Women Pharmacist Writers Series Part 4 of 4: Interview with Maria Glukhovsky, PharmD

Published: Jan. 14, 2022, 5:30 a.m.

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Maria Glukhovsky has been a pharmacist for the past twelve years, clinical educator across many disease states, and a clinical instructor at a Doctor of Pharmacy Program. She taught many diabetes and hypertension seminars to her patients over the years and has discovered everyone needs support and encouragement to succeed in their journey to better health. She is a prescription monograph reviewer and editor at a top tele-health company, Plushcare.com, a contributing author for PACS (www.panicandanxiety.org), and a contributing author to Thrive Global. She loves medical writing and contributing to projects that will impact others to make a difference. She has recently published a children\\u2019s book to promote mental health in children and their self-esteem, called Finny\\u2019s Greatest Discovery.\\xa0 She prides herself in helping and supporting patients and everyone around her in any way she can and fights to help them in any way she can, whether it is for the cost of their medication or the disease state they are facing.\\xa0

She has a passion for creating highest-in-class continuing medical education and touching and improving lives by educating health care providers that ultimately results in delivering the best medical care to patients around the world.

Mentioned in this episode

LinkedIn Dr. Maria Glukhovsky Pharm.D.

Instagram: @pharmacistwhouplifts

Finny\\u2019s Greatest Discovery (children\\u2019s book) by Dr. Maria Glukhovsky, PharmD and Juliana Grace Sharoyan

Leo the Late Bloomer (children\\u2019s book) by Robert Kraus

CME Outfitters

https://plushcare.com (tele-health company)

Thrive Global

PACS www.panicandanxiety.org\\xa0

OPA (Ohio Pharmacists Association) Annual Meeting (CE opportunities)

To learn more about imposter syndrome, read Own Your Greatness:\\xa0 Overcome Imposter Syndrome, Beat Self-Doubt, and Succeed in Life by Drs. Lisa and Richard Orb\\xe9-Austin. \\xa0

John Kevin Hines is an American suicide prevention speaker, who gained nationwide fame in the United States for surviving an attempt at taking his own life by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California (Wikipedia 1-13-22)

US Veterans wear special hats.\\xa0 See images in the blogpost on thepharmacistsvoice.com/podcast for episode 131.

Poison Help Line Number 1-800-222-1222

Poison Control website

Thank you for listening to episode 131 of The Pharmacist\\u2019s Voice \\xae Podcast!

Read the full show notes at The Pharmacist\\u2019s Voice \\xae Podcast https://www.thepharmacistsvoice.com/podcast\\xa0and click on episode 131.

Highlights from the interview

How did Maria get started in writing? \\xa0

While a community pharmacist, she created patient-friendly resources.\\xa0 Then, she became a part-time freelance medical writer.\\xa0 As her writing career progressed, she became a full-time writer.

Advice Maria gives pharmacists she speaks to who are interested in medical writing: \\xa0

Don\\u2019t underestimate the experience you already have.\\xa0 As a pharmacist, you already have a great foundation for your ability to write.\\xa0

Her favorite topic to write about is mental health.\\xa0 She likes making an impact on others. \\xa0

Maria shared her experience with freelance writing websites.\\xa0 It was an entry point at one time that led to more clients and word-of-mouth referrals. \\xa0

Maria has experience creating CME (continuing medical education) on a range of topics, including hypertension, diabetes, lifestyle modification, osteoporosis, breast cancer screening, and mental health resilience.\\xa0 Her content can be found on websites, in presentations, and on social media. \\xa0

Many US Veterans suffer from loneliness.\\xa0 It is important to acknowledge Veterans in public, ask how they are doing, and thank them for their service.\\xa0 My Dad (Kim\\u2019s Dad) is a combat Veteran.\\xa0\\xa0See the images of Veterans wearing special hats in the show notes (blogpost) for episode 131 on thepharmacistsvoice.com/podcast.

Maria and her daughter Juliana Grace wrote a book together.\\xa0 It\\u2019s called Finny\\u2019s Greatest Discovery.\\xa0 The messages in the book can start a conversation with a child about being different, bullying, and self-worth.\\xa0 It is written in kid-friendly language.\\xa0 My favorite sentence is, \\u201cHe was wonderfully made.\\u201d \\xa0

Maria and Juliana Grace are working on a second book about good deeds multiplying and making the world a better place.\\xa0 Goal completion date is summer 2022. \\xa0

Maria also used her voice to create a poison prevention program for children with autism.\\xa0 Maria encourages pharmacists to create/deliver poison prevention lessons at schools and provide students with poison prevention stickers and the Poison Help Line Number 1-800-222-1222.\\xa0 Don\\u2019t underestimate the value of just showing up to a school to give a presentation.\\xa0 You could save a life!

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