As a part of an activity, students of BPharm and PharmD hosted a General Health Checkup event at Young Science Conclave with the assistance of our faculty member Mr. Tejas Ganatra, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, RK University.

Here are the brief details about the event:

Various health parameters like Blood pressure, height, weight, Body mass Index, Visual acuity, hearing ability, Pulmonary health checkup like Lung capacity (Vital capacity), Diaphragm strength, Blood Oxygen Saturation, Pulse rate, etc parameters were measured.

Apart from these, to give some information about recent technologies useful for health checkup or health tracking,students also guided the audience with different mobile applications like eRAKT, BMI App, Diabetes & Hypertension tracker App, Food Habit Advisor, GSPC Drug information center and India Drug Index.

Outcome:

Through conduction of this drive, Students learn about communication skills, improved their understanding, explanation power and technique, more importantly realize about their responsibility towards society and own profession. PharmD students along with members of Pharma Health Club members got the experience as Patient Counselor. More than 30 people were benefited from this General Health Checkup camp.