UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Wednesday, November 6, 1996 5A Pharmacy competition to start today Students set to show skills communicating with problem patients By Stephanie Fite Kansan staff writer For the next two weeks, KU pharmacy students will have the opportunity to play doctor. Pharmacy students will compete in a hypothetical situation where students are the professionals and actors are the patients. Students will be videotaped on their ability to communicate with difficult patients, those who are either in a hurry, drunk or illiterate. Professional pharmacists will evaluate the students. The patient-client competition will be held from 1 to 5 p.m., today, tomorrow and Friday, in 2055 Malott Hall. The competition, which is open to all pharmacy students, is sponsored by the American Pharmacy Association and the Academy of Student Pharmacists. "It is important for the students to know how to communicate with patients," said Aaron Draper, Barstow, Calif., senior. "Pharmacy is heading toward this cognitive importance." Pharmacy students will be given about five minutes to look up a drug and understand it, Draper said. The competition will be based on how well students provide a detailed description of how to use the drug and identify its possible side effects. "It's getting more and more important to develop the skills to learn how to communicate," Draper said. "This is a win-win situation. We learn efficiency, and the patient gets better help." School of Pharmacy students raised $1,500 in prize money for contestants who finish first, second and third. First prize is $150, second is $100 and third is $75. The remaining $1,100 will pay catering costs for the competition and air fare and hotel costs for the winner. The winner will compete in March in Los Angeles in a similar scenario, where more than 76 schools from across the nation will compete. This is the best way for students to learn about the profession, said Cathy Thrasher, a pharmacist at Student Health Services at Watkins Memorial Health Center. "The people who participate like doing what they do.The competition gives them the incentive to work harder." Aaron Draper Barstow, Calif., pharmacy student "Patient counseling is the cornerstone of good pharmacy," she said. "The simulated prescription situation makes students understand the importance of giving directions and how to assimilate themselves to different types of personalities outside of the classroom." Draper said the competition excited the students. "The people who participate like doing what they do," he said. "The competition gives them the incentive to work harder." Lighting delay ends with late shipment By Spencer Duncan Kansan staff writer After months of waiting, the University of Kansas has received the necessary equipment to improve lighting. Bob Porter, associate director of remodeling and renovation for the University, has been waiting for light poles since the beginning of the semester. But they arrived four months late. "We expected them a while ago, but when I got back from lunch today, the first shipment was here," Porter said. "The next one will come tomorrow. We are glad that they finally got here." "Those areas already have lights," Porter said. "But this will help the situation." The poles will go into bases that have been wired and ready since August. The poles will be placed in lots 104 and 105, which are next to McCollum and Ellsworth halls. Porter said the delay was due to several factors. One reason, he said, was an incorrect purchase-order number. Porter also said that mistakes had been made at the purchasing office in Topeka, which led to the delay. "I don't want to point fingers," Porter said. "But they didn't get the order out when we thought that they would, and they combined the order with some other orders. It all just caused the delivery to take a little longer than we thought it would." Now that the poles are here, the next step is installation. "I am sure that the minute the poles can be put in, then they will be," said Don Kearns, director of parking services. But Porter said that for installation to begin, the lots had "I am not going to put up any poles with any cars in the lots. That's not going to happen," Porter said. "We will wait until you all have gone home to your mama's for Thanksgiving or Christmas to put them in." Amtrak $ ^{\circ} $ fares, each way*, from Lawrence to: The cheapest distance between two points just got 15% cheaper... Student Advantage $ ^ {\circ} $ members save 15% on most fares. To get a Student Advantage Savings Card, call 1-800-96-AMTRAK $ ^{\circ}$ . 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