POCATELLO, Idaho, Oct. 27 -- Idaho State University issued the following news release:
Alaska's access to pharmacy care was shrinking fast in the mid-2000s. Open pharmacist positions took months to years to fill-if they ever did-leaving some hospitals and rural clinics without a pharmacist for extended periods of time. Bringing a pharmacy program to The Last Frontier was critical for remediating this decline in care, as the majority of students who left Alaska for their pharmacy education didn't return to the state to practice.
Idaho State University and University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), along with the Alaska Pharmacy Association, set out to bridge this gap and bring pharmacy education to Alaska. It took nine years for the partnership...