Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Professional Program

University of Illinois Chicago

The College of Pharmacy offers the Doctor of Pharmacy degree. The PharmD is the highest level of professional education in pharmacy and has been approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as the sole entry-level degree for the profession. The PharmD curriculum at UIC emphasizes a patient-centered course of study and provides a structure that will enable students to develop into reflective practitioners with skills and attitudes to anticipate change, criticize, evaluate, and modify practice in a changing healthcare arena. The curriculum also provides a fundamental core of knowledge, skills, and attitudes, which in composite, promote the fulfillment of the adopted professional competencies for a generalist practitioner who delivers pharmaceutical care. The program prepares students to: enter into the practice of pharmacy to serve society as ethical and caring professionals apply knowledge of drugs and drug therapy to solve problems and make decisions on behalf of their patients educate, communicate, and collaborate with patients, colleagues, and other health professionals learn-professional practice is a lifelong learning experience practice pharmacy in traditional and nontraditional settings assume a leadership role in the future direction of the profession.

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