News of the week
Pharmacy students bag award for community service
The North West Community Development Council (CDC) has recognised the NUS Pharmaceutical Society’s (NUSPS) work among senior citizens by conferring on it a WeCare @ North West Award at the North West Volunteers’ Night 2014 on 2 March. NUSPS is the student body representing the University’s pharmacy undergraduates.
In the last three years, the North West CDC, NUSPS and registered pharmacists from the Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore (PSS) have helped 700 residents in the Northwest area through their “Know Your Medicines, Get it Right! @ Northwest” programme. For this outreach programme, they partnered with voluntary welfare organisations, neighbourhood links, senior activity centres and North West Grassroots Organisations in providing one-on-one advice to elderly beneficiaries, reviewing their medication and educating them on proper use of the drugs. PSS also received a WeCare Award this year for its contributions in the programme.
Besides helping the elderly to maximise the therapeutic effects of their medication, the programme also serves to educate the public about the role of pharmacists as trustworthy medication advisors and caring partners in health management. Through working with the pharmacists, students gain opportunities, not only to apply their drug knowledge and practise their patient counselling and communications skills, but also to foster closer relations with pharmacists.
Tweet of the week
Luke Hampton @Lhampton_1995 12Mar
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Student group of the week
NUS Entrepreneurship Society
Founded in July 1992, the NUS Entrepreneurship Society (NES) is a hub for entrepreneurship with an abundance of learning and networking opportunities. By featuring prominent speaks at their events regularly, they hope to bring their members close to the business community. They aim to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship with their growing network of alumni through the sharing of expertise and knowledge. Recognising the importance of developing internal talents, they also provide internal member training on the basics of business, leadership and other skills.
Calling out to all who is interested in social entrepreneurship, business, volunteerism and summer internships, NES will be organising MindSpark 2014 where a series of talks by prominent local social entrepreneurs to the public for free.
Date: 21 March 2014
Time: 7 – 9 pm
Venue: Scape – The Colony
Speakers:
Tee Wee Ang – Young Speakers
Helen Lim – Silver Spring
Aaron Yeoh – Salt Solution
Stanley Chia – Envisage
Samantha – Conjunct Consulting
Sign up at www.tinyurl.com/mindspark2014 and visit www.facebook.com/SEED.for.change for more information.