Rx road trip
When a trio of fourth-year USC pharmacy students sought out the Palmetto Poison Center practice rotation, they had no idea the experience would lead them on a monthlong journey across the state. But for Josh Agbunag, Beth Michaels and Jason Lockhart, talking to senior citizens in three low-income communities and stepping inside all 70 of South Carolina’s hospitals gave them a first-hand look at the state’s health disparities and how they could improve the state’s health as pharmacists.