Dispensing vaccines and so much more
Updated April 8, 2021, 2 hours ago
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The public health workforce has risen to the occasion
Thanks to Elyssa Ely for her validation of public health (âThe pharmacist,â Opinion, April 3). Her reflection on the role of pharmacists â as providers and educators â underscored the need for a multidisciplinary public health workforce in these pandemic times.
With resources strained and uncertainty continuing to be rampant, the need to think outside our comfortable boxes remains high. The public health workforce is broad and includes health care providers, community advocates, and administrators. The pharmacist in her opinion piece offered expertise in a variety of ways, not only by dispensing COVID-19 vaccinations but also by taking the time to connect with the people he was vaccinating.