Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy
Dr. Amy Schwartz, Dean
The Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy (FCOP) offers a four-year professional doctorate degree program, the Doctor of Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D.). Graduates of the program are eligible to sit for the national licensure examinations. Those who successfully pass the licensure examinations are qualified to work as a pharmacist.
Vision and Mission
Our vision is to foster an expanded community of servant-leaders in pharmacy practice, education, scholarship and service. We reach towards this vision through our mission of cultivating pharmacy professionals and advancing healthcare through collaborative education, scholarship, and service.
Core Values
The College embraces the following core values as part of its academic and professional culture. The core values are used to guide all our interactions with all current and future stakeholders:
- Integrity: we strive to do the right thing;
- Learner-Focused: we provide an environment that supports academic and personal success;
- Resiliency: we improve upon successes, learn from challenges, and grow from the unanticipated.
Pharm.D. Program Learning Outcomes
The Pharm.D. curriculum is designed to develop 15 key skills and characteristics necessary for FCOP graduates to enter the profession and practice at the highest level of their credentials. These Program Learning Outcomes influence the development of curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities within FCOP:
- Foundational knowledge: Integrate and apply scientific, social-behavioral, and clinical knowledge to make therapeutic decisions and recommendations.
- Patient-centered care: Develop individualized patient health-care plans.
- Medication use systems management: Manage medication use systems to improve healthcare outcomes.
- Health and wellness: Promote health and wellness strategies to prevent and manage chronic diseases.
- Population-based care: Integrate population-based data into the development of healthcare plans.
- Problem solving: Identify and resolve medication-related problems.
- Education: Provide education about pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies.
- Patient advocacy: Advocate for healthcare needs on individual and population-based levels.
- Interprofessional collaboration: Collaborate in decision making as part of a healthcare team.
- Cultural sensitivity: Incorporate the traditions of diverse cultural groups into individual and community-based care.
- Communication: Communicate clearly on a level appropriate for the intended audience.
- Self-awareness: Identify areas for self-improvement and incorporate constructive feedback into personal and professional development.
- Leadership: Motivate teams to work towards shared goals.
- Innovation and entrepreneurship: Develop new ideas to improve patient care and advance the profession.
- Professionalism: Demonstrate respect for all members of the community.