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Public Consortium for Education PANTHERx
Students examining a specially-designed refrigerator unit at PANTHERx®.

Over the last few weeks, PANTHERx® Specialty Pharmacy has teamed with the Consortium for Public Education to provide students with the opportunities to apply STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) skills to real-life workplace challenges. We have had the pleasure of hosting teams from the Avonworth and Blackhawk school districts and have been immensely impressed by how innovative, progressive, and smart these young students are. On November 16 we were visited by Avonworth, and the next week on November 23, we hosted students from Blackhawk.

Specialty pharmacies face a unique set of patient challenges due to volatile and sensitive nature of the treatments we provide. This includes medications that require refrigerators to maintain a specific temperature.  Our discussions with the students from both school districts specifically assessed how we could improve these technologies to better serve our patients.

PANTHERx® Vice President, Business Operations Jonathan Ogurchak was very enthusiastic when asked about the program: “Through our continuous commitment to education at all levels, we realized that high school students are more prepared than ever to contribute in a modern workplace like PANTHERx Specialty.  By partnering with the Consortium for Public Education to empower these workplace-centric learning opportunities, we have a unique opportunity to give students a view into an industry as innovative as specialty pharmacy.  I’m really looking forward to future collaborations with the Consortium, and excited to see a presentation from this eager group of students with whom we’ve already met!”