Curious about what a pharmacist does? Wonder if pharmacy might be the profession for you?
Course description
This course covers it all...from workforce issues and rural health to training opportunities and practice settings. Participants will learn about the vision for the future of pharmacy, in addition to opportunities within a variety of settings that employ pharmacists. Students learn about the many roles pharmacists play in patient care, reseach, and academia.We also provide “virtual tours” of various settings.
Online Course--2 credits
Offered Fall, Spring, (Twin Cities and Duluth)
Summer (Twin Cities)
Questions? Contact the Course Coordinator: pharintr@umn.edu
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Offered since the 1990s, this course has gone through various transformations, in order to best meet student needs. Since Spring 2004, the course has been offered totally online. Quizzes are even open book online! In addition, in response to student and advisor requests for more information, the course has evolved from a one credit to a two credit course. This course only has three due dates, which means students can really work at their own pace!
What do students think?
This course hosts 200+ students per year with over 90% of the students being satisfied or very satisfied with the course. Here are some comments from past students:
- This course was a great introduction to the field of pharmacy and definitely made me want to pursue a career in this exquisite field.
- I thought the course was designed very nicely. It was very easy to follow along and the due dates were very clear. I could easily tell what I was expected to complete and didn't miss any assignments. The e-mail reminders were also helpful for keeping me on track.
- I honestly can't believe how much I learned throughout the course about different ways/settings in which pharmacists can practice and all of the opportunities to advance your education a pharmacist has after completing the PharmD. degree!
- It seemed that [the instructional staff] always wanted to make sure we were doing well by checking up on us and always accepting feedback. Great staff/faculty running the course!
- I loved this class! I already planned on trying to go to pharmacy school, so this just really opened my eyes to all the possibilities that lie before me.
- I really enjoyed this class; it was interesting to learn about all the different directions pharmacy is going. The website was formatted really well and it was easy to follow along, and know what was expected.
- It was a very well put together course, I have been working at a pharmacy as a technician for +2 years now and it reflects many concepts that are relevant and true regarding the profession.
- I learned more than I ever thought I would from a two-credit orientation course. Very informative, realistic, and worthwhile. Thanks for making it fun!
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