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Partner for Promotion

IMPACT. 1: Since it's inception in 2005, over 150 students and 75 pharmacists have engaged with the program in 16 Ohio counties and two other states. -- 2. Services have been provided to thousands of patients to enhance safe and effective medication use including wellness screenings, immunizations, diabetes management, transitions of care, and comprehensive medication reviews. -- 3. The Partner for Promotion model has been licensed and shared with six colleges of pharmacy across the U.S. who are currently offering the program.OSU PARTNERS: College of PharmacyCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: AIDS Resource Center Ohio Pharmacy; Arensberg Pharmacy; County Line Pharmacy; CVS Pharmacy; Giant Eagle Pharmacy; Kroger Pharmacy; Meijer Pharmacy; Nationwide Children's Hospital Primary Care; Plain City Druggist; Rite Aid Pharmacy; Riverside Methodist Hospital; Target Pharmacy; Town Drug; Uptown Pharmacy; Walgreens Pharmacy; Walmart PharmacyPRIMARY CONTACT: Jennifer Rodis ([email protected])Partner for Promotion is a collaboration of The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy faculty and students with community pharmacists to provide training and guidance for implementing expanded patient care services that improve medication-related health and wellness in the community. The program partners and mentors students and preceptors in a collaborative environment to create and implement expanded patient care services in community-based pharmacy settings such as community pharmacies

Partner for Promotion

IMPACT. 1: Over 200 students and 100 preceptors have participated in the program since 2005 creating services with a rate of approximately 60% sustainability of services developed. -- 2. Student and preceptor service development skills have shown improvement through surveys conducted before and after the Partner for Promotion experience. -- 3. Program has received national recognition from professional organization awards, such as the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the American Pharmacists Association. The program has also been adopted at six Colleges of Pharmacy across the U.S.OSU PARTNERS: College of Pharmacy; OSU Wexner Medical Center / Ross Heart Hospital; Wilce Student Health Center; OSU ExtensionCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: Kroger Pharmacy; Walgreens Pharmacy; CVS Pharmacy; Meijer Pharmacy; Genoa Pharmacy; Plain City Druggist; Uptown Pharmacy; Walmart Pharmacy; AIDS Resource Center of Ohio Pharmacy; Arensberg Pharmacy; County Line Pharmacy; Giant Eagle Pharmacy; Nationwide Children's Hospital Primary Care; Rite Aid Pharmacy; Riverside Methodist Hospital; Town DrugPRIMARY CONTACT: Jennifer L. Rodis ([email protected])Partner for Promotion aims to expand quality patient care services in community-based pharmacy practices. By empowering current and future pharmacists to create sustainable services, we advance the role of the pharmacist in the health care team, improve outcomes, and increase patient access to care. Goals are to: 1) Create sustainable services for pharmacy, 2) Enhance skills and confidence of students and preceptors to deliver and expand patient care services in communitybased pharmacy practices, and 3) Increase the number of quality student training sites