U·N I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N
Thursday, March 13, 1997
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Pharmacy students win by making it personal
Team stresses interaction with doctors,patients
By Gerry Doyle Special to the Kansan
Ten KU students have won a national competition by taking a more personal approach to pharmaceutical care.
They hope the approach will change the landscape of their profession.
"It has pharmacists interacting with doctors and patients rather than just writing prescriptions," said Mike Doughty, faculty adviser for Phi Lambda Sigma, the pharmacy leadership fraternity that sponsored the competition. "It fosters a good deal of communication."
The team won the Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Challenge, a competition designed to improve pharmaceutical care, with a proposal to create more community-oriented pharmacies. The national competition included 37 other schools.
The proposal centered on the creation of health-improvement programs within community pharmacies, Doughty said. These programs would target specific conditions such as arthritis and asthma and conduct sessions in which people suffering from these problems could discuss them and could receive medical counseling.
The students received the packet containing information about the competition on Oct. 1. Then they formed a committee and brainstormed, trying to reach a consensus about pursuing more community-oriented care.
The committee broke into smaller groups and studied facets of its goal,
These surveys were designed to expand the role of the pharmacy by finding the full range of the patients' needs beyond medicine.
In this way, pharmaceutical care would be altered to benefit the community, said Ashish Dhingra, Salmiya, Kuwait, fifth-year senior who oversaw the project.
"The competition helped give students a working knowledge of what pharmacy involves as well as helping them network," he said. "The time frame we were given was inadequate, but we got it done."
This is the third year of Phi Lambda Sigma at the University.
The chapter has participated in the competition the past two years. It tied for first two years ago and placed third last year.
The students will receive the trophy at the national American Pharmaceutical Association convention in Los Angeles in March.
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By Mark McMaster Kansan staff writer
Finding a job can be a formidable task for any college graduate, but for international students it can be even more difficult.
To make the process easier, the University Placement Center and the Office of International Student Services held a workshop on job-hunting skills yesterday at the Burge Union.
"There are so many international students that want to work after they graduate," said Daphne Johnston, associate director of the Office of International Student Services. "This is a good way to see a lot of them at one time so we can answer their questions."
Johnston spoke to 15 students at the workshop about immigration issues.
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She said it was important for international job applicants to be familiar with immigration law because often employers would be unfamiliar with the regulations and reluctant to hire international students unless the laws were explained to them.
Gaya Hea, Colombo, Sri Lanka, senior, said he thought interviewing skills were especially necessary to get hired.
"The job market is competitive whether or not you are an international student," he said.
James Henry, associate director of the placement center, discussed the interview process and how to prepare a resume.
James Henry, associate director of the University Placement Center, speaks about preparing for the job market. Henry spoke about interviewing, resumes and other job-search tips.
Henry encouraged students to visit the placement center for more information on these topics.
The center is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Students may make appointments, and a counselor also is available to answer questions without an appointment.
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As we continue the legacy of building better health for you, we invite you to come see the progress.
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