{"id":117589,"date":"2020-05-06T12:49:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T22:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=117589"},"modified":"2020-05-06T12:49:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T22:49:47","slug":"quach-pharmacy-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/06\/quach-pharmacy-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Hilo student wins national pharmacy counseling competition"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Henry Quach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A third-year pharmacy student at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy<\/a> (DKICP<\/abbr>) won the national American Pharmacists Association (APhA<\/abbr>) Patient Counseling<\/a> competition.<\/p>\n

Henry Quach<\/strong>, who competed against students from pharmacy schools across the country, will receive a plaque and $1,000 prize. As this year\u2019s national winner, Quach will return to help judge next year\u2019s APhA<\/abbr> competition.<\/p>\n

The national counseling competition is designed to encourage student pharmacists to develop their skills as healthcare providers and educators. The contest mimics a patient picking up medication for the first time and requires participants to counsel the patient on safe and effective drug use. This year\u2019s final round of competition involved the scenario of a mother picking up medication for her young son.<\/p>\n

“She showed some signs of concern and anxiousness, but was very responsive to learning about the medication,” Quach said.<\/p>\n

Quach developed some of his counseling skills by serving as the lead on-site chair for Pacific Island Mobile Screening Clinic<\/a>, an organization manned by DKICP<\/abbr> students, to conduct health screenings and educate local residents about issues relating to chronic diseases, such as diabetes and high blood pressure.<\/p>\n

Jarred Prudencio<\/strong>, DKICP<\/abbr> assistant professor of pharmacy practice, also played a big role in helping him prepare for the contest. “I don\u2019t think I could have done it without all of his help and encouragement,” Quach added.<\/p>\n

—By Alyson Kakugawa-Leong<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Henry Quach won the APhA<\/abbr> Patient Counseling competition and will receive a plaque and $1,000 prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[52,50,660,14],"class_list":["post-117589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-college-of-pharmacy","tag-pharmacy","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t