Student Workshops 2025 | Page 9

PHARMACY
Workshop
Be a Drug Hero
Is it a drug or is it a Pokémon? Students will be guided to identify various drugs and their uses, and how to read the important information on prescription labels.
Location( please select)
Your school
N / A
Monash
( one-month advance notification required)
Duration
1 hour
Maximum pax
60
Equipment required
Preferred venue
Crystal Aspirin
Observe the crystallisation process of aspirin caused by solubility differences in hot and cold water.
N / A
45 – 60 minutes
30
( one-month advance
notification required)
Fast and Furious
Use different methods and tools to count tablets, competing to complete the task in the shortest amount of time.
( one-month advance notification required)
( one-month advance notification required)
45 minutes
50
Triangle counting tray, round tablets, weighing boat and spatula
Classroom
Hand Soap Preparation
Students will learn to make hand soap from raw materials.
N / A 45 minutes 50
( one-month advance notification required)
Let’ s Make Cream
Prepare a pharmaceutical cream from an aqueous cream, and finish it with a scent of choice. Students will also learn the components of a pharmaceutical label and create a label for their cream.
( one-month advance notification required)
( one-month advance notification required)
30 minutes
50
Aqueous cream, essential oil, palette spatula, tile, sticker label and plastic container
Lab
Sugar Crush
Understand the roles of pharmacists in diabetes management to improve patient outcomes. Students will learn patient care skills within the four primary areas of diabetes care including medication, meal planning, motion and monitoring.
( one-month advance notification required)
( one-month advance notification required)
1 hour
30
Pill counting tray, sugar pills( candy), pill bottle, BP machine and glucometer
Classroom
Suspension Preparation
Unlike syrup, a suspension is a drug mixture where the drug particles are not fully dissolved. Using candy tablets and syrup, students will be guided to prepare a suspension of their own.
( one-month advance notification required)
( one-month advance notification required)
30 minutes
50
Mortar and pestle, bottle, tablet and syrup
Lab
The Pharma Playbook
Be a pharmacist for a day with Monash’ s award-winning MyDispense simulations, medicine labelling, and patient interaction role-play. Students will explore safe medicine use, patient care, and innovative technology in this hands-on workshop.
N / A
30 – 45 minutes
40
( one-month advance
notification required)
Unravelling the Miraculous Power of Tea
What are antioxidants and free radicals? How can we measure or estimate the strength of antioxidative properties in our food and drink? Delve into the world of biopharmaceuticals in this informative workshop.
( one-month advance notification required)
( one-month advance notification required)
2 hours
30
6x pipettes( 200μL) and tip boxes, 10x 96 well plates, 15x Falcon tubes( 50mL) and six holders, two boxes of S-sized gloves, one box of M-sized gloves, and five types of teas
Lab
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