P4 Year

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Rotations take place during a Pharm.D. student’s fourth year and provide diverse, real-world experience with pharmacies throughout the United States.

Learning Objectives

  • Build upon the didactic lectures and introductory experiential training from P1 through P3 years
  • Be prepared to enter any pharmacy practice setting
  • Deliver optimal and evidence-based patient focused care to a diverse patient population

Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring Terms: 
Advanced Pharmacy Practice

  • Complete 4 required rotations (6 weeks each) - community, ambulatory care, hospital, and general medicine
  • Complete 4 electives (6 weeks each) that allow students to diversify their respective experiences or focus in a particular type of pharmacy
  • 1920 hours of experience total

Electives

Ambulatory CareCardiologyCompounding
Critical CareDrug InformationEmergency Room
GeriatricsHome InfusionInfectious Disease
Intensive Care UnitLong Term CareMail Order
ManagementManaged CareNuclear Pharmacy
Medication TherapyMental HealthOncology
PediatricsResearchRegulatory
Specialty PharmacySurgeryTeaching
Travel ClinicVeterinary Pharmacy 

Students may also decide to experience pharmacy practice in another country by arranging 1-2 rotations with pharmacists who travel abroad to participate in a medical mission.

Timeline

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