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Carroll partners with Illinois school to grant pharmacy degree
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Carroll University and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science will partner in an intercollegiate dual-degree program to meet the demand for pharmacists in Wisconsin.
Rosalind Franklin University in North Chicago, Ill., anticipates opening its fifth school, the College of Pharmacy, in fall 2011, pending the award of pre-candidate status from the Accreditation Council.
Beginning July 1, 2010, Carroll’s Division of Natural and Health Sciences and Rosalind Franklin’s College of Pharmacy will offer a 3+4 dual-degree program in which Carroll will grant a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry degree and Rosalind Franklin will grant a Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
“We are well aware of the shortage of pharmacists nationwide and in Wisconsin,” said Jane F. Hopp, Ph.D., Carroll’s Dean of Natural and Health Sciences. “We are proud to be collaborating with an institution with a reputation like Rosalind Franklin’s to help meet this need and to give our students new opportunities. Carroll is well prepared to deliver its portion of this challenging curriculum.”
Hopp is a member of the Rosalind Franklin’s College of Pharmacy Advisory Board.
Gloria Meredith, the founding dean of Rosalind Franklin University’s College of Pharmacy notes, “We are very pleased that we will be able attract such high quality applicants as will come from Carroll. This 3+4 arrangement will amount to a financial savings for the students and an opportunity for both institutions to educate tomorrow’s leaders in pharmacy. This is truly a win-win collaboration.”
Up to 20 positions in Rosalind Franklin’s pharmacy program can be offered each year to Carroll students who have successfully completed at least 95 credits in the biochemistry major and who meet the admission requirements to Rosalind Franklin’s pharmacy program. The Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry degree will be awarded by Carroll following the dual-degree students’ completion of the first 45 pharmacy credits at Rosalind Franklin.
The Doctor of Pharmacy degree will be awarded to the dual-degree students by Rosalind Franklin when they complete the pharmacy degree requirements. Dual-degree students also will have the opportunity to participate in community-wide and advanced pharmacy practice experiences in Waukesha and surrounding communities.
Prevention of elderly falls to be talked about at Carroll
Posted by: | CommentsEvery year, more than 231,500 Wisconsin citizens over the age of 65 experience a fall, which is twice the national average, according to Bob Best, executive director of Oak Hill Terrace Retirement Community.
A variety of practices have proven effective in preventing falls among older adults. But, only a small number of people take advantage of these programs, because they do not understand the extent of the problem or the potential solutions, Best says.
A public forum for health professionals and members of the community will be held in the Stackner Ballroom at Carroll University at 3 p.m. Friday. The program will include two brief presentations highlighting the problem as well as local efforts to prevent falls.
These falls frequently result in significant injuries leading to emergency room visits, hospital admissions, disability and even premature death, he says.
Fall-related hospitalizations and emergency room care costs Wisconsin more than $350 million per year, 90% of which is paid by Medicare. This does not include out-of-pocket and private insurance costs for physician services, nursing home stays, medications and assistive devices, such as wheelchairs, walkers and canes.
Moreover, the financial costs pale in comparison to the potential pain and suffering that older people experience and the potential loss of functional independence, self-esteem and quality of life, he says.
Mayor Larry Nelson will proclaim Friday as Falls Prevention Awareness Day. Nelson will make the proclamation at the forum.
