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WesternU College of Pharmacy's team won the Media and Communications Award in the National Consumers League's (NCL) 12th annual Script Your Future Medication Adherence Team Challenge, an eight-week intercollegiate competition among health profession student teams and faculty to combat poor medication adherence in the United States.
In addition to creating TikTok videos, WesternU’s 2023 team recreated its website with a new, cleaner interface that is easier to use among every age group. A new tinyurl link (www.tinyurl.com/amcphealthhelper) and QR codes to link to the website were created, along with infographics for a variety of chronic diseases.
The WesternU Script Your Future team: COP Associate Professor and Residency and Fellowship Training Director Micah Hata, PharmD '07, and COP students Mereva Lois Aniceto, Rachel Lui, Katelyn Dinh Nguyen, Andre Nguyen, and Victoria Le.
"Participating in the annual Script Your Future competition was challenging to see how we can come up with innovative ways to help people to become adherent to their medications. Our website, AMCP Health Helper, provides succinct infographics translated in five different languages, in order for various individuals to have a better understanding of a certain topic. This handy tool also gives tips and tricks on how to remember to take your medications, where to store them, and updates on Covid-19," Aniceto said. "My team was ecstatic to find out that we won the Media & Communications Award! It was rewarding to see how we impacted our community and influence others to be in charge of their health!"
Read more on the NCL website.
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