What happened to the old Wingate thread? I used the search function and NOTHING pops up. I searched the old board and also nothing.

Anyway, Christian Dolder has moved on and Kira Brice is the new professor. I've been recruited for the 5th yr in a row....

Deej/Mrs Deej, feel free to edit/move this to the right place.....

Hi,

I was also invited back...currently not able to participate due to lack of required energy and sharpness of mind.

For those who don't know...it is an epatient program where you interact DIRECTLY with a to-be Pharmacist
at a Pharm school.

It's your chance to directly affect the attitudes of those who will be providing us service. Wanna help another clusterhead? Then help to train the next generation of providers.

Wanna have an exchange with a bright student who wants to learn?

Wanna have the opportunity to get our condition (ch) more exposed and understood?

Wanna contribute?

Wanna be part of the solution?

Wanna be part of the education of a young person?

Wanna get stuff off your chest that no one else, besides those here at ch.com care about?

Here's your chance....

They love clusterheads...seems we are opinionated, direct, honest, to the point, and dang it...we need help!

I cannot recommend this program more...what I got out of it was way more than I put in (not easy, no sliding here)...but you will NOT regret it...

Best,

Jon

edited to add the contact:  k.brice@wingate.edu.

It's a great opportunity. Seems like I had about 3 different students then never heard back from the school again. I'd jump back in anytime.

I've been on their list twice, and have never heard from them other than one phone call confirming I was interested in participating.

Jerry

I participated last year.  It was interesting and we both learned something in the process.  I'd do it again.

Haven't heard from them this year.

-Dennis-

Correction ... I just got my re-invite.

-Dennis-

I am a pharmacist and Assistant Professor at the Wingate University School of Pharmacy, and as mentioned, I will be taking over the ePatient course from Dr. Dolder.  Next semester we will be offering our electronic patient program to our doctoral pharmacy students. This program involves pairing up a pharmacy student with a real patient. Students and their patients communicate once weekly over the course of the semester on a variety of healthcare-related topics. We would love to have you share your medical, medicine, and healthcare experiences with one of our doctoral pharmacy students to help them learn from real patients. This will be the seventh year that we have offered the program. We have enjoyed the participation of several clusterheadaches.com members in the past and I am excited to open the invitation to participate this year. Our students have found this course to be extremely useful and helpful to learn about medicine outside of a textbook. As a bonus, students are happy to provide you with drug information. You are only asked to share information that you are comfortable with. We don’t require you to give any identifying information. Only the instructor (me) and a student will have access to your e-mail address. Feel free to check out the authenticity of the school, course and me at START PRINTPAGEMultimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or END PRINTPAGE. If you are interested in the program or would like more information please contact me at k.brice@wingate.edu.
Sincerely, Kira

Kira - What about those of us that might be pursuing a course of treatment that, shall we say, isn't necessarily FDA or DEA approved? What assurances can you offer for complete confidentiality? Thanks.

That is a great question.  There are several ways to secure your information. First, our students are under the same HIPPA (privacy) laws as other health care providers so they should not share identifying information with other people.  In addition, you are only asked to share information that you are comfortable sharing.  Finally, if you prefer you can use an alias so the student will not know your true identity.  We have several other participants in the program that do this.  As a side note, some participants have also set up a separate email to communicate with the students so their names are not associated with the email address.  I hope this addresses your concerns.  Thanks!

Thanks!