PHARMACY QUARTERLY
Issue 06
Nine presentations were delivered by second and third year students who have participated in this program as
well, which included Sun Safety, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Operation Wash-‐Up, Pharmacy as a
Profession, Kids and Medicine, and Smoking.
Evaluation
Figure 1 Student Evaluation
More than half of the students participated in this
program, which showed that the 2% is enough
incentive to motivate them.
For the majority of students who did not participate,
2% was not enough to motivate them. They had
other priorities, time constraints and were too busy.
For those who had not participated yet, it was due to
communication issues with schools. These students
had not been emailing me to let me know the
problems they have been experiencing.
Teacher Evaluation
The volunteers reached over 700 students at 23
schools here in Edmonton. Based on the teacher
feedback forms, there was an overall positive
response to pharmacy students coming into their
classes to present on a requested topic. Teachers also
had many suggestions for improvements.
The school students were engaged, attentive, and
asked many questions. For the most part, the
pharmacy students demonstrated strong public
speaking skills, such as speaking loudly, clearly,
and also used various tools, media, and language to
ensure information was understood at each grade
level. They were organi 镐