Sarah Savoy

Pharmacy student looking for a full time position over the summer (Available for part-time employment from September-April during the school year).

Pharmacy Student at Lawtons Drugs (2024-01 – Present)

Including a 1 month IPPE placement with Shoppers Drug Mart (Store: #5386), Dieppe, N.B.

• Provide patient-centered care and education to promote patient autonomy and safety when consuming products.
• Collaborate with pharmacy team members and nursing staff while providing robust primary care clinic services to patients and their family members, to increase access to health care services in our community, and to improve patient health and wellness.
• Input and verify patient information for accuracy and completeness; Order, measure, and maintain updated records of inventory and administrative files.

Pharmacy Assistant at Lawtons Drugs (2022-01 – 2024-12)

Lawtons Drugs (#157), - Northwood, Halifax, NS; Lawtons Continuing Care (#2348), Dartmouth, NS.

• Collaborate and communicate with Lawton's and Northwood staff, the residents, and organizations within the community, to provide personalized continuing care and improve resident's well-being.
• Verify patient data and billing information for accuracy completeness, and order, measure, and maintain updated records of inventory and administrative files.
• Measure and prepare pharmaceutical compounds to improve residents' quality of life.

Problem Based Learning Tutor at Dalhousie University, College of Pharmacy (2019-01 – 2022-12)

• Facilitate conversations among 10 students while they improve their problem-solving skills.
• Assess and cultivate students' research and critical thinking skills, communication skills, group skills, and self-assessment skills to accelerate professional growth.
• Collaborate among fellow tutors and faculty.

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Assistant at Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology/Immunology (2019-06 – 2019-08)

• Designed and optimized experiments to be measured using novel biotechnology.
• Acquired, analyzed, and interpreted data to investigate immune cell reactivity.

Research Assistant at Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology/Immunology (2017-01 – 2018-12)

• Conducted experiments, analyzed, and interpreted data to examine the human immune response to flu vaccines in people with chronic HIV, hepatitis C virus and cytomegalovirus infected, and co-infected individuals.

Doctor of Pharmacy in Pharmacy – Dalhousie University, College of Pharmacy (2024-09)

Special-Undergraduate in Arts in Arts – Dalhousie University (2021-01 – 2022-03)

Coursework toward a Master of Science in Microbiology/Immunology – Dalhousie University (2019-09 – 2020-09)

Bachelor of Science, First Class Honours in Medical Sciences – Dalhousie University (2015-09 – 2019-05)