To earn the Doctor of Pharmacy degree, students must:
Manchester University’s Doctor of Pharmacy Curriculum
Academic Term |
PHRM |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
Total |
Fall, P1 Year |
310 |
Biomedical Sciences I |
5 |
|
|
312 |
Pharmaceutics I |
4 |
|
|
320 |
Introduction to Pharmacy I |
4 |
|
|
322 |
Drug Information |
2 |
|
|
323 |
Communications in Pharmacy Practice |
2 |
|
|
330 |
Pharmacy Practice Lab I |
1 |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
Spring, P1 Year |
311 |
Biomedical Sciences II |
5 |
|
|
313 |
Pharmaceutics II |
4 |
|
|
321 |
Introduction to Pharmacy II |
3 |
|
|
324 |
Nonprescription Therapeutics |
2 |
|
|
370 |
IPPE I Community* |
3 |
|
|
331 |
Pharmacy Practice Lab II |
1 |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
Fall, P2 Year |
450 |
IPT** – Introduction |
4 |
|
|
451 |
IPT – Nervous System I |
4 |
|
|
452 |
IPT – Cardiovascular I |
4 |
|
|
430 |
Pharmacy Practice Lab III |
1 |
|
|
440 |
Patient Safety and Informatics |
2 |
|
|
441 |
Population Health Management |
2 |
17 |
|
|
|
|
|
Spring, P2 Year |
453 |
IPT – Cardiovascular II |
3 |
|
|
454 |
IPT – Nervous System II |
4 |
|
|
455 |
IPT – Infectious Disease I |
3 |
|
|
431 |
Pharmacy Practice Lab IV |
1 |
|
|
420 |
Drug Literature Evaluation |
2 |
|
|
470 |
IPPE II Institutional* |
3 |
|
|
|
Elective*** |
0-3 |
16-19 |
|
|
|
|
|
Fall, P3 Year |
550 |
IPT – Endocrine & Reproductive |
4 |
|
|
551 |
IPT – Infectious Disease II |
3 |
|
|
552 |
IPT – Renal & Urologic |
2 |
|
|
553 |
IPT – Pulmonary & Critical Care |
3 |
|
|
530 |
Pharmacy Practice Lab V |
1 |
|
|
540 |
Practice and Personnel Management |
3 |
|
|
|
Elective*** |
0-3 |
16-19 |
|
|
|
|
|
Spring, P3 Year |
554 |
IPT – Gastrointestinal |
3 |
|
|
555 |
IPT – Immune, Musculoskeletal, Integumentary |
3 |
|
|
556 |
IPT – Hematology/Oncology |
3 |
|
|
557 |
IPT – Toxicology |
2 |
|
|
531 |
Pharmacy Practice Lab VI |
1 |
|
|
541 |
Pharmacy Law |
2 |
|
|
522 |
Advanced Clinical Skills |
3 |
|
|
|
Elective*** |
0-3 |
17-20 |
|
|
|
|
|
P4 Year |
TBD |
APPE I: Community Pharmacy**** |
4 |
|
|
|
APPE II: Institutional Pharmacy |
4 |
|
|
|
APPE III: Ambulatory Care |
4 |
|
|
|
APPE IV: General Medicine |
4 |
|
|
|
APPE V: Ambulatory Care II |
4 |
|
|
|
APPE VI: General Medicine II |
4 |
|
|
|
APPE VII: Elective |
4 |
|
|
|
APPE VIII: Elective |
4 |
|
|
|
APPE IX: Elective |
4 |
|
|
|
APPE X: Elective |
4 |
40 |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
|
|
|
147 |
|
|
|
|
|
* IPPE: |
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences have 2 weeks (80 hours) of rotation time between Fall and Spring semesters, followed by 4 hours of rotation and 1 hour of reflective class time per week during Spring Semester. Students may be required to travel up to 1 ½ hours to their assigned IPPE site. |
** IPT: |
Integrated Pharmacotherapy, taught in block format |
*** Electives: |
5 total credit hours of elective didactic coursework are required. |
**** APPE: |
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences are 4 weeks in duration. There are 10 rotations: 6 required experiences and 4 elective rotations. Some rotations are outside of the Fort Wayne area. Travel and/or lodging outside of Fort Wayne may be required at the student’s expense. |