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Author(s): Elfman, Lois
Source:
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. 2/16/2023, Vol. 39 Issue 20, p19-21. 3p. 6 Color Photographs.

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- Subject Terms:
  PHARMACY education; FEDERAL aid to education; CULTURAL competence; DIVERSITY in education; PHARMACISTS; SOCIAL determinants of health
- Abstract:
  The article reports that pharmacists are now considered frontline healthcare workers, with a more clinical role and greater patient interaction. It mentions that the McKesson Foundation granted $4.1 million to pharmacy schools to support diversity and health outcome programs,including the foundation and pharmacy schools partnership to introduce the pharmacist career path, create inclusive campus communities, and promote cultural competency and understanding of social determinants of health.