We’re the Long Island University Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP) and as such our mission is to serve our fellow pharmacy students by informing them about pharmacy practice opportunities in health care settings such as hospitals and long- term care facilities. Furthermore we strive to guide interested students to pursue further educational training and experience essential to their future careers.
Generally, we focus our fall semester on educating pharmacy students about clinical pharmacy practice and about pharmacy residency programs - both general and specialized. We help students prepare to apply to residency programs by holding informative lectures, such as “Why consider doing a pharmacy practice residency?” and “How to prepare for ASHP’s Midyear Meeting”, because many residency program interviews take place at the Midyear Meeting in December.
We participate in community events all year round such as the health fairs in Metrotech Plaza Fort Green Park Fort Hamilton
In the spring we hold off campus events such as our annual Poison Prevention Lesson, in honor of Poison Prevention Month in March, and our Medicines in My Home Project for high school kids. These activities help the participating pharmacy students practice essential skills in counseling, presentation, and public speaking under the supervision of a clinical pharmacist.
Furthermore we encourage students to go to Albany
In summary, we feel it is our duty to inform pharmacy students about career paths they may not have known about before entering pharmacy school, inspire them to make the most of their valuable education by continuing further clinical training, and prepare interested students to pursue careers in health systems.
