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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.

13. PHAR 523 Integration of Pharmacy Practice

This block (held throughout the P2 year) is designed to integrate the material from the various Therapeutic Disease State Management blocks and prepare the students for management of patient care in a clinical setting prior to the Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE). A study of the practical applications of pharmacy practice is presented with an emphasis on the use of patient charts, patient histories, physical and psychological assessments, diagnostics, assessment of pharmacotherapy and patient education. Additional emphasis is placed on literature evaluation and the practice of evidence-based medicine.