University of Puerto Rico
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| ID | 95 |
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| Name | University of Puerto Rico |
| City | San Juan |
| State | Puerto Rico |
| Contact | Admission: Ms. Margarita Rivera, Director Admission Office Deanship of Students P.O. Box 365067 San Juan, PR 00936-5067 787-758-2525, Ext. 5214 www.rcm.upr.edu Financial Aid: Zoraida Figueroa, Director Financial Aid Office Deanship of Students P.O. Box 365067 San Juan, PR 00936-5067 |
| Pharmacy School Name | School of Pharmacy |
| Accreditation Status | Full |
| Institution Type | Public |
| Main Campus | San Juan, PR |
| Branch Campuses | None |
| Curriculum | 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). It is structured in four academic years in order to ensure the achievement of the abilities necessary to become a generalist practitioner who provides pharmaceutical care. The goals of the program are to: 1) foster the integral formation of students by developing their general and professional abilities throughout the curriculum, 2) 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, and 3) prepare competent pharmacists to enter the practice of the profession in different settings. The program requires the approval of 141 credits and 1,620 hours of practice experiences. These consist of introductory as well as advanced practice experiences offered starting in first professional year. The experiences offered are: Introductory Practicum, Service Learning, Longitudinal Care I and II, Management of the Practice and the Medication Distribution and Control Systems, and eight Advanced Practicums. The completion of a research project and a student portfolio are also required. The curricular model adopted responds to a conception of a liberal, systematic and humanistic curriculum, which promotes human development through the development of a core of ten (10) general/professional abilities. These are systematically developed as skills, attitudes, values and conceptual knowledge, all of which are necessary in order to provide pharmaceutical care. The abilities are contextualized in the disciplines that comprise the pharmacy profession. 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. These abilities have been developed as a set of expectations at three levels of development through the curriculum (level 1 beginning, level 2 developing, and level 3 outcome). The curricular content is defined in terms of fourteen (14) major concepts, set of core skills, attitudes, and values, and the 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. 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. A set of core attitudes and values is also incorporated in the curriculum since they are deemed essential in a pharmacy graduate. |
| Additional Requirements | A minimum of 71 approved semester credits must be completed on or before May of the year of application for admission from the prerequisite courses, or their equivalents, carried in any accredited college or university. To qualify for admission, an applicant must present scholastic and personal records indicating good performance and the ability to undertake a professional college degree program. Courses are conducted in English and Spanish, and patient interactions are nearly always conducted in Spanish, therefore, students should be able to speak, read, and write both languages. Applicants are required to possess an academic index of not less than 2.75 (scale of 4.00) both in general subjects as well as in the chemistry, mathematics, biology and physics courses (science index). The Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) is required to all applicants. Three letters of reference (two from professors of previous college courses) are required. A personal interview is also required for candidates that meet other criteria. |
| Prerequisite Courses | English. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Spanish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 English or Spanish (oral and written communications skills). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Humanities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Social Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Pre-Calculus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6 Calculus I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5 General Chemistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Organic Chemistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 General Biology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 General Physics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Psychology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Economics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 |
| Enter Class Stat | Number interviewed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Number accepted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Estimated entering class size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Estimated male (%). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16% Estimated female (%). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84% Estimated out-of-state (%). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0% |
| Application Process Requirements | Participates in PharmCAS: Yes Deadline for receipt of applications: December 1 Supplemental application required: Yes Supplemental application fee: $25 Expected GPA: 3.5 Minimum overall GPA considered: 2.75 Minimum prerequisite GPA considered: 2.75 PCAT required: Yes Minimum PCAT scores considered: NR Oldest PCAT scores considered: 3 years Interview required: Yes |