THE DOCTOR OF PHARMACY GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND PROGRAM OUTCOMES

The AUHS Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum has been designed around the School of Pharmacy’s mission to instill in students strong Christian values, to prepare them to practice evidence-based patient care, to educate them in pharmacy research and scholarship, and to enable them to meet the health care needs of diverse patient populations.

AUHS School of Pharmacy offers a three (3) calendar-year entry-level Doctor of Pharmacy program that supports the School’s mission and prepares students to meet educational outcomes in preparation to render excellence in pharmacist patient-centered care. With this in mind, the curriculum fulfills recommendations provided by accreditation standards and professional guidelines including the ACPE Standards 2016, JCPP Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process, CAPE Educational Outcomes 2013, IPEC Core Competencies 2016 Update, OSCEs, and licensure examination content outlines. Graduates of the program are eligible to take the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination® (NAPLEX) to become a registered pharmacist (RPh).

The three-year curriculum consists of the equivalent of 12 quarters (four quarters per year). The first, second, and third years of our professional doctoral program are referred to as P1, P2, and P3, respectively. Each quarter is 11-weeks and is followed by a quarter break before the next quarter begins. The minimum credit units required for program completion is 183.