By providing tools to improve health literacy, pharmacists can help patients better manage conditions and interpret vital information.
In June, the first 27 graduates of the Waterloo Bridging Program received their PharmD degrees at convocation.
To a dedicated educator like Esther Lee, there is likely no higher praise. The kind words come from a nomination letter from Esther’s co-op students – Dr. Lee is the first-ever recipient of the Waterloo School of Pharmacy Outstanding Co-op Supervisor Award.
A stack of suitcases filled with medications, a CPS and an English-Spanish medical phrasebook – that’s what Sandra MacTavish, a class of 2016 Waterloo Pharmacy student, had to work with when she landed in Peru last summer.
To School of Pharmacy assistant professors Brett Barrett and Kelly Grindrod, that is a problem. Antibiotics are effective tools for fighting infectious diseases, but misinformation surrounds when and why they should be used. The public lecture delivered by Grindrod and Barrett on November 12th acknowledged the important contribution antibiotics have made and continue to make to human health and addressed the many myths surrounding the medications.
FocusONCare, a mobile healthcare start-up created by six pharmacy students from UWaterloo’s School of Pharmacy won the fourth place prize, including a Samsung Chromebook at Thursday’s pitch competition for the Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp in the Communitech Hub.
Nancy Waite, Professor and Associate Director at the School of Pharmacy, wins the 2015 Journal Award from the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education. This award is given to an individual who has displayed excellence in an item in the Article, Forum, or Reports of Practice categories in the Canadian Journals of University Continuing Education (CAUCE) publication.
Scott Campbell received the highest overall score out of hundreds of Pharmacy graduates in Canada on the Pharmacist Qualification Examination.
A research team led by Dr. Nancy Waite from the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy and Dr. Lisa Dolovich, of the Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University received $5.7 million in funding today to study how to make the use of drugs more effective for patients and health-care professionals.
Waterloo Pharmacy students Bhupender Sayain, Danielle Paes, Jaskiran Otal and Kacie Lunn once again proved that not only are they talented students, they also have a creative side. The team premiered their newest video, at the Commitment to Care & Services Awards gala held in Toronto on November 25, 2013. Last year, the same group of students created a video that won a national student competition and has been viewed close to 22,000 times.