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Touro
Celebrates
Pharmacy
Month
Jackie Ho, a 2015 community, in pro-
College of Pharmacy fessional organiza-
graduate, wanted tions and in research,”
to be part of Touro she states. “There
University California By Dr. Rae Matsumoto, Dean, College of Pharmacy are over 70 leader-

for two reasons: Its ship positions at the
unique 2+2 Program College of Pharmacy
(two years didactic/two years clinical) as well as the leadership role alone, which is another reason I selected Touro.”
Touro’s faculty and students play on campus and beyond.
Ho demonstrated her passion for leadership at Touro in an array of
“The clinical experience you get from that extra year on rotations sets ways. She created, developed and implemented a Physical Assessment
you apart from other students,” Ho states. “You are more advanced, Training Program for pharmacy students as a way to prepare them
clinically knowledgeable and have more opportunities to explore the for advanced practice. This unique program, now a part of the phar-
different specialties in pharmacy practice.” macy curriculum, garnered Ho the Student Literature Award from the
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education.
The campus leadership, Ho adds, provides a number of opportunities
to be involved in the community, which continues to grow each year. She was also Director of Pharmacy Services at Touro’s Student-Run
Free Clinic in Vallejo, where she integrated the College of Pharmacy
“Students at Touro University California are very involved in the through the development of policies and procedures for pharmacy

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