7th December 2022, in the spirit of inspiring the young generation and spreading awareness on the pharmacy profession and the role of the pharmacist in patient care, College of Pharmacy, GMU hosted high school students from various districts attending the annual GMU Medical & Science Exhibition (MASE) of 2022. The event was held together with various GMU colleges on the 7th & the 8th of December, 2022. The role of the pharmacist in collaborative patient care as well as Sterile Compounding processes, were presented and explained to the attending students. High School students participated in several activities, entered competitions with their peers and won prizes as they answered questions related to the pharmacy profession.
GMU PharmD students, teaching assistants, preceptors and faculty engaged high school students in several pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy practice activities. The visiting students also had the opportunity to display and present their medical and science projects on antibiotic resistance, drug delivery systems, innovative drug therapies and much more. Faculty of the College of Pharmacy took part in assessing scoring these creative project.