This course is offered 100% online every fall, spring and summer term!
PHA6935 – History in Pharmacy Leadership
Will trace the history and people behind the transformation of pharmacy profession. Integrated will be insights on leadership characteristics that helps facilitate transformation.
Credits: 2
Terms offered: Fall, Spring and Summer
Learning Outcomes:
- Define leadership.
- Describe characteristics, behaviors and practices of effective leaders.
- Identify leaders inside and outside the profession.
- Develop mentoring relationships.
- Reflect on characteristics of leaders who assisted in transforming the profession of pharmacy.
- Describe key events in history of pharmacy that brought transition of profession to enhanced patient care role including legislative and policy products.
- Integrate and reflect on leadership principles as identified from the selected leadership book that could accelerate transformation of the profession.
- Develop self-awareness of personal characteristics possessed to lead change.
- Develop a vision for transformation of the profession within the next 20 years.
Topics
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Mentorship plan – goals |
| Week 3 | Roots of Clinical Pharmacy 1900-1959 |
| Week 4 | 1960-1969 |
| Week 5 | Transformation to Clinical Pharmacy 1970-1979 |
| Week 6 | 1980-1989 |
| Week 7 | 1990-1999 |
| Week 8 | 2000-2009 |
| Week 9 | 2010-2019 |
| Week 10 | Transformation of profession |
| Week 11 | The Future – Workforce, Education, Practice |
| Week 12 | Leadership |
| Week 13 | Leadership |
| Week 14 | Leadership |
Tuition
$575 per credit hour plus student fees
Questions regarding course content?
Contact the instructor, Dr. Therese Poirier
Questions about the application and registration process?
Contact dess@ahc.ufl.edu
Required Materials
Elenbaas R, Worthen D, Webb E. Clinical Pharmacy in the United States. Transformation of a Profession. ACCP. 2019. 2nd edition
Library Access
Distance Education and UF Online Students enjoy the same library privileges as on-campus students.