Tag Archives: Wilkes University

Uganda Countdown: 2 Days to Go!

March 30, 2016: There are now only 2 days before we leave for Uganda and I’m so happy to introduce two of the students who will be traveling to me for the upcoming Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience to study Global … Continue reading

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Wilkes Pharmacy Students Learn to Immunize

March 22, 2016 One of the courses the 3rd Year Pharmacy students at Wilkes University take is the APhA (American Pharmacist Association)  Immunization Certification Course. The course includes about 7 hours of didactic lectures, 12-24 hours of home study, a … Continue reading

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Count-Down to Uganda & Congratulations to the Makerere University Pharmacy Class of 2011

March 20, 2016 Greetings! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted but Uganda is never far from my mind. Believe it or not, but it is now time to start the countdown for my next trip to Uganda. We leave the … Continue reading

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Our Visiting Ugandan Pharmacist Gives a Presentation for Wilkes University Students and Faculty

January 10, 2016:     Back on December 1, 2015, Pamela Blessed, the visiting Ugandan Pharmacist who is working on her PhD project in the Pharmaceutical Sciences deparment, had the opportunity to teach Wilkes Students and Faculty about her beloved country. … Continue reading

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Uganda in the American News for Improving Access to Pain Medicine for Seriously Ill Ugandans 

January 3, 2016:  Everyday I receive Google Alerts for news in Uganda so that I can keep up with the “happenings” there and this morning I was pleasantly surprised with a story reported by NPR (America’s National Public Radio) that … Continue reading

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Uganda Blog Stats: 2015 in review

Dear Faithful Blog Readers: Thank you so much for coming along on this journey with me as I have chronicled my Uganda Projects- travels there with my Wilkes Pharmacy Students, my travels to teach the Ugandan Pharmacy Students, and my … Continue reading

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Spreading the News about Advancing Pharmacy Practice in Uganda

18 October 2015:  I’ve been back in the USA for just 2 weeks now but my Ugandan friends, pharmacists and pharmacy students are never far from my thoughts.  This past trip was incredibly successful and rewarding for me and I … Continue reading

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Last Session with the Ugandan Pharmacy Interns in Kampala

4 October 2015:   On Thursday I had my last teaching session with the Ugandan Pharmacy Interns working in the hospitals in Kampala.  I spoke to them about making drug dosage adjustments when patients have impaired kidneys. I started to … Continue reading

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Last Day Teaching at Makerere University School of Pharmacy

2 October 2015: Today was both happy and sad for me. Once again my time in Uganda teaching the pharmacy students at Makerere University and working with them and the Pharmacy Interns at Mulago and other hospitals has come to … Continue reading

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A Few Very Busy Days in Kampala

1 October 2015: Wow, I can hardly believe another month has passed as today we enter October.  I think I’ve just gotten used to writing 2015 but soon it will be 2016.  This also means my visit here is coming … Continue reading

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