Pharmacy grad begins residency

Omaha, Nebraska (July 11, 2005) --- On July 8, 2005, Zachary Pool, a 2005 web-based Doctorate of Pharmacy graduate, began a one-month residency with the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. Zach will be fulfilling the post-graduate residency offered by the Office of Interprofessional Scholarship, Service and Education through HRSA Grant #1D36HPO3158 Circles of Learning: Community and Clinic as Interdisciplinary Classroom. The residency offers new graduates the opportunity to immerse themselves in a culturally rich environment while working half time in the pharmacy and half time working to meet community needs. Resident get to experience both the clinical and community aspects of care and live in the community in housing on the reservation.

During his time, Zach will offer a polypharmacy clinic surrounding diabetes and completing a library of patient education counseling sheets on high risk drugs. Zach also will provide education on the safe use and disposal of diabetic needles. Zach will be working under the direction of pharmacist Kelly Kromer in the Carl T. Curtis Health Education Center located in Macy, Nebraska on the Omaha reservation.

Zach has extensive experience with underserved communities including a pharmacy student clerkship with Indian Health Service in Rosebud, South Dakota. Prior to attending pharmacy school, Zach taught middle school math and science in Swaziland in South Africa as a member of the Peace Corp.

Zach will complete his residency on August 5, 2005. For more on the residency program, contact the Office of Interprofessional Scholarship, Service and Education at 402-280-5258 or visit the website at http://oisse.creighton.edu.