Pharmacists In Schools
Some students from years 9 and 10 enjoyed a fantastic experience on Friday 12th March. A group of pharmacy students and their lecturer attended the College to enable the students to see what it would be like to be a pharmacist for a few periods.
Our students learnt the importance of safety and dressed up in their white coat, gloves and safety goggles and set to work in teams, with each team developing a different medicine. Our students worked hard to dilute a cream, to make a mouth wash and to change a medicine from a tablet form into a liquid form. The pharmacy students were on hand at each stage of the process to advise and explain to our students what to do.
After the medicine had been made it was time for the students to use the information on the prescription from the doctor to put the correct information on the label and dispense the medicine to the patient. We definitely have some budding pharmacists in our midst!
A big thank you to Fiona, Helen and their team form Queen’s University Belfast, School of Pharmacy who gave up their time and ensured that our students had such a fantastic day.
For more information on studying Pharmacy at Queens go to www.qub.ac.uk/Schoolof Pharmacy/