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Our everyday life is becoming digital, we need to use robotic technology, therefore it is important that this should be part of practical education, the Minister of Culture and Innovation stressed at the handover of Korányi Pharmacy‘s robot at Semmelweis University in Budapest.
Speaking about the device, which helps in stocking and sorting medicines, Balázs Hankó said that in addition to reducing medication errors, the pharmacy robot can not only reduce medication errors, but also help pharmacists spend more valuable time with patients, which is important because “medicines become effective when patients know how to use them”.
Minister Balázs Hankó. MTI/Mónus Márton
“Here, students can get a taste of the very best in patient care,” the politician highlighted at the Semmelweis University pharmacy. He added the institution is “in the top one percent of the world” and its Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences is in the top 150.
The key to the success of Hungarian medical education is the unity of education, research and patient care, and the practical focus of the training, Balázs Hankó noted. He underlined that the aim is to involve as many practitioners as possible in education and research. The minister also pointed out that
the inaugurated pharmacy robot is part of a EUR 74 billion project to develop practical and digital higher education,
which had 36 winners, including Semmelweis University.
Attila Szabó, Vice-Rector of Semmelweis University, also pointed out that the new robot in the university pharmacy not only helps in the distribution of medicines, but also plays an important role in the training of pharmacy students.
In Hungary, Semmelweis University was the first to introduce a pharmacy robot in practical training; the need for such training is growing, as more than 100 pharmacies in Hungary already have such a device.
Automation increases efficiency, “by leaving the routine task of compounding to the robot, pharmacists can focus on what is most important, providing high quality care to patients,” emphasized the vice-rector. He noted that Semmelweis University is Hungary’s largest patient care provider, treating 2.6 million outpatients and more than 170,000 inpatients annually.
Via MTI; Featured image via MTI/Mónus Márton