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  • Pharmacy Practice
  • Rural Health
  • Health Workforce Development

Background:

  • Pharmacy service maldistribution in underserved areas is a national concern.
  • Rural communities represent 20% of the US population but only 13.9% of pharmacists practice in rural areas.
  • Rural pharmacy programs aim to address this disparity through specialized training.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the practice outcomes of graduates from the Rural Pharmacy Education (RPHARM) Program at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Pharmacy.
  • To assess the impact of the RPHARM Program on increasing the rural pharmacy workforce.

Main Methods:

  • Descriptive analysis of RPHARM graduates' practice characteristics from 2014-2023.
  • Evaluation of hometown rurality, practice locations, practice populations, and distance from hometown.
  • Utilized standard rural definitions to describe practice outcomes for 54 of 61 graduates.

Main Results:

  • Approximately 41% of practicing RPHARM graduates are from rural hometowns; two-thirds are female.
  • The majority of graduates practice in community (44.4%) or hospital (37.0%) settings.
  • 42.6% practice in rural locations, with 35.2% consistently practicing rurally; 57.4% practice within 50 miles of their hometown.

Conclusions:

  • The RPHARM Program contributes significantly to the rural pharmacy workforce, with a substantial percentage of graduates practicing rurally and near their hometowns.
  • The program demonstrates success in retaining pharmacists in rural practice settings.
  • Encourages all rural pharmacy programs to track graduate practice locations due to limited data in this area.