EDUCATING LEADERS IN PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES SINCE 1886
Expanding Summer Educational Outreach
By Kara Sweet
Jennifer Rosenberg, PhD, associate dean of admissions and advisement, wasn’t going to let a pandemic interfere with the fifth annual Pharmacy Summer Institute.
“We wanted to continue our engagement with talented students interested in a career in health care,” she says.
The decision to go virtual was a good one. More than 100 students from around the world logged on to participate in interactive sessions on patient counseling, medication compounding and other clinically focused health care activities.
The online experience was further enhanced through UB and pharmacy-themed Zoom backgrounds for students to use, a custom Spotify playlist and informative online quizzes about pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.
Students were also able to take video tours of local clinical practices and research labs, and watch lectures by faculty and alumni on topics ranging from vaccinations to medical marijuana.
“The circumstances this year made us think differently about the summer institute,” Rosenberg says. “We’re really happy that we were able to make it more accessible to prospective pharmacy students worldwide.”
“Thank you for an awesome three days of informative sessions!”
Nadia Ashraf (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
“I truly enjoyed attending and was able to gain a lot more insight into the pharmacy field.”
Dasang Dolma (East Amherst, N.Y.)
“The experience gave me tools, direction, experience, techniques and lots of valuable information!”
Raqual Ortiz-Merced (Lajas, Puerto Rico)