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Rural public health education as a pharmacist-led team endeavor
Daniel L Friesner1, Donald R Miller, David M Scott
1College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, USA. daniel.friesner@ndsu.edu
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.
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