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Thanks for the memories
(DITORIAL From APhA Headquarters
Thanks for the memories By Eloise D. Thibault, PharmD
It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power. -Alan Cohen
Change is imminent for all of us. Ready to embrace change and opportunity, I commenced my pharmacy practice career as a clinical pharmacist in Norfolk, Va., on July 1. Throughout the 4 years I have spent as APhA director of student development, I have grown and changed by leaps and bounds, both personally and professionally. Many of you have played a significant role in shaping my pharmacy career. I have enjoyed every minute working with you-my colleagues, pharmacy students, deans, chapter advisors, and chapter, regional, and national officers. I made the right decision when APhA offered me the position in 1997. It was a perfect fit for me at the time, as I had recently graduated from pharmacy school and was looking for a challenging career in a nontraditional practice setting. APhA provided me many unique opportunities for professional experiences and travel that I would have never experienced elsewhere. As I reflect on 4 years worth of "life lessons," I would like to share some that I believe are more significant for me as a pharmacist. While at APhA, I have learned: © You can do something in an instant that will change you for a lifetime. © Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you have had and what you have learned from them than with how many birthdays you have celebrated. © You should not compare yourself to the best others can do. © Heroes are people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences. © It takes years to build up trust and credibility and only seconds to destroy it. © You can keep going long after you think you cannot (Student Outreach and Annual Meeting!). © We are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel. © True friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance.
4 Phanna
© One should never bum bridges. You never know .... © Your life is not always under your control. Sometimes the best you can do is hold on and enjoy the ride.
© One should never doubt that a small group of committed pharmacy students and leaders can change the profession. I would like to thank the thousands of pharmacy students, chapter presidents, regional officers, and standing committee members I have worked with over the past 4 years for demonstrating that future pharmacists possess fresh ideas, innovation, and passion for pharmacy. To all of my Pharmacy Recovery Network and Utah School friends: Thank you for sharing with me, for teaching me to live one day at a time and to truly learn from the "Utah experience." I especially want to thank the five APhA-ASP Executive Committees (from 1997-1998 to 2001-2002) for working hard (and playing hard), for helping me grow into the manager and pharmacist I have become, and for sharing with me their unconditional friendship. I truly cherish the committee members who have remained close, personal friends even after fulfilling their national office commitments. If I could reach up and hold a star for each time all of you made me smile, an entire evening sky would be in my hand. I thank the outstanding staff I have been fortunate to work with for their support and confidence in me: Val Peteet, my assistant, "right hand woman," and friend; Claudia (Goddard) Steffey, my number two in command and friend; Tom English, my partner in crime with Pharmacy Student and Midyear Regional Meeting travel partner; and Mitch Rothholz, Anne Burns, Margaret Arie, Lynette Hamilton, Charlie Dragovich, Melissa Murer, Peter Fernandes, Sam Kalman, Lucinda Maine, and John Gans, who have all played integral roles in shaping my pharmacy career at APhA. I appreciate each of you very much for your dedication, insight, and friendship. And last but not least, I thank Bernie and Barbarann Thibault
July/August 2001
(my parents) and Chri Woodruff (my fiancee) for always encouraging me to strive to do my be t and to pu h the envelope. Thank you for your endles confidence in me, support, and love. I have enjoyed my time at APhA working with each of you, and will continue to be involved and work with APhA as a volunteer.
It's time to say goodbye. I know we'll meet again. Not quite sure how, and I don't know just when. You're in my heart, so until then, it's time to say goodbye. -Unknown
Best of Luck Eloise!
from your friends at APhA &APhA-ASP
July/August 2001
Thanks for the memories By Eloise D. Thibault, PharmD
It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power. -Alan Cohen
Change is imminent for all of us. Ready to embrace change and opportunity, I commenced my pharmacy practice career as a clinical pharmacist in Norfolk, Va., on July 1. Throughout the 4 years I have spent as APhA director of student development, I have grown and changed by leaps and bounds, both personally and professionally. Many of you have played a significant role in shaping my pharmacy career. I have enjoyed every minute working with you-my colleagues, pharmacy students, deans, chapter advisors, and chapter, regional, and national officers. I made the right decision when APhA offered me the position in 1997. It was a perfect fit for me at the time, as I had recently graduated from pharmacy school and was looking for a challenging career in a nontraditional practice setting. APhA provided me many unique opportunities for professional experiences and travel that I would have never experienced elsewhere. As I reflect on 4 years worth of "life lessons," I would like to share some that I believe are more significant for me as a pharmacist. While at APhA, I have learned: © You can do something in an instant that will change you for a lifetime. © Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you have had and what you have learned from them than with how many birthdays you have celebrated. © You should not compare yourself to the best others can do. © Heroes are people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences. © It takes years to build up trust and credibility and only seconds to destroy it. © You can keep going long after you think you cannot (Student Outreach and Annual Meeting!). © We are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel. © True friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance.
4 Phanna
© One should never bum bridges. You never know .... © Your life is not always under your control. Sometimes the best you can do is hold on and enjoy the ride.
© One should never doubt that a small group of committed pharmacy students and leaders can change the profession. I would like to thank the thousands of pharmacy students, chapter presidents, regional officers, and standing committee members I have worked with over the past 4 years for demonstrating that future pharmacists possess fresh ideas, innovation, and passion for pharmacy. To all of my Pharmacy Recovery Network and Utah School friends: Thank you for sharing with me, for teaching me to live one day at a time and to truly learn from the "Utah experience." I especially want to thank the five APhA-ASP Executive Committees (from 1997-1998 to 2001-2002) for working hard (and playing hard), for helping me grow into the manager and pharmacist I have become, and for sharing with me their unconditional friendship. I truly cherish the committee members who have remained close, personal friends even after fulfilling their national office commitments. If I could reach up and hold a star for each time all of you made me smile, an entire evening sky would be in my hand. I thank the outstanding staff I have been fortunate to work with for their support and confidence in me: Val Peteet, my assistant, "right hand woman," and friend; Claudia (Goddard) Steffey, my number two in command and friend; Tom English, my partner in crime with Pharmacy Student and Midyear Regional Meeting travel partner; and Mitch Rothholz, Anne Burns, Margaret Arie, Lynette Hamilton, Charlie Dragovich, Melissa Murer, Peter Fernandes, Sam Kalman, Lucinda Maine, and John Gans, who have all played integral roles in shaping my pharmacy career at APhA. I appreciate each of you very much for your dedication, insight, and friendship. And last but not least, I thank Bernie and Barbarann Thibault
July/August 2001
(my parents) and Chri Woodruff (my fiancee) for always encouraging me to strive to do my be t and to pu h the envelope. Thank you for your endles confidence in me, support, and love. I have enjoyed my time at APhA working with each of you, and will continue to be involved and work with APhA as a volunteer.
It's time to say goodbye. I know we'll meet again. Not quite sure how, and I don't know just when. You're in my heart, so until then, it's time to say goodbye. -Unknown
Best of Luck Eloise!
from your friends at APhA &APhA-ASP
July/August 2001