Doctor of Pharmacy Program
The Doctor of Pharmacy Program
(Pharm.D.) is approved by the Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education
(PRCHE), and has been granted full accreditation by the Accreditation
Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the accreditation agency of
professional programs in pharmacy. The University of Puerto Rico, School
of Pharmacy - Doctor of Pharmacy Program (Pharm.D.) is structured in
four academic years in order to ensure the achievement of the abilities
necessary to become a generalist practitioner who renders pharmaceutical
care.
The goals of the program are:
1. To foster the integral formation of students by developing their general and professional abilities along the curriculum.
2. To foster the integration of knowledge based on professional practice experience in a systematic ability-based curriculum which incorporates the following areas: biomedical sciences; pharmaceutical sciences; behavioral, social, and administrative pharmacy sciences; pharmacy practice; and general education.
3. To prepare competent pharmacists to enter the practice of the profession in different settings.
Curricular Framework
The program requires the approval of 141 credits, exposing the student to 1,620 hours of practice experiences. The curricular model that has been adopted responds to a conception of a liberal, systematic and humanistic curriculum which promotes human development through the development of ten (10) core of general/professional abilities. These are systematically developed as skills, attitudes, values and conceptual knowledge, contextualized in the disciplines and practice that comprise the pharmacy profession in order to provide pharmaceutical care. These are: Pharmaceutical Care; Critical Thinking; Problem Solving and Decision Making; Communication; Ethics; Social Interaction and Relations; Social Consciousness and Responsibilities; Intervention in Public Policy; Administration; and Self-Learning and Professional Development. The abilities have been developed as a set of expectations at three progression levels in the curriculum (level 1 – beginning, level 2 – developing, level 3 – outcome) General and Professional Abilities.
The curricular content
is defined in terms of fourteen (14) major concepts, set of core skills,
attitudes, and values, and ten (10) abilities. The core concepts
developed in the program are: human development, pharmaceutical
care, education, research, scientific method, drug, scientific
foundations, professional practice, service, health/disease, public
policy, psychosocial foundations, culture, and management
General Conceptual Map.
The School has identified a set of core skills that are included in the
General Conceptual Map of Intellectual and Professional Skills.
They illustrate the combination of skills (intellectual as well as
professional) the pharmacist must achieve in order to become a
generalist practitioner
General Conceptual Map of Intellectual and
Professional Skills. A set of core
attitudes and values is also incorporated in the curriculum since they
are deemed essential in a pharmacy graduate
Ethical/Attitudinal Conceptual Map.
Graduation Requirements
Students will receive a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
degree upon the completion of the following requirements:
▪ Approve all
required 141 semester credits.
▪ Approve required and elective courses with a grade of C or above,
i.e., a
minimum grade point average of 2.00 (on a
scale of 4.00).
▪ Comply with a portfolio that shows the students development of the ten
(10) general and professional abilities of
the program.
▪ Demonstrate professional and
ethical conduct.
▪ Complete at least the last two (2) years of studies in the School of
Pharmacy of the University of Puerto
Rico.
▪ Complete the academic program in a maximum of six (6) years since the
time of admission.
▪ Comply with all applicable regulations established by the University
of
Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus.
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