The CARES Clinic is a student-run clinic at The Medical University of South Carolina that provides free primary care services to uninsured patients in the Charleston, SC, area. Students from the colleges of medicine, pharmacy, and health professions collaborate to produce comprehensive medical care for patients in the clinic 3 to 4 nights a week under the supervision of licensed physicians.

My Region 7 Midyear Regional Meeting (MRM) 2022 experience began on November 4, when 2 other student pharmacists and myself began the trek from Spokane to Seattle, WA. We made it there safely—after some introductions to the experience of hydroplaning through Snoqualmie Pass.

On the weekend of October 28, I had the opportunity to represent the St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences as chapter delegate and chapter policy vice president at the Region 1 Midyear Regional Meeting (MRM). I presented on the importance of medical intervention focusing on polypharmacy in the older and geriatric population through state and community support. It was a humbling experience, and one which has taught me more about myself and my profession.