{"id":4972,"date":"2018-08-20T10:30:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T16:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=4972"},"modified":"2018-08-21T06:41:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T12:41:19","slug":"college-of-pharmacy-sends-students-faculty-on-global-missions-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2018\/08\/20\/college-of-pharmacy-sends-students-faculty-on-global-missions-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"College of Pharmacy Sends Students, Faculty on Global Missions Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Collectively, students served more than 3,300 patients during 18 days of clinics<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Belmont University\u2019s College of Pharmacy sent students abroad this summer on medical-related missions trips to both Honduras and Cambodia led by faculty members Dr. Tracy Frame and Adam Pace and College of Pharmacy Dean Dr. David Gregory. Though each trip visited a different place, they sought out a similar goal \u2014 to impact the lives of the patients they served.<\/p>\n

Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Tracy Frame\u2019s interprofessional team, made up of both undergraduate and graduate nursing students, pharmacy students, a social worker and five faculty members, spent 10 days in Cambodia facilitating an all-student run clinic that saw more than 700 patients. Developed by the students before leaving the States, the clinic\u2019s protocol allowed each patient the opportunity to be seen by undergraduate nursing students to have vitals evaluated, treated by a graduate nursing student and then counseled and prescribed medication by a pharmacy intern.<\/p>\n

Frame\u2019s dedication to student service experiences is a foundational part of her teaching philosophy. \u201cThis generation of students loves experiences and getting involved,\u201d she said. \u201cThey want to take initiative, have a voice and be transformed. Additionally, students learn more by getting involved in hands-on service experiences than by sitting in my classroom. Watching them serve and love others is when I see them happiest and the most content in their own lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Team<\/p>\n

Traveling to Gracias, Honduras with the \u201cMission of Harmony,\u201d Gregory\u2019s team included two pharmacy students and one undergraduate Spanish major who spent time serving throughout the group\u2019s clinic. The pharmacy students worked with each patient after they had seen the health care provider, selecting the proper medication for the patient\u2019s disease along with the appropriate medication management parameters. But their work didn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n

Though a considerable amount of the group\u2019s efforts was medical in nature, Gregory said the service they completed in Honduras goes so much deeper than what can be seen in a health record. \u201cA patient\u2019s life is so much more than their medication,\u201d he said. \u201cPharmacy can be a tool in helping each person live a better life, but it\u2019s not the most important aspect. Pharmacy is what God has allowed me to do with my life, but these trips are about so much more than that. It\u2019s about fulfilling human needs, not just medical ones. And that\u2019s a transcendent cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pharmacy Manager and Associate Professor Dr. Adam Pace took his group to Copan, Honduas where they implemented a clinic that facilitated health care to local residents and provided \u201cfamily packs\u201d complete with hygiene items, vitamins and parasite medications. While there, the group was able to share their faith with the patients they served.<\/p>\n

\"Students<\/p>\n

Pace said he sees service learning as the ultimate expression of his faith. \u201cAs Christian faculty, it is our duty to model Christian love before our students,\u201d he said. \u201cI can think of no better way to do that than to take them with me as I serve and try to show the love of Christ to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond a physical expression of his faith, Pace said he sees the experience as a way to ensure his students have the opportunity to experience the blessings of their lives in a tangible way. \u201cI hope they gain a fuller sense of the privilege we all enjoy and the obligations we have in this privileged environment. I hope they also have a heightened sense of the importance of what our profession offers by seeing what happens in its absence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trip participant and Pharmacy student Camry Kerley said the opportunity to travel alongside her team to Honduras was an excellent experience that only strengthened her passion for missions through medical care. \u201cEverything was so different from home,\u201d she said. \u201cThe language, the lifestyle, the surroundings and peoples\u2019 attitudes\u2013Honduras is unlike any place I\u2019ve ever been, and this experience was definitely one of a lifetime. After the completion of this trip, I feel more confidence in my pharmacy knowledge and reassured of my passion for missions.\u201d<\/p>\n

All missions trips facilitated by the College of Pharmacy are open to non-health care majors who are interested in participating and are financially supported by the College\u2019s Golf Fundraiser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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