Doctor of Pharmacy Curricular RequirementsThe doctor of pharmacy degree program provides broad and general preparation in professional areas of practice with the intent that, on completion, graduates will be able to practice at a level sufficient to perform the established functions of a pharmacist. In addition, the Pharm.D. program prepares the student for advanced levels of professional practice. The major emphasis is on the clinical sciences and drug-related patient care.This program is designed to provide advanced education and training in clinical pharmacy and drug information with particular emphasis on interprofessional team participation in the delivery of health care. To enable students to concentrate solely on this advanced professional coursework, those entering the doctor of pharmacy program are strongly encouraged to limit their work and/or intern hours during the academic year. The five year professional course of study leading to the doctor of pharmacy encompasses 10 semesters. Coursework in the first professional year includes various required science courses and additional humanities and social science electives, as well as introductory-level pharmacy courses. In semesters three and four, students complete their basic science foundation courses, lecture and lab courses in the pharmaceutical sciences, begin the service learning component and continue the professional development series. In semesters five and six, students engage in advanced lecture and laboratory coursework in the pharmaceutical and pharmacological sciences, introductory clinical sciences, finish the professional development series and select professional electives designed to reinforce the pharmacy career track. In semesters seven and eight, Pharm.D. candidates pursue advanced coursework in the clinical sciences to include pharmacotherapeutics, evidence based medicine and health assessment, and attend clinical practice rotations. During this period, students also finish professional electives. The final two semesters encompass advanced clinical clerkship rotations. Drug literature evaluation, instruction and practice will be an integral part of the clinical clerkship experience. Each student will be exposed to a core number of required and elective clinical clerkship experiences. During clerkships the Pharm.D. student is expected to assume the clinical responsibility of a pharmacist under the direct supervision of a faculty member. The emphasis of the candidate's activities will be the management of pharmacotherapeutic and pharmacokinetic problems encountered with patients' drug regimens at the assigned practice site. Candidates also will be engaged in ongoing drug utilization reviews, patient and health provider education programs, and other pertinent activities involved in the provision of patient care. While clinical responsibilities occur during all of the candidate's experiential rotations, the primary focus will vary with a student's choice of elective clerkship experiences. Health systems rotations will focus on the organizational, technical and administrative aspects of providing pharmaceutical care. Candidates are required to complete approximately eight months of experiential rotations. Experiential clerkship rotation prerequisites include satisfactory completion of all degree requirements prior to semester nine of the professional curriculum. Candidates also must be certified as a basic cardiac life support (BCLS) and First Aid provider, show proof of a current Missouri Intern license, coverage for pharmacy liability insurance and a criminal background check. All immunizations, as listed in this section of the catalog, must be on file with the Office of Experiential Programs before academic service learning and clinical practice rotations begin and must remain current through the last rotation. Students on experiential rotations may not enroll in didactic courses outside of the required Pharm.D. curriculum without prior approval of the Director of Experiential Learning. Doctor of pharmacy students are strongly encouraged to attend the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Mid-Year Clinical Meeting in December to begin residency interviews. Because pharmacy is a profession undergoing rapid change, the curriculum is subject to continual review and modification. As society's needs for specific types of pharmaceutical service change, the curriculum will change as well. To assure the best pharmaceutical education for its students, the School of Pharmacy reserves the right of making judicious changes and improvements in course sequence and content at any time.
Pharm.D. Graduation RequirementsTo graduate, Pharm.D. candidates must meet the following requirements in addition to the 31 credit hour prerequisite requirements:Semester One Hours PHARM 7101 Professional Skills Development I 2 PHARM 7125 Medical Terminology 1 PHARM 7151 Introduction to Pharmacy Law 1 LSANAT 119 Human Anatomy 3 LSANAT 119L Human Anatomy Lab 1 CHEM 321 Organic Chemistry I 3 CHEM 321L Organic Chemistry I Lab 1 BIOL 202 Cell Biology 3 COMS 110 Fund. of Eff. Speaking and Listening 3 Total 18 Semester Two Hours PHARM 7110 Pharmacy Calculations 2 PHARM 7266 Medical and Medication Error Evaluation and Management 3 CHEM 322R Organic Chemistry II 3 CHEM 322L Organic Chemistry II Lab 1 LSMCRB 121 Microbiology 4 Course covering the U.S. Constitution 3 HIST 101 American History to 1877, HIST 102 Amerian History Since 1877 or POLSC 210 American Government Total 16 Semester Three Hours PHARM 7202 Pharmaceutics I 4 PHARM 7341 Medicinal Chemistry I 3 LSBIOC 365 Human Biochemistry I 3 LSPHYS 399 Pharmacy Physiology I 3 Total 13 Semester Four Hours PHARM 7203 Pharmaceutics II 3 PHARM 7344 Medicinal Chemistry II 3 PHARM 7414 Professional Skills Development II 3 LSBIOC 366 Human Biochemistry II 3 LSPHYS 400 Pharmacy Physiology II 3 Total 15 Semester Five Hours PHARM 7245 Top 200 Drugs I(a) .5 PHARM 7310 Academic Service Learning(b) 1 NURSE 5548 Advanced Pathophysiology 3 PHARM 7361 Pharmacology I 4 PHARM 7325 Business, Professional and Technical Writing for Pharmacy Students 2 PHARM 7465 Economics of Health and Medicine 3 PHARM 7104 Professional Skills Development III 2 Total (a)15.5 Semester Six Hours PHARM 7245 Top 200 Drugs I(a) .5 PHARM 7310 Academic Service Learning(b) 1 PHARM 7303 Pharmacokinetics & Biopharmaceutics 4 Professional Elective(c) 3 PHARM 7362 Pharmacology II 5 PHARM 7405 Pharmacotherapy I 3 PHARM 7463 Toxicology 2 Total (a)18.5(a) Pharmacy 7245 must be successfully completed during either the fall or spring semester.
(b) Pharmacy 7310 must be successfully completed in either the fall or spring semester (1/2 of the class each semester).
Semester Seven Hours PHARM 7389 Advances in Drug Therapy 2 PHARM 7345 Top 200 Drugs II(d) .5 PHARM 7406P General Medicine I(e) 4 PHARM 7420 Health Assessment & Pharmacotherapy II 7 PHARM 7451 Pharmacy Law & Ethics 2 Professional Elective(s)(c) 4 Total (d)19.5 Semester Eight Hours PHARM 7326 Evidence Based Medicine 5 PHARM 7345 Top 200 Drugs II(d) .5 PHARM 7485P Health Assessment & Pharmacotherapy III 7 Professional Elective(c) 3 Total (d)15.5(c) A minimum of 10 credit hours of professional elective coursework must be completed while enrolled in the School of Pharmacy. No more than five credit hours of the 10 hours can come from courses outside the School of Pharmacy. Coursework completed before entry in the professional program will not transfer as professional elective credit. General and professional elective courses cannot be double counted. Courses count as either general electives or professional electives. The following is a partial list of courses approved to satisfy professional electives:
(d) Pharmacy 7345 must be successfully completed during either the fall or spring semester. (e) Students enroll in General Medicine I during the fall semester for 4.0 credit hours, however, half of the General Medicine I course is completed during the fall and the remainder of the course during the spring semester. Spring re-enrollment is not required. Semester Nine Pharmacy Clerkships Hours vary Semester Ten Pharmacy Clerkships Hours vary Required ClerkshipsPHARM 7404P Drug Information Clerkship PHARM 7406P General Medicine I PHARM 7407P General Medicine II PHARM 7409P Health Systems Clerkship PHARM 7410P General Medicine III PHARM 7412P Community Pharmacy Practice Clerkship PHARM 7418P Elective Clerkship I PHARM 7419P General Medicine IV Optional ClerkshipsPHARM 7420P Elective Clerkship II PHARM 7421P Elective Clerkship IIIThe following requirements must be met and documentation on file in the Office of Experiential Rotations before enrollment in clinical experiential rotation courses and must remain current through the student last rotation.
Graduation RequirementsTo graduate, students must successfully complete all required coursework listed in the curriculum for a minimum of 184 hours (including the 31-hour pre-professional coursework requirement) and all non-credit requirements in effect at the time of completion. Prior to graduation, students also must demonstrate proficiency in English. Within the 184 hours, the following minimums must be met:Mathematics/Basic Science coursework 53 hours Humanities & Social Science coursework 12 hours Pharmacy Didactic coursework 74 hours Professional Electives 10 hours Experiential Learning 31 hoursHumanities and social science course requirements (including pre-pharmacy coursework):
English Composition 6 hours Fundamentals of Effective Speaking & Listening 3 hours U.S. Constitution course 3 hoursStudents with a previous baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States are exempt from the Written English Proficiency Test and the writing intensive requirement.
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