Photos by Lorraine Nelson, College of Pharmacy. SoundSlide created by Joanna Yorke, WSU Today intern. Music is “The Hokey Pokey (New Orleans jam session)” from the “Smile at Your Neighbor” album by Eric Litwin.
PULLMAN – The prescription says exercise, but what kind?
When WSU students/future pharmacists tell patients with osteoporosis to exercise, at least the students will know what kind of exercise will help. That was the plan behind a recent lesson in the Applied Pharmacy Laboratory in Pullman for second-year pharmacy students.
While one group followed the movements of an appropriate exercise video, another practiced measuring bone density with an osteoanalyzer, and a third group discussed the types of over-the-counter supplements and prescription medications that treat osteoporosis.