{"id":139154,"date":"2021-04-12T16:22:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T02:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=139154"},"modified":"2021-04-12T16:22:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T02:22:45","slug":"pharmacy-students-offer-free-webinars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/12\/pharmacy-students-offer-free-webinars\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacy students offer free healthcare webinars to the public"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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A series of free webinars on a variety of healthcare topics is being offered to the public in April and May. The webinars have been developed and are being presented by students of the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy<\/a> (DKICP<\/abbr>) at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo, with the guidance of Roy Goo<\/strong>, DKICP<\/abbr> associate professor and Pharmacy Practice Department chair.<\/p>\n

“The ability of our students and faculty to interact with the community has been limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that\u2019s likely to continue for the foreseeable future,” Goo said. “So just as healthcare, in general, is shifting its model of care to more remote contact, we are doing the same thing in education. We have to continue to fulfill the mission of our college to increase health literacy.”<\/p>\n

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In fall 2020, two DKICP<\/abbr> students conducted a webinar about COVID-19. The presentation was so popular the college decided to host additional webinars and broaden the subject areas.<\/p>\n