For Students
» UAMS 2008 Pharmacy Summer Camp Highlights
(camp schedule, activities and presentations are subject to revision)

The goal of the Pharmacy Summer Camp is to familiarize rising high school juniors and seniors with the profession of pharmacy. Academic preparation through high school and undergraduate course work will be discussed. Hands-on activities such as compounding and clinical skills interventions will help the students to better understand the role of the pharmacist in the health care system.

Sunday Afternoon

•  3:00 – 4:00 p.m.       Pharmacy Summer Camp Check-In

•  5:30 p.m.                  Welcoming Picnic

Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday - Thursday
Pharmacy Camp Program Highlights
 

Career & Education Planning

●  Academic preparation for pharmacy school

●  Career opportunity presentations by pharmacists

●  Visits to pharmacy practice sites

●  Pharmaceutical research experiences

●  Professional conduct and ethics

“Hands-on” Pharmacy Experiences

●  Pharmaceutical compounding

●  Interviewing and communication skills

●  Blood pressure monitoring – hypertension

●  Blood glucose monitoring – diabetes

●  Respiratory disease care – asthma

Social and Entertainment Activities:

●  Welcoming Picnic

●  Clinton Presidential Library

●  Bowling

●  Movie

●  Ice/Roller Skating

●  River Market Shopping District

Pharmacy Summer Camp Graduation – Friday

•  10:00 a.m.                Recognition Ceremony for Pharmacy Camp Participants and Parents

For additional information on the UAMS College of Pharmacy Summer Camp write to: UAMS College of Pharmacy, 4301 W. Markham St., #522, Little Rock, AR  72205, visit our homepage at www.uams.edu/cop  or, contact: Dr. Eddie Dunn, Pharmacy Summer Camp Coordinator, 501-686-8929 or by email at ebdunn@uams.edu.