Beyond The Syllabus: The Role of Preceptors in Helping Students Develop Lifelong Career Skills
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About the Speaker
Rannon Ching, Pharm.D.
Pharmacist in Charge
Tarrytown Pharmacy
Rannon is the Pharmacist-In-Charge at Tarrytown Pharmacy, an independent pharmacy that’s been serving the community of Austin, Texas, since 1941. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, living there until his family moved to Lake Travis in Austin, Texas, in 2000. Rannon completed his undergraduate prerequisites and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. Rannon manages and operates Tarrytown Pharmacy, an Austin-based independent pharmacy, and its numerous advanced clinical services, including their PGY-1 community pharmacy residency, immunization and point-of-care testing program, 3rd and 4th-year IPPE and APPE UT College of Pharmacy students, and health-care facility relations. The Texas Pharmacy Association awarded him with the 2019 Excellence in Innovation award, which recognizes an individual who has demonstrated innovative pharmacy practice resulting in improved patient care and/or advancement of the profession of pharmacy. Rannon was also honored with the 2019 Distinguished Young Alumnus Award from the UT Austin College of Pharmacy Alumni Association. He currently serves as the Speaker for the Texas Pharmacy Association’s House of Delegates. He works closely with the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, and is involved with teaching third- and fourth-year pharmacy students, developing research projects, and being a member of the college’s Experiential and Admissions committee. In addition, he equips and encourages his pharmacy team to pursue new and innovative advanced clinical services for the pharmacy.
Joined by Panel of Preceptors and Students/Alumni
Heather Payton Blacksmith, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCGP
Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner, Geriatrics/CLC
Residency Program Director, PGY2 Geriatrics
South Texas Veterans Health Care System
Ryan Bloesser, Pharm.D.
PGY1 Pharmacist Resident
Department of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmacy Services
University Health, San Antonio, TX
David Gutierrez, Pharm.D.
PGY1 Resident
University Health
Darlene P. Nguyen, Pharm.D., CSP
Registered Manager Local Specialty
Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy