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Bouvé College of Health Sciences - Curriculum Guide

School of Pharmacy

Daniel C. Robinson, PharmD, Dean of the School and Associate Dean of the College

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Vladimir P. Torchilin, PhD, DSc, Professor and Chair

Professors
Mehdi Boroujerdi, PhD
Richard C. Deth, PhD
Roger W. Giese, PhD
Ban An Khaw, PhD

Associate Professors
Mansoor Amiji, PhD
Judith T. Barr, ScD
Norman R. Boisse, PhD
Jonathan Freedman, PhD
Ralph H. Loring, PhD
Robert A. Schatz, PhD
Barbara L. Waszczak, PhD

Assistant Professor
Jiang Zheng, PhD

Lecturer
Eugene A. Bernstein, PhD

Department of Pharmacy Practice

Todd A. Brown, MHP, Department Administrator

Professor
Gerald E. Schumacher,
  PharmD, PhD

Associate Professors
Judith T. Barr, ScD
Robert J. Cersosimo, PharmD
S. James Matthews, PharmD

Assistant Professors
Alisha B. Dunn, PharmD
Jessica L. Goren, PharmD

Associate Clinical Specialist
Todd A. Brown, MHP

Assistant Clinical
Specialists
Jennifer L. Berard, PharmD
Janine D. Buenviaje, PharmD
Margarita V. Desyantnik,
  PharmD
Steven Gabardi, PharmD
Michael J. Gonyeau, PharmD
Tanya M. Konn, PharmD
Christopher D. Lyman, PharmD
Debra C. Mahfouz, PharmD
Christopher M. McCoy, PharmD
Jennifer M. Sickels, PharmD
Catherine Tom, PharmD
Jenny A. Van Amburgh, PharmD


Pharmacists promote the safe use of drugs by providing pharmacy care. The expanding role of the pharmacist as a clinical drug consultant to physicians, nurses, health-care professionals, and patients has broadened the scope of professional opportunities. Pharmacists prepare and dispense the drugs prescribed by physicians. The roles of clinical drug expert and drug dispensing have given practitioners greater involvement as part of the health-care team.

Pharmacy also offers careers in management, research, manufacturing, government, law enforcement, and education. Many graduates of the pharmacy program go on to leading graduate schools.

The curriculum offers a blend of academic classroom and co-operative education experiences. The entry-level, co-operative education, six-year Doctor of Pharmacy program opened for entering freshmen in the fall of 1997.

In order to be eligible for any pharmacy degree, a student must have satisfactorily completed all prescribed courses in his or her curriculum, have an overall 2.0 quality-point average (QPA), and must meet the cooperative education, clerkship, externship, and other requirements as stated in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences Undergraduate Student Information Manual for his or her degree and year of graduation. The undergraduate program subscribes to the standards established by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) and the American Association of College of Pharmacy, and is ACPE-accredited.

Pharmacists must meet certain requirements to obtain a license from the state in which they want to practice. These requirements ordinarily include graduating from an accredited school of pharmacy, passing an examination given by a state board of pharmacy, and completing an internship.

The internship is a period of supervised practical experience in a preceptor pharmacy. This requirement is generally satisfied during the cooperative education periods, which commence during the student's second academic year. Students may apply up to 400 hours of the required academic clinical clerkship experience to their internship requirements.

The profession of pharmacy requires a significant amount of patient contact. Counseling by the pharmacist is considered essential to the effective and safe use of medications. Community pharmacy offers the opportunity to combine specialized pharmaceutical training with skills in management, business administration, and marketing. In addition to the patient contact and counseling, community pharmacists also spend considerable time discussing health-related matters with the prescribing physicians. Hospital and clinical pharmacists have the opportunity to apply clinical skills on a day-to-day basis; they may accompany other health-care professionals on ward rounds and consult with physicians on individual therapeutic regimens. Opportunities are expanding for pharmacists elsewhere. Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and private groups, nursing homes and retirement complexes, the Public Health Service, health facilities, health systems, the armed services, and law enforcement agencies such as the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration all require pharmacists. Other graduates find employment in drug production or marketing with pharmaceutical companies, colleges of pharmacy, or in journalism. A growing number of pharmacy graduates seek additional professional training in pharmaceutical sciences, management, or law.

See course descriptions for more information.

Doctor of Pharmacy Curriculum (2004-5 or 2005-6)

Year 1 Quarter 1 Fall	BHS 1101, Transitions, Decisions, the University and You; BIO 1108, General Biology; BIO 1608, General Biology Lab; COM 1105, Computer Science and Its Applications; MTH 1106, Functions and Algebra or MTH 1107, Functions and Basic Calculus; and ENG 1110, College Writing 1.
Quarter 2 Winter	CHM 1111, General Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1; PSY 1111, Foundations of Psychology 1; MTH 1107, Functions and Basic Calculus or MTH 1108, Basic Calculus 2; PHP 1102, The Profession of Pharmacy; and one directed elective.*
Quarter 3 Spring	BIO 1109, Animal Biology; BIO 1609, Animal Biology Lab; CHM 1122, General Chemistry for the Life Sciences 2B; ENG 1111, College Writing 2; and MTH 1108, Basic Calculus 2 or one directed elective.
Year 2 Quarter 4 Fall	CHM 1264, Organic Chemistry for Biology Science Majors 1; PHY 1201, Physics for the Life Sciences 1; and two directed electives.*
Quarter 5 Winter	CHM 1265, Organic Chemistry for Biology Science Majors 2; COP 1350, Pharmacy Co-op Seminar 1; PMD 1303, Human Physiology 1; PMD 1304, Human Anatomy; and two directed electives.*
Quarter 6 Spring	PHY 1203, Physics for the Life Sciences 3; PMD 1102, Introduction to Pharmacy Practice; PMD 1312, Human Physiology 2; PMD 1313, Human Physiology Laboratory; and two directed electives.*
Quarter 7 Summer	Experiential Learning.
Year 3 Quarter 8 Fall	ENG 1380, Writing for the Health Professions; PMD 1300, Biochemistry; PMD 1302, Communication Skills for Pharmacists; and PMD 1310, Immunology.
Quarter 9 Winter	PMD 1311, Pathophysiology 1; PMD 1301, Health-Care Systems; PMD 1322, Pharmaceutical Calculations; PMD 1323, Dosage Forms; and PMD 1401, Pharmaceutics Laboratory (1Ž2 class).
Quarter 10 Spring	Experiential Learning.
Quarter 11 Summer	PMD 1320, Medical Microbiology and Antimicrobials; PMD 1321 Pathophysiology 2; PMD 1324, Pharmacy Care 1; Principles of Medicinal Chemistry; and PMD Professional Elective(s).
Year 4 Quarter 12 Fall	PMD 1400 Physical Pharmacy; PMD 1401, Pharmaceutics Laboratory (1/2 class); PMD 1402, Pharmacology 1; PMD 1404, Research Methods and Biostatistics; and PMD Professional Elective(s).
Quarter 13 Winter	Experiential Learning.
Quarter 14 Spring	PMD 1410, Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics; PMD 1411, Drug Information and Evaluation; PMD 1412, Nonprescription Medicines; PMD 1413, Pharmacology 2; and PMD 1414, Pharmacy Seminar 2.
Year 5 Quarter 15 Summer	PMD 1420, Pharmacotherapeutics 1; PMD 1422, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Applications; PMD 1424, Pharmacology 3; Pharmacy Jurisprudence.
Quarter 16 Fall	Experiential Learning.
Quarter 17 Winter	PMD 1551, Pharmacotherapeutics 2; PMD 1552, Pharmacy Management and Administration; PMD 1553, Pharmacy Seminar 3; and PMD 1561, Pharmacy Practice Lab (1/2 class).
Quarter 18 Spring	PMD 1555, Pharmacotherapeutics 3; PMD 1516, Pharmacoeconomics; PMD 1561, Pharmacy Practice Lab (1/2 class); TOX 1300, Clinical Toxicology; and PMD Professional Elective(s).
Year 6 Quarters 19-22 Summer-Spring	One quarter of Advanced Experiential Learning (co-op) and three quarters of Pharmacy Experiential Clerkship required; and elective institutional and ambulatory clerkship rotations designed to meet the Doctor of Pharmacy requirements or one twelve-week clerkship as assigned by the clerkship coordinator.

*Directed electives: Students must choose one elective in psychology (PSY 1111 or another PSY course), one elective in economics (ECN), and one multicultural diversity elective from an approved course list available in the Office of Student Services, 203 Robinson. Remaining electives may be chosen from the arts and sciences category, from business, from computer science, or from other courses in Bouvé College Health Sciences open to all majors. Restrictions and prerequisites placed on courses by other colleges or programs must be honored. MTH 1107 and MTH 1108 are required for all students in Pharmacy.

Doctor of Pharmacy Tracking Option (Class of 2000-2002)

Quarter 1	BIO 1108, General Biology; BIO 1608, General Biology Lab; CHM 1111, General Chemistry 1; MTH 1106, Fundamentals of Mathematics or MTH 1107, Functions and Basic Calculus; PHP 1102, The Profession of Pharmacy; and one arts and sciences elective.
Quarter 2	BIO 1109, Animal Biology; BIO 1609, Animal Biology Lab; ENG 1110, College Writing 1; MTH 1107, Functions and Basic Calculus or MTH 1108, Calculus; and PAH 1135, Professional Dynamics in Health-Care Delivery.
Quarter 3	CHM 1122, General Chemistry 2B; ENG 1111, College Writing 2; MTH 1108, Calculus or an open elective; and one arts and sciences elective.
Quarter 4 Entire Class Fall	CHM 1268, Organic Chemistry 1; PCT 1240, Pharmaceutical Calculations or PAH 1202, Anatomy and Physiology 1; PHY 1201, Physics 1; and one arts and sciences elective.
Quarter 4a Entire Class Winter	CHM 1269, Organic Chemistry 2; PAH 1202, Anatomy and Physiology 1 or PCT 1240, Pharmaceutical Calculations; PHY 1203, Physics 3; and one arts and sciences elective.
Quarter 5 Spring and Summer	COM 1105, Computer Science and Its Applications; ENG 1340, Writing Workshop; PAH 1204, Anatomy and Physiology 2; PAH 1280, Biochemistry; and PHP 1303, Interpersonal Skills for Health Professionals.
Quarter 6	PCT 1300, Dosage Forms; PHP 1411, Pathophysiology; PMC 1322, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology; and PMC 1419, Pharmacology/Medicinal Chemistry 1.
Quarter 7	BIO 1121, Microbiology; PCL 1420, Pharmacology/Medicinal Chemistry 2; PCL 1453, Experimental Design in Pharmacology; PCT 1340, Physical Pharmacy; and PCT 1370, Pharmaceutics Laboratory.
Quarter 8	PCL 1422, Pharmacology/Medicinal Chemistry 3; PCT 1440, Biopharmaceutics/Pharmacokinetics; PHP 1301, Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence; and PMC 1421, Antiinfectives.
Quarter 9 Entire Class Spring	PHP 1401, Drug Information and Evaluation; PHP 1441, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring; PHP 1601, Nonprescription Medication; and PHP 1609, Pharmacotherapeutics.
Quarter 10 Summer	PHP 1615, Clinical Immunology; PMD 1501, Advanced Pathophysiology/ (Summer) Pharmacotherapeutics 1; TOX 1300, Clinical Toxicology; and one professional elective.
Quarter 11 Fall	Co-op
Quarter 12 Winter	PMD 1552, Pharmacy Management and Administration; PHP 1402, Parapharma- (Winter) ceuticals; PMD 1502, Advanced Pathophysiology/Pharmacotherapeutics 2; PMD 1404, Research Methods and Biostatistics.
Quarter 13 Spring	PHP 1503, Professional Practice Laboratory; PMD 1503, Advanced (Spring) Pathophysiology/Pharmacotherapeutics 3; PMD 1515, Pharmacoeconomics; and one professional elective. (Summer­Spring)
Quarter 14	PMD 1605, Clinical Clerkship 1; PMD 1606, Clinical Clerkship 2 or PMD 1620.*
Quarter 15	PMD 1607, Clinical Clerkship 3; PMD 1608, Clinical Clerkship 4 or PMD 1620.*
Quarter 16	PMD 1609, Clinical Clerkship 5; PMD 1610, Clinical Clerkship 6 or PMD 1620.*
Quarter 17	PMD 1611, Clinical Clerkship 7; PMD 1612, Clinical Clerkship 8 or PMD 1620.*
A student must successfully complete each section of the Advanced Pathophysiology/Pharmacotherapeutics sequence in order to progress to the next section (PMD 1501, PMD 1502, PMD 1503) and to the Clerkship portion of the curriculum. Each Clerkship must be completed with a grade of C or better. *Students enroll in two five-week clerkships or PMD 1620, the ten-week community clerkship, each quarter. All students are required to complete one twelve-week community clerkship.

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