Curriculum

Curriculum

Course of Study

Requirements for Graduation

 

 

Pre-Pharmacy

90

Semester Hours (minimum)

First Three Years

     (includes 10 hours of Professional Electives)

105.5

Semester Hours

Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE)

     (includes 300 clock hours)

7.5

Semester Hours

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)

     (includes 1600 clock hours)

40

Semester Hours

TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS

243

Semester Hours

   

FIRST YEAR (P1)

        

 

  1st Semester      2nd Semester  
 PHPR 550  Legal and Ethical Principles I  2  PHPR 502  Aseptic Technique  1
 PHPR 560  Pharmacy & Health Care  3  BIOC 514  Applied Biochemistry  4
 PHPR 562  Introduction to Drug Information  2  PAMM 550  Microbiology  3
 PHPR 552  Pharmaceutical Care I  2  CLS 552  Application of Clinical Medical Microbiology & Immunology  1
 PHSC 550  Introduction to Pharmaceutical Sciences  4  PAMM 509  Immunology  2
 PAMM 690  Biology of Disease  5  PHPR 556  Pharmaceutical Care II  2
       PHSC 570  Pharmaceutical Sciences I  4
       PHPR 572  Introduction to Contemporary Compounding  1
 

Total Semester Hours

18  

Total Semester Hours 

 18

 

   

SECOND YEAR (P2)

        
   3rd Semester      4th Semester  
 PHAR 680  Pharmacology I  5  PHAR 682  Pharmacology II  4
 PHPR 672  Pharmacotherapy I  5.5  PHPR 674  Pharmacotherapy II  7
 PHSC 626  Medicinal Chem I  4  PHSC 628  Medicinal Chem II  3
 PHSC 670  Pharmaceutica Sciences II  3  PHSC 672  Pharmaceutical Sciences III  3
 

 Total Semester Hours

 17.5  

  Total Semester Hours

 17
 
   

THIRD YEAR (P3)

        
   5th Semester     6th Semester   
 PHPR 662  Pharmacy Practice Management  3  PHPR 650  Legal and Ethical Principles II  2
 PHPR 622  Drug Literature Eval & Res Meth  3  PHPR 678  Pharmacotherapy IV  8.5
 PHPR 676  Pharmacotherapy III  8.5    Professional Electives  7
   Professional Electives  3      
 

 Total Semester Hours

  17.5    Total Semester Hours  17.5

INTRODUCTORY PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCE (P1, 2 & 3)

 PHPR 602  Community Pharmacy Clerkship  3  Completed in Summer prior to P2 Year
 PHPR 604  Institutional Pharmacy Clerkship  3  Completed in Summer prior to P3 Year
 PHPR 606  Drug Information Clerkship  0.5  Completed in P3 Year (May-March)
 PHPR 608  Patient Care Activities  1  Completed in P1, P2 and P3 Year
     7.5  

FOURTH YEAR (P4)

40 WEEKS OF REQUIRED AND ELECTIVE ADVANCED PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCES (APPE’S) = 40 SEMESTER HOURS

REQUIRED UNITS (6)

SEM HRS

WKS

CLOCK HOURS

Acute Care Level I

4

4

160

Acute Care Level II

4

4

160

Ambulatory Care Level I

4

4

160

Ambulatory Care Level II

4

4

160

Non-Direct Patient Care

4

4

160

Community Pharmacy

4

4

160

ELECTIVE UNITS (4)

16

16

640

TOTAL APPE HOURS

40

40

1600

   Acute Care Level I Options    Acute Care Level II Options
 PHPR 720 Pediatric Pharmacy–TNMC* & Children’s, Methodist Women's  PHPR 730  Adult Cardiology – TNMC
 PHPR 724 Inpatient Clinical Pharm – TNMC  PHPR 731  Critical Care Pharmacy – TNMC
 PHPR 726 Psychiatric Pharmacy   PHPR 733  Adult Oncology – TNMC
 PHPR 727 Geriatric Pharmacy – Outside Omaha  PHPR 734  Nephrology
 PHPR 729 Acute Institutional Care  PHPR 735  Solid Organ Transplant – TNMC
     PHPR 736  Advanced Pediatric – TNMC, Children's, Methodist Women's
   PHPR 738  Emergency Services – TNMC
     PHPR 747  Acute Advanced Geriatric – Grand Island VA
   * TNMC = The Nebraska Medical Center  PHPR 749  Acute Level II /Other – St. Elizabeth Burn & Wound Care
       

   Ambulatory Care Level I Options    Ambulatory Care Level II Options
 PHPR 750  Adult Medicine – VA Hospital  PHPR 760  Ambulatory Care Clinic – Omaha VA
 PHPR 754  Ambulatory Community – BAART Comm Health  PHPR 761  Family Medicine Clinic – TNMC Bellevue Pharmacy
 PHPR 756  Indian Health Service (IHS)  PHPR 762  Family Medicine Clinic – TNMC
 PHPR 757  Ambulatory Care Siouxland CHC  PHPR 763  Ambulatory Care Clinic – TNMC
 PHPR 764  Ambulatory Care Level I–Lincoln Surgical Hosp  PHPR 766  Geriatric Ambulatory Care – TNMC
     PHPR 770  Adult Medicine – Grand Island VA
     PHPR 773  Ambulatory Care - St. Francis Rural Oncology
   Community Pharmacy Options    Non-Direct Patient Care Options
 PHPR 700-709  Community Pharmacy  PHPR 780  Drug Information
     PHPR 781  Managed Care Pharmacy
   Elective Options  PHPR 782  Non-Direct Patient Care - Other
   All required APPE’s may also be taken as Electives.  PHPR 783  Nebraska Pharmacists Assoc - DUR
 PHPR 710-719  Institutional Pharmacy Practice  PHPR 784/787  Nuclear Pharmacy - Cardinal Health
 PHPR 794  Pharmaceutical Sciences Research  PHPR 788  Industrial Medical Device/Clinical Research
 PHPR 795  Pharmacy Practice Research  PHPR 789  Non-Direct Patient Care - Misc.
 PHPR 796  Pharmacy Regulation  PHPR 790  Drug Information - St. Elizabeth, Lincoln
 PHPR 798  International Studies – Peru / Belize  PHPR 792 Veterinary Pharmacy - Kansas State Vet School
 PHPR 799  Special Circumstance    

CLOCK HOURS OF EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION

 

Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE)

300

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)

1600

TOTAL CLOCK HOURS

1900