The Bruce Parks Memorial Residency Project Showcase
The Bruce Parks Memorial Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Project Showcase was established in 2006. Since its inception, the program has grown from 12 participants in 2006 to over 90 participants in 2015
This showcase seeks to stimulate interest in the field of pediatric pharmacy by offering an opportunity to present residency projects at the PPAG Spring Conference each year.
In order to be eligible to participate in the Showcase, you must be a resident in a pediatric setting.
The PPAG Resident Showcase is designed to provide pharmacy residents and fellows with an opportunity to make formal presentations of their projects or research in a relaxed professional setting, discuss clinical or administrative case experiences, have open forum discussions, meet leaders in pediatric pharmacy, and broaden relationships with other residents and fellows. Today's residents and fellows will become the leading practitioners of tomorrow.
Pediatric practitioners will evaluate each presentation and provide feedback to each participant.
A call for residency project abstracts will be released each summer, with a deadline in February. Oral projects are presented during the PPAG Annual Meeting each year. Presentations are 15 minutes total including a question and answer period.
About Dr. Bruce Parks
Dr. Bruce Reynolds Parks died on the pitcher's mound while pitching or his church softball team on September 20, 2001. He was 62.
Dr. Parks was born October 31, 1938. Dr. Parks received a pharmacy degree from Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, Louisiana, in 1962. He continued his studies and received his doctorate in pharmacology and toxicology in 1973 from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Parks joined the Department of Pediatrics in a research and faculty position. In 1983, Dr. Parks also became a faculty member with the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. At the time of his death, he was Chairman and Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine.
During his academic career, his pharmacy student honored him numerous times as Clinical Professor of the Year. In 2000 Dr. Parks was named a Fellow with the American College of Clinical Pharmacy for his dedicated service to the profession.
