Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences News

Michael Nunan wins PSA (Vic Branch) student of the year

September 2005

Fourth year pharmacy student Michael Nunan was recently announced as the Victorian state finalist in the PSA’s second annual Pharmacy Student of the Year award.

The competition has counselling as its focus and all final year pharmacy students in Australia are eligible for the award. The process of identifying the national winner has two stages. In the first stage, each PSA branch operates a contest to identify their state finalist.

The second stage is the National Counselling Event, held at the 2005 Pharmacy Australia Congress (PAC) in October in Melbourne. This involves all six finalists demonstrating their counselling skills in front of a panel of judges. The winner will be announced at the conclusion of a major plenary session on 31 October 2005.

The award in sponsored by Alphapharm. As well as the prestige of being named as a state finalist, each finalist also receives the Alphapharm State Travel Prize of travel, accommodation and registration to PAC2005.

The national winner will receive the Alphapharm National Travel Prize of a travel voucher plus travel, accommodation and registration to the 2006 International Pharmacy Student Federation conference to be held in Cairns, Queensland.

Of his award Michael said “I am very proud to have won. Much of the credit goes to all the teaching staff at the faculty and the pharmacists who have been my preceptors on my student placements. I would also like to acknowledge the fantastic staff at the Heathmont Pharmacy, where I have worked for five years and from whom I have learnt a lot!