{"id":35798,"date":"2009-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/12\/16\/pharmacy-students-help-rural-patients-understand-medicare\/"},"modified":"2009-12-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T06:00:00","slug":"pharmacy-students-help-rural-patients-understand-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/12\/16\/pharmacy-students-help-rural-patients-understand-medicare\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacy students help rural patients understand Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The slideshow above features images from a recent Medicare Part D workshop hosted in Beatrice by members of the UNMC College of Pharmacy’s Rural Pharmacy Students Association. Double click on the images to see more information.<\/B>
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\n<\/TABLE>Members of the College of Pharmacy’s Rural Pharmacy Students Association (RPSA) helped rural patients better understand the effects of Medicare Part D during a November workshop in Beatrice. <\/p>\n

Nine RPSA members and one fourth-year pharmacy student conducted the workshop at the Pamida pharmacy in Beatrice. <\/p>\n

A half-hour before the workshop — a service-learning project for the group — patients started to line up to receive help from the students. In all, about 30 patients received help at the workshop.<\/p>\n

“These students provided an invaluable service for the patients and they displayed great professionalism and compassion while they did so,” said Charles Krobot, Pharm.D., associate dean for student affairs in the College of Pharmacy. “Their efforts make the college proud.”<\/p>\n

The workshop was designed to:
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