|Videos|May 28, 2018

Why Student Pharmacists Should Advocate for Provider Status

In this clip, Nimit Jindal, a PharmD candidate at the Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, shares his thoughts on Provider Status and how student pharmacists can advocate for it.

Pharmacy Times is proud to present Student Voices, a series of articles and videos that empowers student pharmacists to lead the conversation on pharmacy.

In this clip, Nimit Jindal, a PharmD candidate at the Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, shares his thoughts on Provider Status and how student pharmacists can advocate for it.

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