hello hello and welcome to the place to so i wore our motto is step out and redesign and the focus is always on you i'm your host the needle was so and this lovely young lady that we have right here is purana patel she's somebody that i met relatively recently and we've gotten to know each other a little bit and i'm very happy to have her as a guest on the show today as usual she selected her sort of values which are life transitions and continuous improvement so i'm just going to tell you a little bit more a little just a little bit about her background dr purana patel was born and raised in india and moved to the united states in two thousand and seven soon after she joined the united states army as part of a medical unit she then continued to pursue her doctor a pharmacy degree and is currently serving as a community pharmacist she is she has also demonstrated her skills in managing pharmacy operations during medical missions by the united states army reserves she's no stranger to patton story which is a very interesting side of her some of her winning titles include miss india international miss new jersey earth and miss new jersey intercontinental she is also skilled in acting and bollywood dancing that sounds very exciting her favorite quote by gandhi is be the change you wish to see in the world her go she's very goal oriented and strongly believes that the right mindset is the first step towards success so why don't we sort of talk about that mindset and how that leads into the sort of values that used to live  constantly first of all i want to thank you for having me here is a pleasure to see you again so when when i put the squad in mind i thought like i think about the path the mindset where i want to go what goal i need to thing yes so my first thing is to learn english so that's the first transition for me and my other short term goal so after learning english i want to join the pharmacy school and my long term goal was to serve in the united states military so i have this little pads my mind set so it's all with say and i know where to go all i have to do is just create a path and walk on it so just create the small transition small mindset and always the positive mindset i would say so create this path and just go on that you need to have a goal you need to have correct resources here and you need to know what you're doing in order to do that and it in order to know what you're doing you need to continuously improve yourself with the experiences with the past fall bags or any past success so that's what i call continuous improvement so that's why all of us say like if you need to go somewhere you're right mindset and having a goal is a very very very first that have to your success absolutely so did you always know you wanted to go into pharmacy into pharmacy work actually thought at pharmacy back in india because india is a little different than what we see here it's more industrial sides more engineering slide all the pharmacy so we learn clinical but we also have knowledge and skills to be like the engineer like mechanical ok and as trio so i started over there it was a bachelor's degree and when i moved here i know i want to do this and i gain more of the clinical not to share because this is a very different pharmacy settings that we are talking so i know it is a very fascinating field even over there it was a very evolving it's very new is continuously developing every single day you hear something new about pharmacy and right now even if you see like there is constant improve the pharmacists can immunize now and soon you'll see pharmacists can prescribe certain medication in new york state so there are a lot of upcoming things which pharmacist your community pharmacists are your first line when you go when he had to go see a health care provider if you cough and call it just go to your local pharmacy and ask parton's us easily accessible so it is a very fascinating field and that's what  is what i want to do and i'll take it from there ok that's really excellent so it's interesting when you when i hear you talk about the science but then there's the other side of you which is where you and i matt and that's in  pageants and things like that so we mat and event where we were they interviewed or some young ladies that were competing and everything so could you talk a little bit about your interest in pageantry and how does that actually link into who you are on the scientific side i always say pageantry is the way to improve yourself personality to different segment that gives you that courage to go on stage and speak in front of everybody walk in front of everybody with your nice dresses it takes courage and lot of personality both of you know so for me it was not just like going home college it was something that helps me improve myself i can say like a personal development exactly like i get myself some time to improve myself pageantry does help you a lot it gives you like especially the interview segment it's my favorite segment it helps me just go in front of anybody even like a regular job interview let's talk about this almost  similar most similar like i have noticed like some questions like what are your strengths what are your weakness why you thing you want this as your career so there are a lot of similarities and it's like you're practicing at the pageant you're building up you kind of lack the back that was you could have answer what was right what was wrong and that helps you in your life you're building a career building a personality you're just building a life yeah you know so well yeah and let's let's go close for me like being my national ality i was i was considered hall oh ok yeah not here i was considered to also be like no you really need to calm and try it out that was my very first batch and i won but i i see love misha congratulations everywhere hugs and connections like networking everywhere so pageantry also gives me like the positive side not just having a friendship but also that that's a bond out there you know it's a whole different family the whole different environment you are in but because i was actually one of the things that i found really interesting getting involved with the young lady that we were kind of helping out dryer to that i had done just something really really small where i was helping them practice interviews and then i got a call like can you actually come and be an interview just so the whole entire thing was completely new to me but one of the things that i was really impressed with was the fact that there wasn't a lot of emphasis necessarily on like buz like all the girls were beautifully don't get me wrong but that wasn't the emphasis you know so i'm not that was really cool with it i was also impressed with the sort of the camaraderie and the interactivity so they it was like a little family and all of that so and the love and all of that you just referring to was something that i definitely experienced in being so it was a great experience for me and i learned a lot exactly and this is when you talk about activities st walk on the stage one day you get the title in your home definitely not like that patch assisters the nurse or not they go together with the community events i have seen a lot of my predecessor like alzheimer's wall  be all all your paddle sister out there pageant role is a very small you'll see almost everybody there so we do activities together and if you have your own service platform like mine it is substance abuse prevention airness programs so health helps me give a platform it gives me another audio of a larger war scene to help spread of air ness and help educate other people that what i am about i'm not just somebody walking with a sashing crown this is what i do and that's me that what gives me this title and crown so i think pageantry is a very good platform you get support from your pageant sister your pageant directors other people you read it's a great networking event too and i'm sure i have probably done fifty percent or more of my work just with my pageant sisters or i even like the idea that you call each other if you know like i said the whole entire thing was just an incredible eye opening experience for me so can you talk a little bit about your platform again because again as i'm listening to them all of them have a specific platform something socially connected you know and a lot of good was personal some of their experiences they had a platform that was based on their personal experiences so if you could talk a little bit about your platform and why you selected that particular platform so when i was pursing my farm d degree as a college student we started this initiative is called generation x which is based on substance abuse prevention in generation our x basically so we started from there was a project as a college student and sponsored by american pharmacists association has always thought of the something us a call only a pharmacy students will be are the force line when it comes to medication your doctor can write anything but we are the we are your first line to make sure that other medication you getting from other doctors are  interacting it's safe for you what are the side effects you need to see so as a pharmacist for something that has to do with the medications is always our priority and so we started the project it's it was very good and it's like a very sacred what is the party concept exactly so what we have noticed that was in the news at that time that there was a party for like some college or school students and what they do they bring a ball and whatever medication they have they're just all wore it on the wall it's just like your trail mix they prepare and then party along with the other or substances they use that medication now you don't know what's and they are and what you're taking and that and cause there's the cause of like a lot of that from substance abuse lot of accidents so that's something we needed to bring in the highlight that this is what's going on with and we're trying to not just like prevent it like you can be anywhere at the same place but this is what you need to look out for desired the call numbers are the helpline numbers and as a pharmacist we do help with substance abuse prevention by just looking that medication charts review where ok this is medications been abused by this patient so we talk with the doctors providers and how to create a treatment plan for this patient you know war for their abuse or a white patient to get into that abuse those state has certain medication you cannot control it's all mentally it's all psychological that you are addicted or you have very less tolerance so that's where overt all came sin so we actually don't love different programs about substance abuse prevention one for college students one for elementary school nursing school and also there are programs with the motor he at the ford hamilton bays along with mother  own faculty college was very helpful there are still very helpful with some student also continue to do the project so we do continue that reached out to a majority of the population here school military nursings homes you name it we were out there so how do you measure the success because that sounds very comprehensive so how do you measure the success of the work that you do but it's very difficult to measure success goes nobody wants to come out of front of it hell or the way do take surveys at the end of our presentations and if you are going to do something that's a controlled environment such as nursing homes or school we do follow the faculty or the nursing home director after three or five months to see if they have noticed any changes or over presentation or over sources we give it to you for like the helpline didn't help did you have to utilize that ok so we just go back and follow up with that and with the military it's very difficult but if we do look at the v a rates at the end of the year we do have some programs some flyers we do every year but the be a just let them know this this program is out there i know you have your own helpline but the side the national helpline number and come out with this event is twice a year drug take back day which we also help out with like setting up the station and you can just drop off your drugs sharp's no question asked ok and there is a way or law enforcement a  so i'm collecting pieces like the transitions i made throughout my life is a part of my path i know i want to serve as a pharmacist in future but the united states military that's the reason my first step was to join the united states military and to start with so that was it's just a very life changing experience too and the whole training the lifestyle they give it to you it's  useful in your everyday life to your discipline surgeon like time just time to actually do like tiny things that matters so it helps you strengthen what personality you have or what you develop throughout the years so it's a different part of my life it's not just left right margin it's also about your service your dedication and what you want to do that military gives you a privilege to serve as a pharmacist is this a it's a whole different  program we do have little flyers to just give our like to certain resources that you don't have to call me but you can call that i know so definitely everything is connected or pharmacy pageantry at my military everything is connected and that's what makes me who i am today i know this is very impressive so do you have do you ever run into issues with you being a woman in any of these areas in which it's definitely not what the pageant part but might be in the pharmacists and you know a part of the military do you ever run into issues of your very young beautiful woman and you know like when i go back to my cultural background or we have a very like it was very hard for me to pick up everything so when i told my parents that i want to join much ari i got to make question marks around their head like why do you want to do that is like the very first so this is when you were in the united states there when you were having t and yes that too so they're like oh why why you want to do this here and i'm the very first person in my family so there's a big question mark there's a lot of what is what is what's that a lot of questions in their mind but when i explain to them this is my goal i want to serve in future as a pharmacist down the road so that's why i want to go in now while i'm young and i can take on the training in the very good position and they have done so macho very decorated officers and enlisted so america has a lot of opportunity yeah yeah there is equal for everybody there's the front people coming from the front part of the wall and we blend right and like a trail mix that's very very nice so what do you do fun i was out of your career and all of that what do you do for  classes getting some training every day alone bollywood dancing but right now it's like so hard to just get on every day routine are ok if you are a bit like a dance studio it was so hard to keep up because you're not there my schedule is everywhere so it's very hard exactly is when you say bollywood dancing like what what what exactly what does that style look like oh so it's a it's a very freestyle very curious thought it's like a combination of everything so i don't i'm not sure if you are following any indie movies like indian movies not want to run oh my god music is the best yet the music comes yeah you with a little bit but not so much the right dancing in the movies and try to broaden my thing you have in your mind it will clear up rock you'll have a lot of fun to do but you have a good cardio good so you do have lots of fun out a lot of like your work in and all that sort of thing so  where do you see yourself so let's say ten years from now you're receiving an award for something that is very highly prestigious award for the work that you've done over the course of your career what are people saying about you as you're receiving this award so just last year i've received an award from united held public public health service corps it's edisto war for based on coal for twenty twenty vision of your health goals so as pharma says when i was doing this project with the generation our rags and going out the community talking about a very innocent of some abuse this got the united states army reserve and we did a mission to medical missions we vision and dental medical and i was helping with the pharmacy operations there so from there i received out she meant award medal from back in two thousand and twelve and i did l pharmacy operations so there are a lot of force i have in the past but when i look at myself in future i want to be a mentor for somebody who is going to take on all those projects up in building so that's my first goal i want to be evolving the field off arma see right now there's very limited or jobs or live very  limited like reg rules regulations to what pharmacy can do pharmacists can do so i want to expand on that field i want to take it to next level i want to be a part of research in the long run but for so i went to mentor somebody building yourself so just step out don't be afraid to do something that out of the bars this is what that will help you build your future your career just don't be afraid there's no limitation there sky is not the limit anymore go out there are sets your goals and just go right on it excellent x ray when you heard it right here everybody dr purana protests out we'll see you next time at the place the store and i want to thank