{"id":62600,"date":"2017-07-19T14:22:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T00:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=62600"},"modified":"2020-03-05T16:21:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T02:21:32","slug":"hilo-australia-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/07\/19\/hilo-australia-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Hilo adds Australia to list of countries with formal collaborative ties"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Student pharmacists at the\u00a0University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo\u00a0Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy<\/a> (DKICP) are now able to formally expand their educational experiences to the Land Down Under following an agreement with an educational partner in Australia.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> Hilo has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOU) with Blackmores Institute<\/a>, an academic and research organization headquartered in the northern Sydney suburb of Warriewood, New South Wales.<\/p>\n

“We are excited to partner with Blackmores Institute,” said DKICP<\/abbr> Dean Carolyn Ma<\/a><\/strong>. “This MOU<\/abbr> signifies our commitment to giving our students the most competitive education possible while fulfilling our mission to establish a global identity.”<\/p>\n

The agreement establishes a program called the “U.S. BI<\/abbr> Student Pharmacist Intern Program” that promotes the exchange of international experiences. Students will have the opportunity to get credit through elective advanced pharmacy practice experience courses, which all fourth-year students in the professional program must take before obtaining a Doctor of Pharmacy degree.<\/p>\n

“Blackmores Institute’s focus on advancing the knowledge and research on complementary medicine dovetails nicely with our own emphasis on natural products,” said Ma.<\/p>\n

Blackmores Institute, with regional offices in Singapore and Malaysia, is the academic and professional arm of Blackmores Limited, an Australian natural health company. In addition to UH<\/abbr> Hilo, the institute also collaborates with Taylor’s University<\/a> in Malaysia and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology<\/a> in Australia.<\/p>\n

Leslie Braun, director of Blackmores Institute, said that DKICP<\/abbr>’s student pharmacist intern program supports their commitment to developing and delivering education that translates evidence into practical skills relevant to contemporary pharmacy practice and patient-centered care.<\/p>\n

“Blackmores Institute welcomes this new MOU<\/abbr> with UH<\/abbr> Hilo as an opportunity to work with a like-minded body in advancing the quality use of complementary medicine in pharmacy practice,” Braun said. “We look forward to a mutually rewarding and productive collaboration with the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy.”<\/p>\n

Ma said she looks forward to the possibility of expanding research and clinical practice opportunities among mutual partners.<\/p>\n

“We already have in common working relationships with universities in Thailand, such as Chulalongkorn and Rangsit Universities, so we have a good start at developing new and exciting possibilities in the field of natural products health care,” Ma noted.<\/p>\n

The first DKICP<\/abbr> student pharmacists will travel to Australia for a six-week advanced fourth-year rotation later in fall 2017.<\/p>\n

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

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