RURAL PHARMACY PRACTICE
Explore how public health intersects with healthcare delivery in rural settings through direct engagement with rural communities, practitioners, and themes in rural practice. Apply therapeutic knowledge to fulfill unmet community needs, and thereby enhance delivery of healthcare in rural communities. Create a pharmacy-driven service with the goal of enhancing healthcare delivery in a rural area based on a community assessment, exploration of contemporary rural health care trends, and discussion with current rural health practitioners.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in the Doctor of Pharmacy Program with third year standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the importance of a community-based assessment as a method for exploring community healthcare needs. Audience: Graduate 2. Explain the essential role that community health departments play in supporting rural communities, as well as the opportunities for pharmacists and community health departments to collaborate in improving healthcare delivery. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify opportunities to improve rural pharmacy practice through assessment of evidence based resources and literature. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify challenges in rural healthcare and recommend potential pharmacy practice solutions through dialogue with rural health practitioners and patients. Audience: Graduate 5. Explore service models and opportunities for interprofessional care in rural communities. Audience: Graduate 6. Evaluate rural hospital and community pharmacy financial models to identify strategies to remaining financially solvent. Audience: Graduate 7. Assess pharmacists’ leadership opportunities in rural practice and how effective pharmacy leaders can shape the landscape of practice and service opportunities delivered in rural communities. Audience: Graduate 8. Examine the interplay between public health and epidemiology to design healthcare services to match community needs. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the importance of a community-based assessment as a method for exploring community healthcare needs. Audience: Graduate 2. Explain the essential role that community health departments play in supporting rural communities, as well as the opportunities for pharmacists and community health departments to collaborate in improving healthcare delivery. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify opportunities to improve rural pharmacy practice through assessment of evidence based resources and literature. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify challenges in rural healthcare and recommend potential pharmacy practice solutions through dialogue with rural health practitioners and patients. Audience: Graduate 5. Explore service models and opportunities for interprofessional care in rural communities. Audience: Graduate 6. Evaluate rural hospital and community pharmacy financial models to identify strategies to remaining financially solvent. Audience: Graduate 7. Assess pharmacists’ leadership opportunities in rural practice and how effective pharmacy leaders can shape the landscape of practice and service opportunities delivered in rural communities. Audience: Graduate 8. Examine the interplay between public health and epidemiology to design healthcare services to match community needs. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027