PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
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PharmaCy ScriPts
October 2019
Welcome to the Class of 2023 “Everyone you meet is both your student and your teacher. I teach my students about managing student loans and drug metabolism; they teach me about the proper way to use Snapchat!” - Dr. Talisha Ratliff, 2019 Preceptor of the Year
The Class of 2023 kicked off their pharmacy careers at the annual White Coat Ceremony in August 2019. Fifty-six students took the Oath of the Pharmacist and received their white coats before friends, family, and the Presbyterian College community. “The white coat is symbolic of the professionalism, caring and trust which these students must earn from the patients they care for,” said Dr. Dick Stull, interim dean of the PC School of Pharmacy. The 2019 Preceptor of the Year, Dr. Talisha Ratliff, addressed the audience and told the story of her own white coat ceremony. She recalled her first rejection letter for acceptance to pharmacy school, but shared, “pharmacy had not yet given up on me.” Dr. Ratliff illustrated how small the pharmacy community is by telling students how current faculty at PCSP influenced her career, even at different institutions. She urged students to build relationships with those around them and never lose their sense of curiosity.
Talisha Ratliff, PharmD, is the pharmacy manager at Palmetto Carolina Treatment Center in Duncan, SC. The center provides medication-assisted treatment and counseling for patients with opioid addiction. Due to the nature of treatment plans, Dr. Ratliff’s day starts at the center by 5:00am. She advised students to find a passion in pharmacy that makes them jump out of bed at 4:00am to work. Dr. Ratliff earned her PharmD degree at South University School of Pharmacy and Bachelors of Science at University of South Carolina.