Major in Institutional Pharmacy Leadership

Starting in the fall of 2009, the College of Pharmacy will begin to offer an online part-time Master of Science in Pharmacy major in Institutional Pharmacy Leadership. This program is an expansion of existing programs, and it builds on existing programs. As is the case with the other majors, this program will be a non-thesis masters program that requires 30 credit-hours of graduate level coursework. Nine 3-credit courses are taken completely online, and three 1-credit weekend seminars are attended in Gainesville. Students may elect to take a mentored 8-week applied learning course at an institutional pharmacy in or near their community. There is a proctored comprehensive final exam at the end of the program. Students who have completed the Pharmacy Leadership Academy with The Center for Health Systems Pharmacy, and who have elected to take that program for graduate credit, may complete the master’s degree with only 24 additional credits.

For more information about the Center for Health Systems Pharmacy and its Pharmacy Leadership Academy, go to www.ASHPFoundation.org.

The program is divided into two tracks; one for those pharmacists who are interested in careers at critical care practice sites and one for those pharmacists who are interested in careers at long-term care sites. All students must attend three 1-credit weekend seminars in Gainesville.

Acute Care Track:

• Foundational Knowledge. Complete one or the other of the following:
  - 6 credits of coursework from the Pharmacy Leadership Academy conducted by the Center for Health Systems Pharmacy.
  - Without doing the ASHP program, complete two of the following 3-credit online courses:
  
  • The Use and Abuse of Statistics
  • Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Patient Safety Program Evaluation
  • Federal Regulation of Controlled Substances
  • Pharmaceutical Products and Public Policy
  • Practices and Procedures of the IRB
  • State Regulation of Drugs & Pharmacy
  • Federal Regulation of Drugs & Pharmacy
  • Medicare & Medicaid
  • Pharmaceutical Health Economics
    
    
    
• Core Curriculum (3-credit online courses)
  
  • Ethics of Drug Production, Distribution and Use
  • Pharmaceutical Microeconomics
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Health Care Risk Management
  • Regulating Pharmaceutical Access & Cost
    
    Note: A mentored elective 8-week applied learning course at a hospital pharmacy in or near the student’s community may be taken in place of any of the above five courses, if appropriate for the student.
    
    
    
• Specialty Coursework (3-credit online courses)
• Hospital Pharmacy Management I
• Hospital Pharmacy Management II

Long-Term Care Track:

• Foundational Knowledge
  Complete two of the following 3-credit online courses:
  • The Use and Abuse of Statistics
  • Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Patient Safety Program Evaluation
  • Federal Regulation of Controlled Substances
  • Pharmaceutical Products and Public Policy
  • Practices and Procedures of the IRB
  • State Regulation of Drugs & Pharmacy
  • Federal Regulation of Drugs & Pharmacy
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Pharmaceutical Health Economics
    
    
    
• Core Curriculum (3-credit online courses)
  
  • Ethics of Drug Production, Distribution and Use
  • Medicare & Medicaid
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Geriatric Care Management
  • Regulating Pharmaceutical Access & Cost
    
    Note: A mentored elective 8-week applied learning course at a long-term care pharmacy in or near the student’s community may be taken in place of any of the above five courses, if appropriate for the student.
    
    
    
• Specialty Coursework (3-credit online courses)
  • Long-Term Care Pharmacy Management I
  • Long-Term Care Pharmacy Management II