Tara Bakhtari

As a dedicated pharmacy student at UBC, I recently completed the PharmD’s first year with great passion for the field has only grown stronger, and I am highly interested in pursuing a career in pharmacy. I am excited to continue learning and gaining more experience in the field and I am eager to take on new challenges that will help me grow as a future pharmacist.

• Heart Health event at UBC, 05/23/2023, Informed patients about the effect of high blood pressure on cardiovascular events, Measured patient’s blood pressure., Assessed patient’s risk factors for developing heart disease., Measured patient’s Framingham risk score.
• Pharmacy Appreciation Month at UBC, 04/06/2023, Informed UBC students about the roles of pharmacists in physical assessments, Measured students body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure
• Diabetes Awareness Event at UBC, 02/22/2023, Measured 30 patients’ HbA1c by taking patient’s blood sample from their fingertip and using cartilage and Abbot device for the measurement., Measured 30 patients’ height, weight, and waist circumference., Educating 30 patients about pathophysiology of diabetes and importance of check-ups for blood sugar levels to prevent diabetes complications.
• Shoppers Drug Mart, 06/2019 - 09/2019, Shadowed the consultant pharmacist for 2 days to learn how to create and adjudicate patient’s profiles and perform the task after 2 days for the whole duration of volunteering., Shadowed the consultant pharmacist to learn how fill prescription and label medication and perform the task after 2 days for the whole duration of volunteering., Delivered medications to the patient’s pick-up area and processed cash register transitions to facilitate the consultant pharmacist., Managed inventories, rotated stocks, and removed expired or damaged products to reduce the pharmacy workload and facilitate the pharmacists.

• Direct Patient Care Outpatient, Save on Foods, 05/2023, 06/2023, Provided drug device presentation for Spiriva Respimat, Naloxone Kit, FreeStyle Libre, and Dexcom
• Conduct care plans for three patients. Conducting medication review
• Work with Kroll
• Counselling on medications

Thesis: Investigating and determining shear modules and  damping ratio in fine soils mixed with gasoline

Degree: Masters degree in Geotechnical Engineering

Supervisor: Dr. Mirmohammad Hoseeini

Summary: I performed tests on 20 samples of fine soil contaminated with different percentages of gasoline in high and medium strains ( 5x10-4