ABSTRACT
Pharmacy students graduating from one of the four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that offers a degree in pharmacy receive an invaluable education not only in pharmacy, but a heightened cultural awareness necessary for a profession within an ethnocentric society. The clinical rotation plays a pivotal role in the pharmacy curriculum. Unlike any other rotation, it actively integrates the didactic skills in an applied clinical setting, as evaluated by the preceptor who also serves as teacher. The role model concept is extremely vital at an HBCU as well as the clinical setting because it is appreciated by all students.
Other important concerns addressed include the issues of recruitment and retention of minority faculty, the misconceptions of HBCUs and the strengths of the clinical rotation as they relate to the needs of the students from the perspective of a new minority faculty member.
