OBJECTIVE: To examine the state of public health provision and education in North Dakota and to identify the current and potential future roles pharmacists and pharmacy educators play in these activities. SETTING: Rural, medically underserved areas of North Dakota, as well as professional training sites for the practitioners working in these areas. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION: Practice sites encompass both rural community pharmacies and critical-access hospital pharmacies. The primary education practice site is North Dakota State University. PRACTICE INNOVATION: Pharmacists in rural North Dakota are proactive leaders in providing public health care to their patients. For example, they participate in a statewide diabetes disease management project similar to the Asheville, NC, project. Pharmacy educators are leading the formation of a new interprofessional Master of Public Health program. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Development of an interprofessional public health education program that allows for greater collaboration among rural health practitioners. RESULTS: The new degree program is successfully negotiating the academic approval process. CONCLUSION: Because of the efforts of pharmacists and pharmacy educators, North Dakota is better prepared to face current and future public health challenges.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the state of public health provision and education in North Dakota and to identify the current and potential future roles pharmacists and pharmacy educators play in these activities. SETTING: Rural, medically underserved areas of North Dakota, as well as professional training sites for the practitioners working in these areas. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION: Practice sites encompass both rural community pharmacies and critical-access hospital pharmacies. The primary education practice site is North Dakota State University. PRACTICE INNOVATION: Pharmacists in rural North Dakota are proactive leaders in providing public health care to their patients. For example, they participate in a statewide diabetes disease management project similar to the Asheville, NC, project. Pharmacy educators are leading the formation of a new interprofessional Master of Public Health program. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Development of an interprofessional public health education program that allows for greater collaboration among rural health practitioners. RESULTS: The new degree program is successfully negotiating the academic approval process. CONCLUSION: Because of the efforts of pharmacists and pharmacy educators, North Dakota is better prepared to face current and future public health challenges.
Authors: Justine S Gortney; Sheila Seed; Nancy Borja-Hart; Veronica Young; Lisa J Woodard; Dolores Nobles-Knight; David M Scott; James D Nash Journal: Am J Pharm Educ Date: 2013-08-12 Impact factor: 2.047
Authors: Cynthia A Naughton; Daniel Friesner; David Scott; Donald Miller; Christian Albano Journal: Am J Pharm Educ Date: 2010-12-15 Impact factor: 2.047