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Students set sights on pharmacy careers at summer camp |
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Jim Winkler |
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Aug 1, 2008
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| Irene Brooks, a registered nurse and certified diabetes educator for Pharmacy Counter in Toledo, showed Sam Linder the proper way to stick his finger to do a blood test during the College of Pharmacy’s summer camp. |
More than 80 high school seniors from across the country are hoping that a summer camp at UT will be their prescription to success.
The students are participating in the annual UT College of Pharmacy career exploration and education summer camp.
The first session was held this week, while the second session will be held from Sunday, Aug. 3, to Wednesday, Aug. 6. The students, all of whom have shown an interest in health care, science and pharmacy, are learning about pharmacy careers while studying in labs and living on Main Campus.
A camp was held earlier this summer at Ursuline College in Cleveland as part of an education partnership between UT and Ursuline.
“The pharmacy profession offers a variety of terrific career opportunities,” said Dr. Johnnie Early II, professor and dean of pharmacy. “This camp is an excellent way to introduce the students to the profession and to get them thinking about the field as they begin applying to college.”
This year’s group includes several participants from Toledo EXCEL, a scholarship incentive program that prepares underrepresented students for higher education. Acceptance to the camp is based on cumulative high school GPA, an application essay, extracurricular activities, and honors or awards.
This year’s camp, which is sponsored by Walgreens and CVS Pharmacy, includes a diabetes treatment case study and an introduction to disease-management programs like the Type II diabetes pilot program sponsored by the college that began in February for city of Toledo employees.
Campers will practice testing blood sugar and learn how to treat diabetes, formulate medication in a laboratory setting, and shadow local pharmacists at work to see firsthand how they care for patients and develop treatments. Discussions and lectures are being led by UT faculty and local pharmacists and health-care practitioners.
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