{"id":9271,"date":"2012-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.presby.edu\/about\/2016\/03\/16\/professors-serve-abroad\/"},"modified":"2016-03-16T16:29:51","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T20:29:51","slug":"professors-serve-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharmacy.presby.edu\/about\/2012\/05\/21\/professors-serve-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Professors serve abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"<\/a>School of Pharmacy professors do more than teach. This past spring three professors served as pharmacists on two overseas trips to help the needy.<\/p>\n

Dr. Zach Anderson spent a week in the Dominican Republic while Drs. Kate Gerrald and Tommy Johnson served in Honduras.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have always felt a calling to serve others, both domestically and overseas,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cThis past spring I finally got the chance to use my expertise to give others something that Americans take for granted, which is quality health care.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pharmacy school professors traveled with professors and students from a local medical school. While the local school has taken similar service trips before, this year\u2019s trips mark the first time that pharmacists have served.<\/p>\n

In addition to filling prescription orders and compounding medications, the School of Pharmacy professors served as preceptors to the medical students and led discussions on pharmacy-related issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach day was different,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cSince it was first come, first served, people would walk two to three hours sometimes to get treated.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Honduras, Johnson and Gerrald set up pharmacies in schools and churches, seeing nearly 100 patients each day. They provided multivitamins, antibiotics, and parasite medications and treated a variety of ailments, including malnourishment, cough and cold, stomach issues, and allergies.<\/p>\n

In addition, Johnson and Gerrald provided well child checks to children at an orphanage.<\/p>\n

In the Dominican Republic, Anderson established day clinics in churches, schools, and in a local resident\u2019s home. He treated more than 500 patients with a variety of health concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou often see television commercials about the poverty of third world countries,\u201d Anderson said, \u201cbut I can honestly say that those commercials could never compare to how heavy my heartstrings were tugged when I got to meet the Dominican patients.\u201d<\/p>\n

School of Pharmacy professors have served on various service trips since the school\u2019s founding. The school is currently looking to incorporate similar trips into students\u2019 rotations so that students can gain valuable experience while benefiting from serving others.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was touched by how thankful people were for what at times was very little — even just for multivitamins which we take for granted here,\u201d Gerrald said. \u201cAs an educator, it was also an excellent experience to see students embrace their knowledge and use it to make a difference in the lives of the patients we provided medications to.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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