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Please Welcome Laken Barnette, Our Second Student Pharmacist for the Month of May, from The Ohio State University’s College of Pharmacy.

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This month, we are also joined at Plain City Druggist by Laken Barnette, a fourth-year pharmacy student from The Ohio State University’s College of Pharmacy.

In a previous post, we introduced you to Aricca Senkow, who is doing a rotation with Joe in Plain City this month, and now we’d like you to meet Laken.

Laken will graduate in December 2021 with her PharmD degree and will then take the test to become a registered pharmacist. Laken will be with Meghan and the staff here in Plain City throughout May, so please stop by and meet her while she is here.

Here is what Laken tells us about herself:

Hi all! My name is Laken Barnette and I’m a P4 (and a half) pharmacy student at The Ohio State University. I graduated from OSU in 2017 with a degree in pharmaceutical sciences and started in the PharmD program at the University that fall.

When I started my undergraduate coursework, my major was biochemistry/pre-med. I felt lost within that major. It wasn’t truly what I was looking for and I wasn’t sure if I wanted to be a physician. During my second year, I took organic chemistry and I immediately fell in love. One of my closest friends told me that he was majoring in pharmacy and that I should check it out. And I did and I loved it. It was exactly what I was looking for and I decided to apply to pharmacy school.

Engagement

Once in pharmacy school, I was a bit overwhelmed. I had no idea all the things a pharmacist could do. At the time, I had only worked at CVS and that is all that I thought pharmacy was: big chain retail pharmacies.

I wanted to make the most of my four years in pharmacy school and find my true passion. I’ve worked multiple jobs throughout and got to have experiences that a lot of pharmacy students don’t get. I worked at Mount Carmel West for a little over a year and, even though, I loved making IVs, I knew that hospital pharmacy wasn’t for me.

During my third year, I got the unique experience of working at a medical marijuana dispensary under the Board of Pharmacy. Throughout the state and potentially the country, I was one of only two pharmacy students who had received this type of experience. I learned a ton working there and I felt that I was truly making a difference in patients’ lives. I was not only having one-on-one counseling sessions with patients on the products that we sold, but also their prescription and over-the-counter medicines. Since I was under a pharmacist’s supervision, I was able to answer questions that they may have not been able to ask their busy, overwhelmed local pharmacist when picking up their scripts. During my time there, I definitely found my calling. Expanding the role of pharmacists is extremely important to me. I want others to be able to have these types of unique experiences and open the door for pharmacists in different fields outside of traditional pharmacy.

During my P2 year, I decided that I wanted to explore the business side of pharmacy and thought doing a dual PharmD/MBA would greatly benefit me. I didn’t have much experience when it came to business, so I was excited to learn something new and out of my science-oriented comfort zone. I am officially halfway done with my MBA now and this is my fourth APPE rotation (which explains the P4 and a half). I will graduate with my PharmD “early” in December 2021 and my MBA in May 2022. My current plan for post-graduation is to work for CVS and continue to explore any unique opportunities that come my way.

P.S.: Just some fun things about me: I have 5 black kitties that my fiancé and I adore. I enjoy traveling, crafting, and gardening. If you can’t tell by my three degrees (and tons of loans), I love Ohio State.

Below are photos of two of my kitties, Spooky and Salem.

Spooky and Salem

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