Summer 2011 [pdf] - University of Kentucky - College of Pharmacy

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Alicia Dawson
Nancy Horn-Barker
As the UK College of Pharmacy made its trek around the state this spring as part of the
Partners in Pharmacy Tour, two clear trends emerged from community pharmacies across the
Commonwealth.
Innovation is alive and well in Kentucky’s community pharmacies. And much of that
innovative practice is being driven by women entrepreneurs.
Such news will probably not come as a surprise to
anyone who has followed graduation data at colleges of
pharmacy across the nation. Two-thirds (66.6 percent) of
students who received PharmD degrees in 2001-02 were
female. That number has remained remarkably steady
over the past decade as 62.6 percent of 2009-10 PharmD
graduates were women.
Those national trends closely aligned to what we were
seeing at the UK College of Pharmacy as well – with no
signs of slowing down. As of May 2011, 63 percent of
current UK students were female and nearly 60 percent
of the entering 2015 PharmD class are women.
The good news for our female students is that Kentucky
is home to some great female pharmacists who can serve
as role models to the new generation. In this article, we
share the stories of two women entrepreneurs that we
encountered on the Partners in Pharmacy Tour that are
quite literally changing the face of community pharmacy
in the Commonwealth.
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