"We don't have that many facilities in Ghana and so people in hospitals in Ghana tend to have to be very innovative in meeting emergencies," said Owusu- Daaku.ADA, OHIO -
Two very different universities are coming together to advance pharmacy education and practice in Africa.
A pharmacy professor at KNUST University in Ghana, met with Jon Sprague, Dean of Ohio Northern University's College of Pharmacy. The two discussed what changes KNUST can make to its pharmacy program. The changes include implementing a doctoral program of pharmacy at KNUST and striving for a more patient-oriented and clinically-based curriculum.
"Helping manage chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. At the same time then is giving patients easy access to somebody with healthcare knowledge," said Sprague.
Just a month ago, chancellors of KNUST and the Pharmacy Council of Ghana, which oversees practice in the country, signed a memorandum with ONU. That agreement means the two colleges will work together to revamp KNUST's pharmacy program. Ghanan professor Frances Owusu- Daaku says she will take lots of knowledge about pharmacy practice back home, but she says Americans can also learn a thing or two from West Africans.
"We don't have that many facilities in Ghana and so people in hospitals in Ghana tend to have to be very innovative in meeting emergencies," said Owusu- Daaku.
This collaboration was a product of the West African Health Organization Initiative- that plan wishes to standardize medical education across West Africa.
