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Butler University Bulletin 2024-2025
Pharmacy, PharmD
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Campus-Based Curriculum for First-Year Students Matriculating Beginning 2022
NOTE: Degree requirements for incoming students may not reflect the actual degree requirements of current students. The College reserves the right to change the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum at the discretion of the faculty. First Year, Pre-Pharmacy
* TI=Texts and Ideas, PCA=Perspectives in the Creative Arts, SW=Social World. Students (except previously degreed students) must take at least one core course in each of the divisions listed. Total Semester Hours: 14-15
Courses (Spring Semester)
Total Semester Hours: 15-16
Second Year, Pre-Pharmacy
* TI=Texts and Ideas, PCA=Perspectives in the Creative Arts, SW=Social World. Students (except previously degreed students) must take at least one core course in each of the divisions listed. Courses (Fall Semester) 2
Courses (Spring Semester) 2
First Professional Year (Third Year)
Courses (Fall Semester) 3
Courses (Spring Semester) 3
Courses (Fall Semester) 4
Courses (Spring Semester) 4
Courses (Fall Semester) 5
Total Semester Hours: 15-18
Courses (Spring Semester) 5
Total Semester Hours: 12*-16
*A minimum of 12 credit hours is required to be considered full time. Students must have a minimum of 7 professional elective hours. Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 201
Entrepreneurial Concentration
Overview
There is an increasing need for entrepreneurial skills in health care to encourage the creation of new and innovative health-related services, technologies, and therapies. Strong entrepreneurial skills form a dual, interactive process, where students develop an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of their ideas, and of themselves, in relation to the wider environment. Students who pursue this concentration will be better equipped to identify emerging problems, develop thoughtful solutions, and lead the pharmacy profession forward.
Goals and Outcomes
- Provide students with a fundamental knowledge of concepts and skills necessary for practice in traditional and emerging areas of the profession.
- Teach students how to apply principles of operations, financial management, marketing, and innovation to pharmacy practice-related problems.
- Make students problem-solvers, helping them to overcome the unique and ever-changing challenges of delivering healthcare.
Note:
Pharmacy students may declare the Entrepreneurial Concentration upon completion of their second pre- professional year. Successful completion of the Entrepreneurial Concentration requires a minimum of 15* credit hours, which includes an APPE rotation in non-patient care (e.g. administration, managed care).
Contact Dr. John Hertig for additional information.
Medical Spanish Concentration
Students must formally register for the concentration by adding it as a minor using the Butler University Major/Program Change Form. Students may not register for the concentration until after they are into the professional program. Successful completion of the medical Spanish concentration requires a minimum of 12 credit hours of medical Spanish course work having the RX course designator. The 12 credit hours must include an APPE rotation with a Spanish-language focus.
Student Learning Outcomes
The three principal learning goals for the Medial Spanish Concentration are:
- To provide students the opportunity to learn health care Spanish vocabulary
- To advance their Spanish grammar skills
- To improve their Spanish communication skills with the patients and health care providers
Curriculum Requirements
- Complete a minimum of 12 hours of RX Medical Spanish courses which must include a 4-week APPE rotation serving a high population of people who speak Spanish as a first language. Didactice courses must be completed prior to the P4 year.
Students Must Choose at Lease One of the Following Courses
Patient Care Research Concentration
The elective patient care research concentration within the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum will provide students an opportunity to participate in patient care focused research. The concentration comprises 12 credit hours of patient care research, at least 2 credit hours of independent study, and 2 credit hours of patient-care research seminar topics. The research activity will be completed in a clinical practice setting and will be performed under the direct supervision of a COPHS faculty member.
Student Learning Outcomes
In addition to the student learning outcomes for the Pharmacy Program, at the completion of the patient care research concentration the student will be able to:
- Conduct a thorough literature review and write a concise summary of the literature relevant to a research project using appropriate critical thinking and analysis skills
- Generate, evaluate, analyze, and interpret patient-care data using the principles of scientific research integrity
- Prepare and submit an IRB application or complete an IRB continuing review for the research project
- Using knowledge gained through independent study and research seminar courses, conduct a patient-care research study with minimal supervision
Create and present a written manuscript and oral presentation summarizing the background, methods, results, and conclusions of the conducted research
Curriculum
The College reserves the right to change the Doctor of Pharmacy with Patient Care Research Concentration curriculum at the discretion of the faculty
Years 1-3
First Professional Year
· Contact Dr. Chad Knoderer (cknodere@butler.edu) to Identify Concentration Mentor
Courses (Fall or spring Semester) P2 PharmD Curriculum plus the following
Third Professional Year P3 PharmD Curriculum plus the following
Fourth Professional Year
Rotations
- 3 Patient care research rotations Min Units: 12
- 7 Patient care rotations Min Units: 28
Total Semester Hours: 40
Online Pathway Doctor of Pharmacy Curriculum
The College reserves the right to change the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum at the discretion of the faculty.
First Professional Year (P1)
Courses (Fall Semester - Term 1)
Courses (Spring Semester-Term 2)
Total Semester Hours: 13
*RX 351 requires a 5-day on-campus lab immersion after final exams and includes the blood pressure assessment for RX 415 Self-Care & Health Promotion 1
Courses (Summer Semester - Term 3)
Second Professional Year (P2)
Courses (Fall Semester -Term 4)
Courses (Spring Semester-Term 5)
Total Semester Hours: 13
* RX 421 requires a 5-day on-campus lab immersion after final exams.
Course grade will not be assigned until successful completion of the on-campus lab portion.
Courses (Summer Semester - Term 6)
Total Semester Hours: 10-11
* RX 422 requires a 5-day on-campus lab immersion after final exams.
* Course grade will not be assigned until successful completion of the on-campus lab portion.
Third Professional Year (P3)
Courses (Fall Semester - Term 7)
Courses (Spring Semester-Term 8)
Total Semester Hours: 17
*Must have a minimum of 7 hours professional electives by the end of the P3 year. Fourth Professional Year (P4)
During the fourth year of the professional phase, students participate in 10 one-month clinical rotations, each consisting of 40 hours per week (160 hours) for 4 weeks. Clinical rotations can take place at a variety of sites, including community pharmacies, hospitals, ambulatory clinic practices, and other nontraditional pharmacy settings, such as clinical work and basic research in the laboratory. A placement coordinator will work directly with students to help find a placement close to your residence.
*Specific rotations are scheduled through the Experiential Education Office. Students must take 10 rotations during the 10 rotation blocks for a total of 40 credit hours of rotations by the end of the spring semester.
Summer I (Term 9)
- RX 6- - Rotation Blocks 1 & 2 Min Units: 8 *
- RX 6– - Rotation Blocks 3 & 4 Min Units: 8 *
Fall (Term 10)
- RX 6– - Rotation Blocks 5 - 8 Min Units: 16 *
Spring (Term 11)
- RX 6– - Rotation Blocks 9 - 10 Min Units: 16 *
Minimum number of credit hours required for graduation for Online Pathway Doctor of Pharmacy Students = 139
Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Concentration
The elective pharmaceutical sciences research concentration within the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum will provide students an opportunity to participate in pharmaceutical sciences-focused research. The concentration comprises 12 credit hours of pharmaceutical sciences research, at least 2 credit hours of independent study, and 2 credit hours of pharmaceutical sciences research seminar topics. The research activity will be completed in a pharmaceutical sciences laboratory and will be performed under the direct supervision of a COPHS faculty member.
Student Learning Outcomes
In addition to the student learning outcomes for the Pharmacy Program, at the completion of the pharmaceutical sciences research concentration the student will be able to:
- Conduct a thorough literature review and write a concise summary of the literature relevant to a research project using appropriate critical thinking and analysis skills
- Using one or two laboratory techniques, conduct laboratory experiments with sufficient proficiency so as to function with minimal supervision
- Generate, evaluate, and interpret experimental data using the principles of scientific research integrity
- Create and present an oral presentation summarizing the background, methods, results, and conclusions of the conducted research
Curriculum
The College reserves the right to change the Doctor of Pharmacy with Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Concentration curriculum at the discretion of the faculty
Years 1-3
Fourth Professional Year
Total Semester Hours: 40
** Prerequisite for research rotations: grade of C or better in research concentration basic science courses; all three research rotations are to be completed consecutively.
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