New model of student-pharmacist-led interdisciplinary teaching succeeds

A student-pharmacist-led, California statewide teaching program for physicians, medical students, and other health care providers is successfully demonstrating the importance of health policy literacy and interprofessional education at a time in the U.S. that begs for systemic reforms. "At this point, we really have no choice but to look for team-based collaborations," said Helene Levens Lipton, PhD, UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member. "We often pay lip service to the importance of interprofessional education. Our peer-to-peer Part D lecture delivers the goods."

The lecture is a component of a larger program, called Partners in D, that is led by the UCSF School of Pharmacy in partnership with 6 other pharmacy schools in California. Partners in D is funded by a $3.7 million grant from the Amgen Foundation.

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