By: Erik Pedersen, Senior Communications Manager
BALTIMORE – A student organization in Notre Dame of Maryland University’s School of Pharmacy earned recognition on the national stage this month for its success creating exceptional professional development projects for aspiring pharmacists, becoming the only Maryland chapter to receive this year’s award.
NDMU’s Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP) was one of 25 organizations nationally to receive an Outstanding Professional Development Award from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). The ASHP evaluates the content, creativity, impact, and overall impression of the school’s projects during its review process for the award.
Projects conducted by the SSHP include annual residency roundtable discussions, in which School of Pharmacy alumni and other Postgraduate Year Two residents from nearby hospitals discuss their experiences with program members. Dr. Jane Ai-Chen Ho, an assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy’s Department of Clinical and Administrative Sciences, also led an event for the organization focusing on residency vs. fellowship opportunities. During the presentation, she highlighted strategies for students to continue to advance professionally after completing their graduation and post-graduate training.
Caylah Manuel D’23 is the current SSHP president at Notre Dame, while Dr. Jennifer Bailey and Dr. Ahmed Eid D’15 serve as the organization’s faculty advisors. ASHP is the collective voice of pharmacists who serve as patient care providers in hospitals, health systems, ambulatory clinics, and other healthcare settings spanning the full spectrum of medication use. The organization’s more than 60,000 members include pharmacists, student pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians.
Established in 1895, Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU) is a private, Catholic institution in Baltimore, Maryland, with the mission to educate leaders to transform the world. Notre Dame has been named one of the best "Regional Universities North" by U.S. News & World Report.
