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High School Students Invited to Register for NEOMED’s Pathways to Pharmacy Program

Trips to a trampoline park, an escape room and kayaking, along with hands-on experiences designed to give students a leg up on their careers – that’s NEOMED’s Pathways to Pharmacy program.

The annual Pathways to Pharmacy program is for high school students interested in a career in health care. Students spend the days learning about pharmacy compounding, patient counseling, over-the-counter products, vital signs, roles of the pharmacist and careers in pharmacy. Evenings are filled with social activities, as students take trips to an escape room, a trampoline park, bubble soccer and other fun off-campus activities.

Fady Abdlrasul, Pharm.D., runs the program with the hope that he can shape students’ perspectives on the pharmacy profession, which has undergone substantial changes in recent years.

“Pharmacists were once known for just dispensing medications,” said Dr. Abdlrasul. “The program is a way to educate future pharmacists about the work that modern pharmacists do, like being able to immunize patients, complete comprehensive medication reviews, work alongside medical teams in the hospital setting, perform disease state management services in outpatient settings, and even prescribe medications.”

The overnight camp will take place from June 21 to June 26, 2020. Students will stay overnight at Kent State University and be transported to and from the NEOMED campus for the program. The program is open to current high school sophomores, juniors or seniors who are interested in pharmacy or other health and science careers.