“Preserving Your Health: A Remedy For
Excellence” was the theme for this year Pharmex. Pharmex which stands for
Pharmacy Expo was one of the events that held by pharmacy student during the
Convocation Expo (ConvEx). The booth was on starting from 19th till 22nd September
2013 from 9am to 5pm. 120 students were involved in this community project. The
estimated visitors to our booth were around 700.
The mainly focus of this project was
to create awareness among the public regard their health issues, give the
information about their medications, exposing our profession and role as
pharmacist to the public and creating a good relationship with the community. By
the end of the event, the entire objectives achieve!
And of course, the special mascot on the first day!!
The materials
exhibited can be divided into 5 categories, which are:
- Clinical Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical Technology
- Drugs Education
- Herbal Pharmacy and Traditional Medicine
- Veterinary Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacy section gave the student experience in carrying the health screening to the community. The tests carried out are:
- Body Mass Index (BMI), Body Fat Mass (BFM) and Visceral Fat Area (VFA)
- Blood Pressure Test (BP)
- Waist-hip Ratio (WHR)
- Glucose test
- Cholestrol test.
With only RM 6, all tests are covered! Plus they can
have the counseling session with the expert; lectures and not to be forgotten
the 4th year students.
In Pharmaceutical Technology section,
students showed their skill by preparing the dosage preparations in public and
gave explanations on the ingredients used.
Besides, they also portrayed their
care on animals by exhibiting domestic pets, increase public
knowledge on keeping pets in Veterinary Pharmacy section.
Students
who participated, gained priceless experiences and able to get into the
community. In the nutshell, this event not only benefits the community, but
also preparing us as the future pharmacist to be. Good job everyone!
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