Learning Objectives
1. Describe disparities related to culture, socio-economic status, gender, and geography.
2. Analyze how specific social determinants of health contribute to health disparities.
3. Identify the pharmacist’s role in achieving health equity, eliminating disparities, and improving the health of all people.
4. Identify factors contributing to poor health outcomes and increased mortality in patients living in rural communities.
5. Discuss the role of telemedicine in expanding healthcare resources to patients in rural communities.
6. Compare and contrast current pharmacy practice models being used to serve patients in rural communities.
7. Identify the role of the pharmacist in substance use prevention.
8. Summarize best practices involving pharmacists in the care of patients with known substance use disorders.
9. Demonstrate the development and execution of pharmacotherapeutic regimens for patients with active substance use disorders.
10. Identify barriers to providing optimal medical care in the transgender patient population.
11. Describe educational interventions needed to improve pharmacist knowledge to provide care to transgender patients.
12. Recognize ways in which pharmacists and pharmacies can raise awareness and become a trusted resource for the transgender patient population.
13. Identify patients at high risk for morbidity and mortality from chronic disease because of inadequate healthcare resources.
14. Analyze current barriers to underserved patient populations getting access to the appropriate medical care.
15. Compare and contrast current pharmacy practice models being used to serve patients at high risk of morbidity and mortality from chronic disease in underserved patient populations.
16. Describe the level of awareness of cultural competence and health equity instruction within pharmacy school curricula.
17. Design creative, evidence-based educational activities for pharmacy learners that promote cultural competence and health equity.
18. Identify opportunities for future research and collaboration amongst pharmacy schools in the United States to promote the standardized inclusion of cultural and equity-focused content within pharmacy curricula.