The Pharmacy Game Newsletter

Number 8, May 2023

Forthcoming event:

The Second Pharmacy Game Symposium

May 5-6, 2023 | 12:00 CET

During the symposium, participants (Pharmacy Game partners) will attend inspiring sessions focused on innovation and environmental sustainability and discuss together new educational directions for greener pharmacies.

In this issue:

A new educational module in development within the Pharmacy Game! We will inform about the area of interest, collaborators involved and the goals of the new module.

Insides from the Pharmacy Game in Leiden, The Netherlands. Interview with a pharmacist and a student of the Pharmacy Game at the Leiden University Medical Center. The editors thank Mandy Crommentuijn – van Rhenen for providing these materials.

Sincerely,

Katja Taxis, Claudia Dantuma, Tanja Fens

Future pharmacists reducing pharmaceuticals in water

Back in 2014, FIP report: Pharmacists’ role in “Medication without harm” indicated that the Pharmacists are mediators between prescribers and patients. They provide support for appropriate prescribing and educate patients about the safe disposal of unwanted (including unused) or expired medicines and about medicines return or take-back programs. Furthermore, pharmacists are the one who arrange proper disposal of medications and coordinate with other steakhouses effective and safe medication disposal for patients and environment.

Interview with Mandy Crommentuijn – van Rhenen, Pharmacy Game-Leinden

Short introduction to who you are.

My name is Mandy Crommentuijn – van Rhenen, a pharmacist who switched to education in July 2020. Before 2020, I worked at the KNMP at the Medicine Information Center on projects about pharmacogenetics, clinical rules and bariatric surgery. Currently I coordinate the course Cardiovascular diseases, a longitudinal course where students experience healthcare from the patient perspective and the Pharmacy Game.

Interview with Katelyn Lopes Barreto, Pharmacy Game student

Short introduction to who you are.

Hi, I am Katelyn Lopes Barreto. I currently am in my 2nd year of the Pharmacy Master in Leiden.

If you could choose between conventional education and the Pharmacy Game, what would be your preference and why?

I think I would prefer the Pharmacy Game over conventional game, but you do need conventional education to have a theoretical base knowledge that you need during the game.