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.
EXPERIENTIAL CURRICULUM
The second major component of the PharmD program is its experiential curriculum. During this phase of the curriculum, students are placed in different pharmacy practice settings to learn contemporary pharmacy practice from pharmacist preceptors. The College makes every attempt to place students in sites convenient to them; however, because of the number of students and available rotations, students may be required to complete a rotation in a site that is not their first choice.
The University of Southern Nevada College of Pharmacy Experiential Program is divided into three main categories: Early Pharmacy Practice Experiences (EPPE), Core Pharmacy Practice Experiences (CPPE) and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE). The following provides a short description of student experiences and practice-related outcomes.
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