Robin Schenck (left), a KU alumna and co-owner of Plaza Pharmacy in Garden City, works with Kristin Campbell, a sixth-year pharmacy student doing a clerkship in her hometown in January.
Graduates of KU's School of Pharmacy work in 95 of 105 Kansas counties, but the state still faces a growing shortage. Six Kansas counties are without a pharmacy, and 30 have only one.
KU strives to change that by placing sixth-year pharmacy students in clerkships in about 150 Kansas sites. Also, a new community program will place 105 students in 97 locations the summer after their first year.
Local pharmacists will mentor these students as they log real-world experience for a possible career in a Kansas pharmacy.
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