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crisis with naloxone administration device training. Guest speakers from the community and the faculty discussed the local impact of the crisis in the Worcester and Manchester, NH areas, medical challenges encountered with treating the opioid crisis, and programs established to help those who are addicted to opioids. Students practiced assembling a demonstration naloxone pre-filled syringe/nasal atomizer.
Cancer Research Mini-Symposium In July, School of Pharmacy-Worcester/Manchester students participating in cancer research electives presented their research at the Pharmaceutical Cancer Research MiniSymposium on the Worcester campus. The theme of the symposium was multidrug resistance (MDR) and strategies used to overcome the obstacle to cancer research. Dr. Robert Campbell, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, mentored the students and organized the symposium. Irena Bond, Library and Learning Resources Manager, offered library database instruction as part of the experimental cancer research elective. The students acquired the database search skills necessary to complete the major course objectives, including preparation of mini-reviews and group presentations. The posters presented by the P1 students featured information on understanding the physiological basis for disease for an assigned cancer topic and the basic science, pre-clinical and clinical data used to improve treatment of drug-resistant cancer disease. The P2 students, who had participated in last year’s symposium, presented original research projects that focused on novel treatment approaches for the cancer disease topic that they presented on during the P1 year.
Orlando, Florida.
Collaborating Across Borders Professor Cheryl Babin (Doctor of Physical Therapy Program) and Dr. Karyn Sullivan (Doctor of Pharmacy Program) attended and presented at the Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) VI conference held in Banff, Alberta, Canada. CAB VI is a joint collaboration between American Interprofessional Collaborative, Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaboration, and the University of Alberta’s Health Science Council. More than 600 attendees from nine different countries participated in a variety of workshops, discussion groups, presentations, and interactive posters, all with a focus on interprofessional education and collaboration. Babin and Sullivan’s platform presentation, “Many Programs, Two Campuses, One Goal: Integrating Interprofessional Education (IPE) into Multiple Health Profession’s Curricula,” explained the development of a faculty-initiated IPE Working Group. They described IPE activities developed by the Working Group as required curricula for multiple professional health care programs and discussed the challenges and successes encountered. The unique approach established the Worcester and Manchester campuses involves more than 20 faculty from nine health profession programs. The IPE Working Group provides IPE and collaboration learning opportunities for students allowing them to actively participate and engage as healthcare team members by demonstrating mutual respect, understanding, and values to meet patient care needs.
Student Awards and Recognition ASHP Clinical Skills Competition Congratulations to Mohannad Al-Nabolsi and Ricardo Myers, Class of 2018, who won the School of Pharmacy-Worcester/ Manchester American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Clinical Skills Competition! Eighteen teams of two students from the Worcester and Manchester campuses entered the competition held October 4. Mohannad and Ricardo will represent the school in the national competition held in December at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in 26
Dr. Cheryl Babin and Dr. Karyn Sullivan present at the Collaborating Across Borders conference.