Our third-year student pharmacists participated in a public health exercise with the Maryland Board of Pharmacy’s Emergency Preparedness Task Force in March. The event, known as a point of dispensing drill, simulated a crisis scenario of quickly distributing medication to the public following a widespread disease outbreak or release of a bioterrorism agent. “At UMSOP, we are training our students for the health care of tomorrow,” said Amy Ives, PharmD, assistant professor of practice, sciences, and health outcomes research and one of the coordinating faculty members. “As we’ve seen with COVID-19, pharmacists play a vital role in public health emergencies, and we need to equip our students with the skills and experience to contribute in the event of an emergency.”

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