Kansas Pharmacy Tour
We love Kansas pharmacy and know you do too - help a student pharmacist fall in love with Kansas!
Kansas Has it all!
From small town community pharmacy to Level 1 Trauma Centers, long term care to veterinary pharmacy, Kansas offers an incredible breadth of pharmacy practice options. Whether you want to practice in a primary care clinic, teach in our school of pharmacy, or research new lifesaving medications, we have the practice site for you.
"My pharmacy tour experience gave me a good perspective of the different routes pharmacy can take in the state of Kansas. I saw how pharmacists can really tailor their services to the community that they serve. I decided to swap one of my APPE rotations to a site I visited on my KPhA rotation and am now going to be doing a PGY1 community residency there, so it definitely showed me some options I didn't know about prior to the tour."
Anna Sharples, 2025 Tour Participant
Support the tour
So many Kansas pharmacists today owe their career to a week on the road with Dean Hotchkiss - whether they always knew they wanted to own a pharmacy in the town they grew up in or they're from out of state and fell in love with Kansas, we've heard countless stories of how the pharmacy tour impacted lives in our state.
Help carry on that legacy with a donation to the pharmacy tour today.
Thank you to our generous donors for 2026!
- Ascension Via Christi - 1 student
- Jonathan Hansen, Damm Pharmacy - 1 student
- Gavin Duley, Creative Health Pharmacy - 1 student
- Kristen Stoughten, Irwin-Potter Pharmacy - 1 student
- Lyndsey Brouhard, El Dorado True Care - 2 students + lunch
- Amanda Applegate, KPhA - 1 student
2026 and beyond
Kansas Pharmacy Foundation is excited to resume the legacy of the summer pharmacy tour, visiting a different section of the Sunflower State each year.
- 2026 - South east + south central
- 2027 - North central
- 2028 - North west
Students - ready to experience Kansas Pharmacy?
Apply today to be a part of the 2026 Kansas Pharmacy Tour - NEW DATES August 5-7. Thanks to generous contributions from Kansas pharmacists, this experience is completely free for students.
2026 Itinerary
Pharmacist Tour Guides: Amanda Applegate, Brian Caswell, and Tessa Schnelle
Day 1 - Wednesday, August 5
9am - leave Lawrence
AuBurn Pharmacy - Garnett
Anderson County Hospital - Garnett
Mercy Hospital - Pittsburg
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas - Pittsburg
Dinner with pharmacists in Pittsburg
Day 2 - Thursday, August 6
Wolkar Drug - Baxter Springs
Creative Health Pharmacy - Caney
Graves Drug - Arkansas City
Irwin Potter Drug - Anthony
Dinner with pharmacists in Wichita
Day 3 - Friday, August 7
Professional Pharmacy - Wichita
Ascension Via Christi - Wichita
Golden Plains Pharmacy Services - Augusta
El Dorado True Care - El Dorado
4pm - arrive in Lawrence