
that we
could pass out at health fairs that included information on sign and
symptoms of diabetes, details of how to count carbohydrates, risk factors
for diabetes, and things people could do to prevent it We also recently
made a poster that we can take to health fairs that detail these same
points so that we can discuss them with patients Overall, the Operation
Diabetes committee spent about 30 hours planning the new campaign and
implementing the projects
The main goal for our Operation Diabetes campaign this year was to
get the campaign off the ground, and get enough people involved in the
projects to ensure that the projects would be ones that we could build on
in the future This goal included developing a pamphlet to pass out at
health fairs, making a poster with the same information that we could
discuss with patients at the health fairs, and holding an information
session about diabetes for students interested in educating patients
Another goal included participating in and raising money for a diabetes
research walk
Section III
This year our Operation diabetes campaign presented
information about
diabetes at four health fairs around the Omaha, Nebraska area and
participated and helped set up a walk to raise money for diabetes research
To promote our campaign we mostly relied on the promotion done by the
health fair sites, which included posters for the Intertribal Powwow that
were displayed around Omaha and an advertisement in the church bulletin for
our first health fair We also helped distribute posters provided by the
American Diabetes Association to advertise the walk for diabetes
The most unique informational source we used in our campaign was a
pamphlet created by our students detailing diabetes issues affecting dogs
and cats We have a faculty member that specializes in veterinary
pharmacy, Dr Elaine Lust, and we relied on information taught in her
veterinary therapeutics class for most of the information in the pamphlet
A unique opportunity we had this year was to participate in the AgeWell
Health Fair At this health fair we had the opportunity to collaborate
with students and faculty from the pharmacy, physical therapy, and
occupational therapy schools to provide patients with education and
emphasis on these different areas of
specialty
Section IV
For our first year of Operation Diabetes, we were very successful We
had the opportunity to educated approximately 600 people this year through
our Operation Diabetes campaign through the use of pamphlets, posters, and
participating in a diabetes walk The first health fair we participated in
was the Spring into Health: Health Fair at a local church in Omaha This
health fair was a huge success, and people really appreciated the education
we provided about diabetes risk factors and prevention Next, we brought
our diabetes information to another local church to present information
after one of the church services This provided us an opportunity to
educate people that may not normally venture to an organized health fair
At the end of the spring semester, we attended a health fair organized by
AgeWell where we got to collaborate with many other students from various
professions and other pharmacy faculty to participate in a great health
fair to provide education to approximately 50 people The students and
faculty from the pharmacy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy
schools all lent their skills to provide
education and care on various
topics associated with each area of expertise
This fall we started off the year by bringing our Operation Diabetes
booth to Omahas Intertribal Powwow We educated approximately 250 people
that may not have otherwise gone to an organize health fair We tried to
attract people to the booth by having them fill out the questionnaire that
is included in the Operation Diabetes resource guide This helped us
identify the people at high risk for diabetes, and educate them on
lifestyle changes that could help prevent them from getting this disease
This was also a great cultural experience for the students and faculty that
helped out at the health fair We got to see traditional tribal dances,
sample traditional food, and purchase products made by local vendors We
finished off this fall by helping set up, and participate in a walk to
raise money for diabetes research
We successfully met our goal to create informational pamphlets to
pass out at health fairs and a new poster to set up at our booth In the
future, we hope to obtain a CLIA waver in order to test glucose levels
and help determine which patients need to speak to their doctors
about
their glucose levels We also hope to expand on all of the progress we
made this year by participating in more health fairs and participating in
a diabetes bike ride in the spring We are also hoping to promote the
work we are doing through the use of our newly elected public relations
student, Jennifer Reynolds P2 These goals, along with continued
diabetes education, are assurances that next year will be a very
successful year for the Operation Diabetes committee
Section V
Statistical Information Report Form
Operation Diabetes
Please complete the following report using the data
collected during your chapter projects and submit this form with your
Operation Diabetes Report due January 1, 2008
School or College of Pharmacy: Creighton University School of Pharmacy and
Health Professions
Student Coordinator please print: Amanda Pasche
Student Coordinators E-mail address: amp06869@creightonedu
1 Total number of patients screened
0
2 Total number of patients educated
600
3 Total number of patients referred to a
physician
0
4 Number of faculty and staff that participated in all projects
7
5 Number of student pharmacists that participated in all projects
36
6 Total number of hours spent planning Operation Diabetes
30
7 Total number of hours spent implementing Operation Diabetes
19
8 Total number of events/ projects held
5
Source:med.upenn.edu
