{"id":311902,"date":"2024-10-26T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=311902"},"modified":"2024-10-26T19:51:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T19:51:34","slug":"pharmacist-helps-veterans-achieve-health-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=311902","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacist helps Veterans achieve health goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Sylvia Lombardo grew up in Altoona, Pennsylvania, she knew she wanted a profession where she could help care for others. After discovering she had strong skills in math and science, she shadowed a pharmacist in high school and knew that was the career path for her.<\/p>\n

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After graduating from Duquesne University, she began looking for places to complete a residency. VA immediately stood out as a top option, based on her research.<\/p>\n

\u201cVA was always at the top of my list. VA has a long history of training successful pharmacists and also offers a really unique opportunity for pharmacists to practice at the top of their license in that practice,\u201d Lombardo shared.<\/p>\n

After matching with the pharmacy residency at the Altoona VA<\/a> in her own hometown, Lombardo looked forward to giving back to the Veteran community there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pharmacists make an impact in a Veteran\u2019s life<\/h2>\n

\u201cI found my residency year to be extremely rewarding. I received a well-rounded learning experience and was able to develop those critical, clinical decision-making skills. I was also able to learn firsthand from my training supervisor how pharmacists can really be an integral part of a health care team and make an impact in a Veteran\u2019s life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

After completing her residency and working with VA for another year, Lombardo has come full circle by becoming a preceptor, or training supervisor, to pharmacy residents. She serves as a primary preceptor for the residents\u2019 longitudinal residency project experience for the facility\u2019s post-graduate year one program. This includes helping them with their quality improvement initiative on data-collection, manuscripts and posters to present at various forums.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking with the residents is one of the more exciting parts of my job. It\u2019s very gratifying to watch them grow throughout the year. We challenge them but support them along the way. I really think that working with trainees helps me support my own lifelong learning as a pharmacist because I learn from them sometimes just as much as they learn from me,\u201d Lombardo said.<\/p>\n

In addition to supervising residents, Lombardo also works in the clinical care setting where she is a part of a team that assists Veterans with managing various chronic disease states, such as diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, weight loss and heart failure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honor and privilege to serve our Veterans.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\u201cI\u2019m able to really develop that rapport with each Veteran I see. It\u2019s nice to be able to share in their excitement when they meet their goals but also be there to support them when they need it,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s truly an honor and privilege to serve our Veterans. Veterans are a very unique and special population, and it\u2019s been really fulfilling to help care for them. I really hope I can continue to work at VA and continue serving them throughout the remainder of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mission of educating health professions trainees is one of the four statutory missions of VA and is overseen by the Office of Academic Affiliations<\/a>. Working with over 1,500 academic institutions and 120,000 trainees in more than 60 clinical disciplines throughout the nation, VA\u2019s health professions education program makes VA the largest provider of health care education in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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