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Degree Offered: Doctor of Pharmacy
Program Leadership:
Conan MacDougall, PharmD, MAS, Co-Vice Dean
Igor Mitrovic, MD, Co-Vice Dean
Admissions Inquiries:
Joel W. Gonzales, Director of Admissions
Program Description
The UCSF PharmD degree program prepares graduates to be academically and professionally ready for careers in pharmacy practice as caring, patient-centered experts in the safe and effective use of medicines.
Admission Requirements
Learning Outcomes
CAPE 2013 Educational Outcomes
Domain 1 – Foundational Knowledge
1.1. Learner (Learner): Develop, integrate, and apply knowledge from the foundational sciences (i.e., pharmaceutical, social / behavioral / administrative, and clinical sciences) to evaluate the scientific literature, explain drug action, solve therapeutic problems, and advance population health and patient-centered care.
Domain 2 – Essentials for Practice and Care
2.1. Patient-centered care (Caregiver): Provide patient-centered care as the medication expert (collect and interpret evidence, prioritize, formulate assessments and recommendations, implement, monitor and adjust plans, and document activities).
2.2. Medication use systems management (Manager): Manage patient healthcare needs using human, financial, technological, and physical resources to optimize the safety and efficacy of medication use systems.
2.3. Health and wellness (Promoter): Design prevention, intervention, and educational strategies for individuals and communities to manage chronic disease and improve health and wellness.
2.4. Population-based care (Provider): Describe how population-based care influences patient-centered care and influences the development of practice guidelines and evidence-based best practices.
Domain 3 - Approach to Practice and Care
3.1. Problem solving (Problem Solver): Identify problems; explore and prioritize potential strategies; and design, implement, and evaluate a viable solution.
3.2. Educator (Educator): Educate all audiences by determining the most effective and enduring ways to impart information and assess understanding.
3.3. Patient advocacy (Advocate): Assure that patients’ best interests are represented.
3.4. Interprofessional collaboration (Collaborator): Actively participate and engage as a healthcare team member by demonstrating mutual respect, understanding, and values to meet patient care needs.
3.5. Cultural sensitivity (Includer): Recognize social determinants of health to diminish disparities and inequities in access to quality care.
3.6. Communication (Communicator): Effectively communicate verbally and nonverbally when interacting with an individual, group, or organization.
Domain 4 – Personal and Professional Development
4.1. Self-awareness (Self-aware): Examine and reflect on personal knowledge, skills, abilities, beliefs, biases, motivation, and emotions that could enhance or limit personal and professional growth.
4.2. Leadership (Leader): Demonstrate responsibility for creating and achieving shared goals, regardless of position.
4.3. Innovation and entrepreneurship (Innovator): Engage in innovative activities by using creative thinking to envision better ways of accomplishing professional goals.
4.4. Professionalism (Professional): Exhibit behaviors and values that are consistent with the trust given to the profession by patients, other healthcare providers, and society.
UCSF Interprofessional Educational Outcomes 2015
The goal of IPE at UCSF is rooted in a set of common graduation milestones, which have been adopted by every professional school and program. By graduation, every health professions learner will be able to:
IPE-1. Use the knowledge of one’s own role and the roles of other health professionals to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of the patients and populations served.
IPE-2. Communicate with other health professionals in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a collaborative approach to the maintenance of health and the treatment of disease in individual patients and populations.
IPE-3. Work with other health professionals to establish and maintain a climate of mutual respect, dignity, diversity, ethical integrity, and trust.
pharmd.ucsf.edu/curriculum/outcomes
Additional Information
Career Outcomes
Degree Requirements
To graduate, candidates for the Doctor of Pharmacy degree must:
- Complete all required didactic and experiential coursework with a passing grade as established by policies of the Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee.
- Complete all required didactic and experiential Interprofessional coursework with a passing grade as established by policies of the Interprofessional Education Classroom Committee.
- Meet or exceed all graduation requirements as judged by the Subcommittee on Student Progress.
- Be recommended for the degree to the Faculty Council.
- Show evidence of possessing satisfactory professional qualifications.
- Register and complete no fewer than 12 quarters.
- Pay all fees and financial obligations to the University.
- Fulfill the general regulations for granting degrees of the University of California.
- Complete the requirements of the Doctor of Pharmacy degree within 4 years of the date he/she/they entered as a first-year student, excluding approved leaves of absence.
- Complete all required didactic and experiential Interprofessional coursework with a passing grade as established by policies of the Program for Interprofessional Practice and Education: PIPE
URL: pharm.ucsf.edu/current/academics/requirements
Core Courses
Plan of Study Grid
Year 1 |
Summer |
PHARMIS 110 |
Foundations I |
14.5 |
CL PHARM 170 |
Applied Patient Care Skills I |
2.5 |
| Units | 17 |
Fall Quarter |
PHARMIS 111 |
Cardiovascular Science & Therapeutics |
11.5 |
CL PHARM 171 |
Applied Patient Care Skills II |
1 |
CL PHARM 181 |
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience- Community A |
2.5 |
| Units | 15 |
Winter Quarter |
PHARMIS 112 |
Respiratory Science & Therapeutics |
9.5 |
CL PHARM 172 |
Applied Patient Care Skills III |
1 |
CL PHARM 182 |
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience - Community B |
2.5-5 |
INTERDEPT 123A |
Inquiry Immersion 1 |
3 |
| Units | 16-18.5 |
Spring Quarter |
PHARMIS 113 |
Renal Science and Therapeutics |
6 |
PHARMIS 114 |
Gastrointestinal Science and Therapeutics |
8 |
CL PHARM 173 |
Applied Patient Care Skills IV |
1 |
CL PHARM 182 |
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience - Community B |
2.5-5 |
| Units | 17.5-20 |
Year 2 |
Summer |
PHARMIS 115 |
Foundations II |
3 |
PHARMIS 116 |
Endocrine Science and Therapeutics |
9.5 |
CL PHARM 174 |
Applied Patient Care Skills V |
1 |
CL PHARM 183 |
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience - Health Systems |
1.5-3.5 |
| Units | 15-17 |
Fall Quarter |
PHARMIS 117 |
Neuroscience and Therapeutics |
14.5 |
CL PHARM 175 |
Applied Patient Care Skills VI |
1 |
CL PHARM 183 |
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience - Health Systems |
1.5-3.5 |
| Units | 17-19 |
Winter Quarter |
PHARMIS 118 |
Oncology Science and Therapeutics |
5.5 |
PHARMIS 119 |
Infectious Disease Science and Therapeutics |
8 |
CL PHARM 176 |
Applied Patient Care Skills VII |
1 |
CL PHARM 182 |
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience - Community B |
2.5-5 |
| Units | 17-19.5 |
Spring Quarter |
PHARMIS 120A |
Discovery Groups Research Block |
5 |
PHARMIS 120B |
Intensive Discovery Research Project |
12 |
CL PHARM 183 |
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience - Health Systems |
1.5-3.5 |
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7 |
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Hospital Pharmacy Systems & Practice APPE |
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Community Pharmacy Systems & Practice APPE |
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Acute Patient Care APPE |
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Ambulatory Patient Care APPE |
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Non-Direct Patient Care APPE Elective |
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Direct Patient Care APPE Elective |
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| Units | 25.5-27.5 |
Year 3 |
Summer |
CL PHARM 192 |
Hospital Pharmacy Systems & Practice APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 193 |
Community Pharmacy Systems & Practice APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 194 |
Acute Patient Care APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 195 |
Ambulatory Patient Care APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 190 |
Non-Direct Patient Care APPE Elective |
7 |
CL PHARM 191 |
Direct Patient Care APPE Elective |
7 |
PHARMIS 121 |
Discovery Project Final Analysis and Completion |
2 |
| Units | 44 |
Fall Quarter |
CL PHARM 192 |
Hospital Pharmacy Systems & Practice APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 193 |
Community Pharmacy Systems & Practice APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 194 |
Acute Patient Care APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 195 |
Ambulatory Patient Care APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 190 |
Non-Direct Patient Care APPE Elective |
7 |
CL PHARM 191 |
Direct Patient Care APPE Elective |
7 |
PHARMIS 121 |
Discovery Project Final Analysis and Completion |
2 |
| Units | 44 |
Winter Quarter |
CL PHARM 192 |
Hospital Pharmacy Systems & Practice APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 193 |
Community Pharmacy Systems & Practice APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 194 |
Acute Patient Care APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 195 |
Ambulatory Patient Care APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 190 |
Non-Direct Patient Care APPE Elective |
7 |
CL PHARM 191 |
Direct Patient Care APPE Elective |
7 |
PHARMIS 121 |
Discovery Project Final Analysis and Completion |
2 |
| Units | 44 |
Spring Quarter |
CL PHARM 192 |
Hospital Pharmacy Systems & Practice APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 193 |
Community Pharmacy Systems & Practice APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 194 |
Acute Patient Care APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 195 |
Ambulatory Patient Care APPE |
7 |
CL PHARM 190 |
Non-Direct Patient Care APPE Elective |
7 |
CL PHARM 191 |
Direct Patient Care APPE Elective |
7 |
PHARMIS 121 |
Discovery Project Final Analysis and Completion |
2 |
| Units | 44 |
| Total Units | 316-329.5 |