Greater Boston area high school students learned first-hand what the pharmacy profession is really like at Northeastern's second annual "Pharmacy Summer Experience." The four-day camp was created by School of Pharmacy faculty members, pharmacists, and pharmacy students to offer teenagers a glimpse of the opportunities within the field of pharmacy.

Yolanda Hardy, program organizer and assistant clinical specialist in Pharmacy Practice at Northeastern University, explains, "Most high school students don't know much about the pharmacy profession and may not consider it for a career. This summer program gives them enough information about this field to help them make an educated decision when it comes to applying to college."

The assembled teens learned how medications work, how they are developed, and how pharmacists counsel people on the correct way to take them. New this year, they also enjoyed an extra day in which the students shadowed local pharmacists while they worked.