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Pharmacists' Roles in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

The Roles, Environments and Communications course at the University of Illinois at Chicago consists of an overview of pharmacy and the US health system; pharmaceutical care and roles; communications theory and application for pharmacists; and preparing for a career in pharmacy. One of the lecture and laboratory/discussion topics on pharmacists' roles pertains to health promotion and disease prevention. The topic introduces first-year pharmacy students to a population-based perspective of health. Health promotion, disease prevention, and other public health subject areas are targeted for curricular inclusions by the pharmacy profession and academe. Early exposure to health promotion and disease prevention concepts may help bolster students' desire and expectations to fulfill these expanded pharmacy roles.