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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222;background:white">Dear Class of 2021, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">We have a session schedules for this Friday at 10am. In planning out this time, I wanted to make it relevant, engaging, and educational. It was fun to sit in your Ignite presentations and based on those, I adjusted
a few of my activities/objectives for our time together on Friday. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">I wanted to pass along an optional pre-reading assignment. This article from the University Times outlines the challenges and opportunities in pharmacy, in 1982. The print article is reconstructed at the following
<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1L8vkHrweWmzoGwKzxia5qxX_PT18XC2TfhabqFLcR-8/edit#slide=id.g2a2bc1b7ef_0_81">
Link</a> (Google Slides Presentation) at should take only 5-7 minutes to read. I hope it provides an starting point to ask "How do challenges in pharmacy compare/contrast to the past, present, future, and other fields"? We'll build on these questions during
our session on Friday <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">If you have any questions/comments, please don't hesitate to reach me. Looking forward to seeing everyone soon. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ravi Patel, PharmD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">School of Pharmacy<br>
University of Pittsburgh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="http://www.pillab.co/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">www.<span class="gmail-il">Pillab</span>.co</span></a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/PittPIL" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-il"><span style="color:#1155CC">Twitter</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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