Student pharmacists are constantly encouraged to strive for perfection. It’s an intrinsic desire to be the best, nail every interview, and have things go our way 100% of the time. But sometimes, no matter how hard we try, it’s not good enough.

The butterfly effect describes how each small action can have large and unpredictable effects as a part of the larger system that connects each fragment of our universe. You never know what the flap of a butterfly’s wings can lead to. The start to pursuing a career in pharmacy can be daunting and overflowing with the many different fields that student pharmacists can pursue. It’s tough to know which organizations to join or into which field to invest more time.

I’ve been anxiously waiting for APhA2023 since I got home from MRM, and as it inches closer by the day, here are the 5 things I’m most excited about.

My Region 7 Midyear Regional Meeting (MRM) 2022 experience began on November 4, when 2 other student pharmacists and myself began the trek from Spokane to Seattle, WA. We made it there safely—after some introductions to the experience of hydroplaning through Snoqualmie Pass.

On the weekend of October 28, I had the opportunity to represent the St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences as chapter delegate and chapter policy vice president at the Region 1 Midyear Regional Meeting (MRM). I presented on the importance of medical intervention focusing on polypharmacy in the older and geriatric population through state and community support. It was a humbling experience, and one which has taught me more about myself and my profession.