Doctor of Pharmacy Program Curriculum

Our Pharm.D. program provides students with a range of classroom and experiential instruction that enables them to pursue numerous opportunities after graduation.

In order to progress to the first professional year (P1) of the Pharm.D. program, second-year pre-pharmacy students must successfully take the Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT), complete an interview, perform a writing assessment and meet the GPA requirement.

Students admitted to ACPHS-Vermont begin in the first professional year (P1).

  PRE-PHARMACY - YEAR 1
 

Fall Semester

Credits

  

Spring Semester

Credits

General Biology I

4

  

General Biology II

4

General Chemistry I

4

  

General Chemistry II

4

Humanities I

3

  

Humanities II

3

Principles of Communication (1)

3

  

Calculus (1)

4

Psychology

3

  

Elective (2)

3
         

Total

17

  

Total

18
         

  PRE-PHARMACY - YEAR 2
         

Fall Semester

Credits

  

Spring Semester

Credits

Organic Chemistry I

4

  

Organic Chemistry II

4

College Physics I

4

  

College Physics II

4

Humanities III

3

  

Elective

3
Microbiology
4
   Statistics
3
Elective (3)
3
   Elective (3)
3
         

Total

18

  

Total

17

(1) Some students will take these courses in the opposite semesters.

(2) Elective sections will be designated for first year students and will have a consistent set of outcomes across all sections.

(3) Some students will take these courses in the opposite semesters.

PROFESSIONAL - YEAR 1 (P1)
         

Fall Semester

Credits

 

Spring Semester

Credits

Pharmaceutics I

3

  

Pharmaceutics II

3

Physiology /Pathophysiology I

4

  

Physiology/Pathophysiology II

4

Biochemistry

3

  

Molecular Biology

3

Immunology

3

  

Self Care/OTC

3

Foundations of Pharmacy

1

  

Pharmacy Skills Lab II

1

Pharmacy Skills Lab I

1

  

IPS Workshop II

1

IPS Workshop I

1

  

Elective

3

Total

16

  

Total

18
         

IPPE Community Summer after P1 year – 5 credits
 

PROFESSIONAL - YEAR 2 (P2)
         

Fall Semester

Credits

 

Spring Semester

Credits

Principles of Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry

2

 

PTP&M – Endocrine

2

Pharmacokinetics

3

PTP&M – GI/Nutrition

2

PTP&M – Cardiovascular

4

  

PTP&M – Infectious Disease

4

PTP&M- Respiratory Disease

1

  

Administration, Management, Economics Module (US and Global Health Care Systems)

3

DI/Biostats

2

  

IPS Workshop III

Seminar

1

1

  

IPS Workshop IV

Seminar

1

1

Elective

3

  

Elective

3

Pharmacy Skills Lab III

1

  

Pharmacy Skills Lab IV

1

Total

18

  

Total

17

         

IPPE Patient Assessment- 2 credits to be completed prior to starting P3 year
 

PROFESSIONAL - YEAR 3 (P3)
         

Fall Semester

Credits

 

Spring Semester

Credits

PTP&M – Neurology/Psychiatry

4

PTP&M – Oncology

1

PTP&M- Rheum/Connective Tissue

1

  

Immunizations

1

PTP&M – Nephrology/Toxicity

2

  

Integrative/Alternative Medicine

1

PTP&M – Genitourinary

2

  

IPS Workshop VI-Complex Patient Case Series

2

  

Elective

3

IPS Workshop V

Medication Therapy Management

1

1

  

Jurisprudence

3

  

Administration, Management, Economics Module (Pharmacoeconomics and Health Policy)

3

  

Administration, Management, Economics Module (Pharmacy Administration)

3

Pharmacy Skills Lab V

1

  

Pharmacy Skills Lab VI

1

Elective

3

  

Health Care and Human Values

3

Total

18

  

Total

18
   

IPPE Institutional- 1 credit to be completed prior to starting APPEs

  

 

PROFESSIONAL - YEAR 4 (P4)
 
Students are required to complete 36 weeks (36 credits) of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE), which take place in acute care, ambulatory care, community pharmacy and other settings.

 

*All students beginning the program are required to complete a writing assessment during Orientation. The assessment is designed to direct students to the courses for which they are best prepared in the first year of the curriculum.

**These two courses will be integrated and contain extensive genetic information, providing an introduction to pharmacogenomics.

Abbreviations:

PPE = Pharmacy Practice and Ethics

PTP&M = Pathophysiology, Therapeutics, Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry

IPS Workshop = Integrated Problem Solving Workshop

IPPE: Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience

IPS Workshop: Integrated Problem Solving Workshop

PPE: Pharmacy Practice and Ethics

PTP&M: Pathophysiology, Therapeutics, Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry

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