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 Care | Cardiology | Compounding |
| Critical Care | Drug Information | Emergency Room |
| Geriatrics | Home Infusion | Infectious Disease |
| Intensive Care Unit | Long Term Care | Mail Order |
| Management | Managed Care | Nuclear Pharmacy |
| Medication Therapy | Mental Health | Oncology |
| Pediatrics | Research | Regulatory |
| Specialty Pharmacy | Surgery | Teaching |
| Travel Clinic | Veterinary 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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