UTHSC establishes distance learning with East Tennessee university

Memphis Business Journal
November 20, 2007

University of Tennessee Health Science Center faculty members will teach pharmacotherapeutics courses to students at Lincoln Memorial University in a four year distance learning deal.

LMU's DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine is located on the school's campus in Harrogate, Tenn. at the convergence of the Virginia and Kentucky border, just east of Johnson City, Tenn.

UTHSC's pharmacy faculty will deliver 46 lectures to first year students, 54 lectures to second year students and weekly pharmacotherapy grand rounds to third and fourth year students. The grand rounds may be broadcast from various UTHSC College of Pharmacy sites including from its Clinical Education Centers in Kingsport, Chattanooga, Nashville and Jackson, Tenn. as well as from hospitals in major cities where UTHSC or LMU have affiliations.

"This new initiative between LMU and UT is the first program of its type in the country," UTHSC College of Pharmacy dean Dick R. Gourley said in a statement. "The program addresses medical therapy management and embraces the principles of interprofessional education.

"In addition, our partnership with LMU extends the Health Science Center's reach even further across the state and enables us to make significant progress toward our goal of educating pharmacy professionals who will live and work in their East Tennessee communities."