University Of Southern Nevada
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
Pharmacy Curriculum
The University utilizes the block system of curricular design, which provides students with the opportunity to study one content area intensely. Faculty, using a variety of educational strategies, help students achieve the learning objectives for each block. The program does not award students traditional letter grades (e.g., A, B, C, D or F). However, faculty require students to demonstrate competency by successfully passing every assessment (examination) that is associated with each block. The program also offers a unique experiential training program that places students in a community pharmacy practice setting within the first two weeks after beginning classes in the University.
The curriculum of the University of Southern Nevada College of Pharmacy PharmD program can be divided into two major components: the didactic component and the experiential component.
03. PHAR 472 CPPE-Community - Summer after Year 1
When: Summer between the first and second academic year
Number of Hours: 240 (six weeks at 40 hours per week, minimum)
Outcomes:
The outcome expectations for the CPPE-Community experience build on those from IPPE, culminating with the student being able to perform all duties expected of an entry-level community pharmacist. Each preceptor is supplied with a checklist of abilities that the student is expected to demonstrate by the end of the experience. A copy of the checklist is submitted for review by the College after the third week and at the end of the rotation.