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The
mission of the College of Pharmacy is to educate
Doctor of Pharmacy degree students in the pharmaceutical sciences
and in patient care, to train
Masters and Doctoral
degree students in pharmaceutical and biomedical research, and to
provide service in these disciplines at state, national and
international levels.
Integral to the mission is expansion of our
leadership role in the discovery, evaluation, dissemination, and application
of pharmaceutical knowledge for the benefit of society. An essential
component of the mission is to instill the highest professional and ethical
standards within the students, faculty, and pharmacy community. In addition,
the College embraces its responsibility to participate in the advancement of
the University Mission.
In your freshman and sophomore years, you'll
have dual registration in the College of Pharmacy and University College.
During your first semester, you'll complete 4 credits in animal biology, 3
credits in English communication, 4 credits in general chemistry, and 3
credits in general electives. To guarantee third-year standing (first
professional year), you must maintain a 2.50 and no grade lower than a C- in
math or science courses during your first three semesters. If you don't
qualify for a guaranteed seat, you may enter the overall pool for transfer
admissions at the end of your fourth semester and compete for any open seat.
Transferring to the College of Pharmacy from
another institution or from other programs at URI is highly competitive.
Preference is given to students who have completed the science courses
equivalent to those required in the pharmacy program, including: General
Chemistry, Calculus, General Zoology or Biology, Anatomy, Physiology,
Organic Chemistry, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biostatistics or Statistics.
Accreditation
The College of
Pharmacy is accredited by the
Accreditation
Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).
ACPE
is the sole accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education to accredit professional degree programs in pharmacy.
ACPE is also responsible for accrediting the
programs offered through the college's Office of
Continuing Education.
The mission of the College
of Pharmacy is to educate Doctor of Pharmacy degree students in the
pharmaceutical sciences and in patient care, to train Masters and Doctoral
degree students in pharmaceutical and biomedical research, and to provide
service in these disciplines at state, national and international levels.
Goals
Academic Excellence
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Educate professional
degree students to become accomplished and compassionate practitioners
of pharmaceutical care in traditional and emerging roles in all practice
environments
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Inspire professional
degree students to pursue lifelong commitments to learning,
professionalism, and leadership within pharmacy
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Support high quality
innovative experiential learning sites that empower professional degree
students to practice and fully provide pharmaceutical care
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Continue to pursue and
develop novel resources for the recruitment and support of a diverse
student and faculty body
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Innovate in the
development and delivery of continuing pharmaceutical education
programs, especially those that advance the professional practice of
pharmacy
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Educate and train
professional and graduate students, residents and postdoctoral fellows
to lead in the advancement of scientific discovery in the biomedical and
pharmaceutical sciences toward a greater understanding of human health
Scholarship and Research
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Recruit and retain
dedicated, expert, and productive faculty to educate, train, and inspire
all students, and to generate new knowledge for the advancement of human
health
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Mentor junior faculty in
the pursuit of excellence in teaching and research
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Establish and maintain
state-of-the-art research facilities to promote faculty recruitment and
retention efforts and to improve the competitiveness of faculty in the
pursuit and attainment of extramural research support
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Encourage collaborative
research between faculty in the biomedical, pharmaceutical and clinical
sciences
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Promote interdisciplinary
scholarship among diverse faculty at the University, state and national
levels
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Develop and advance the
scholarship of teaching as research by faculty in the entire College
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Integrate professional
degree students into faculty research programs
Community and Service
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Foster a strong sense of
community, caring and respect between all students, faculty and staff in
the College
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Promote community service
among students and faculty for the benefit of all Rhode Islanders
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Provide an environment
that encourages all students to play an active role in local and
national pharmaceutical and biomedical organizations
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Develop an integrated
Rhode Island healthcare network through partnerships with practitioners,
health care organizations and other businesses, and professional
organizations to better serve the changing needs of our community
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Encourage faculty to
participate in providing service to the broader scientific community at
national and international levels
The College of
Pharmacy utilizes a range of innovative teaching technologies to create
exciting interactive learning environments that engage and enthuse our
students.
Visualization
and Animation
With our recently installed
stereo projection system we can apply IMAX like experiences to student
learning.
From anatomy to molecular
visualization our students can see things as they really are with an image
that jumps off the screen and joins them in the classroom
Simulation and Modeling
Our state-of-the-art
Human Patient Simulator
allows our students to work hands on with a real patient. The simulator
responds accurately to their actions and they even get upset when it dies
(of course resurrection is only a click of the mouse away).
We also employ advanced software tools to
teach our students how to model the pharmacokinetics and
pharmacodynamics of drugs providing them with a deep and lasting
understanding of how they function.
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Student Population |
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2007 - 2008: |
572 Pharm.D. students
53 Graduate students
14 Post docs
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General |
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May-Aug 2007: |
Pass rate for
first time
candidates 97.37% vs 97.23% national
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2007:
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The incoming freshman class had an
average SAT score of 1340
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2007: |
Approx. 1,200 highly qualified
students applied for 90 places in
the Pharm.D. program
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2007-2008: |
Approx. 130 preceptors used for final
year rotations
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Research |
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2002 - 2008: |
Over $3 million in new research
equipment purchased
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2004: |
Awarded $16.5 million NIH grant for research collaborations
with five other RI colleges
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2004 - 2005: |
For the second year running we were in
the top twenty colleges of pharmacy for federal research funding
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2005 - 2006: |
The College of Pharmacy generated 12%
($9.9 million) of URI’s research dollars up from 2% in 2001
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Services |
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2005 - 2006: |
Pharmacy Outreach
presented over 300 educational programs in senior centers across
the state of RI
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2002 - 2006: |
The College of Pharmacy’s HUMC
helped the state Department of Corrections save almost $5,000,000
in pharmaceutical costs
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2004 - 2005: |
The
Office of Continuing
Education accredited 54 programs, with 3,322 participants for
a total of over 27,000 contact hours
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