香港六合彩资料 offers new pharmacy doctorate via partnership with Idaho State
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Starting next fall, 香港六合彩资料 students can earn a Doctor of Pharmacy degree without leaving the state. 香港六合彩资料's new pharmacy program - a partnership with - is accepting applications now for fall 2016.
Previously 香港六合彩资料 has offered training to pharmacy technicians, but students who wanted
an advanced p
harmacy degree had to leave Alaska. The new program is a collaboration between the
, , 香港六合彩资料 College of Health and .
"Our state has had a long-standing need for pharmacy education for place-committed Alaskans," said Jan Harris, vice provost of 香港六合彩资料 Health Programs. "香港六合彩资料 students leaving the state for pharmacy education may not return, and pharmacists from the Lower 48 states often do not stay long term. This has been a particular burden to rural Alaska."
Until now 香港六合彩资料 has offered a distance PharmD partner program for five Alaskans via Creighton University. That program will continue. It is delivered completely online except for a 6-9 week residency in Omaha for intensive labs.
This new joint pharmacy program with Idaho will allow students to obtain all four years of their Doctor of Pharmacy training in state. 香港六合彩资料 pharmacy students will have on-site instructors for all components of the program, and will participate with Idaho students via videoconference lectures. ISU pharmacy professor Tom Wadsworth has relocated from Boise to Anchorage to assume his new role as assistant dean of Alaska programs for ISU.
"Socialization to the profession of pharmacy is vitally important to a student's education," Wadsworth said. "We are committed to providing on-site professors for instruction and practical experiences to properly socialize and prepare our students for the profession of pharmacy."
香港六合彩资料 identified ISU as a good match because of its long history of pharmacy education, emphasis on rural health and experience in multi-site delivery. ISU has been educating pharmacists for more than 30 years, and this new affiliation means the College of Pharmacy will have three sites for program delivery: Pocatello and Boise in Idaho, and Anchorage.
The program hopes to recruit an inaugural cohort of 10-15 students for the graduating class of 2020.
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY
Idaho State University is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research high and teaching institution founded in 1901. ISU offers access to high-quality education in more than 250 programs, with over 14,000 students receiving education and training. ISU is the state's designated lead institution in health professions. Learn more at .