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PORTLAND, Maine

Greta Astrup and Lindsey McIver win the UNE College of Pharmacy Clinical Skills Competition

Greta Astrup and Lindsey McIver, College of Pharmacy Class of 2015, won UNE’s 2014 Clinical Skills Competition (CSC). They will represent UNE at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Clinical Skills Competition in Anaheim, CA on December 6.

The CSC is an interactive, team-based analysis of clinical scenarios for hospital/health-system pharmacists. It provides pharmacy students the opportunity to enhance their skills in collaborative practice with physicians in providing direct patient care.

This year’s competition was judged by Dan Mickool, M.S., R.Ph., director of continuing education in the College of Pharmacy, Deborah Sturpe, Pharm.D., M.A., B.C.P.S., clinical associate professor in the College of Pharmacy and Craig Worby, Pharm.D., assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the UNE College of Pharmacy.

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.