Curricular Materials Underserved

Pharmaceutical Management for Underserved Populations
This course presents medication management issues including regulations, manufacture, procurement, distribution, safety, policy, and financing in the environment of underserved populations – both local and global. Medication management is framed in terms of four tenets of access to medications: medication availability, geographic accessibility, acceptability and affordability. International determinants of access, such as the World Trade Organization – Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (WTO-TRIPS), aid programs from the most developed countries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are considered. Governmental strategies such as a national drug policy and use of an essential medications formulary are analyzed for effectiveness. The course considers the contributions of all health care workers to improve access to medications. Students work individually and in teams to analyze medication access cases, make country medication access assessments and identify realistic recommendations for improvement.

Health Disparities Cases and Assignments This case and assignment was specifically created for Doctor of Pharmacy students and used in a professional pharmacy practice laboratory. With modification, the materials could be used in courses for other health care professionals. Jeffrey C. Reist, jeffrey-reist@uiowa.edu