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• NAPLEX pass-rate: An average of 98%+ for past 10 years, above state and
national averages for all accredited PharmD programs.
• CPJE pass-rate: An average of 93%+ for past 5
years, above state and national averages for all takers.
• Interprofessional Education (IPE): A National Leader in IPE, integrating
9 health professions colleges into team-based learning curriculum. Health professions
learning with, from and about each other.
• Block System Curriculum: The first of its kind, allows
students to master one course at a time, with subsequent elements building upon the last.
• Pharmacist In Charge (PIC) Week: A unique training
experience for graduating students provides specific preparation for the
pharmacy management setting.
• Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE):
Extensive utilization of standardized patients throughout the curriculum,
unparalleled in peer institutions.
• Advanced Experiential Education: One of only three
programs in California providing more than one year of Advanced Pharmacy
Practice Experience.
• Top Ten in External Research Funding Awards: Our faculty
were awarded more than $2.4 Million in funding in 2013-14, placing us in the
Top Ten for private colleges of pharmacy in the nation.
• Two Clinical Research Fellowship Training Programs:
Two of the nine programs in the U.S. recognized by the American College of Clinical
Pharmacy are at WesternU – the only programs recognized in California.
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national averages for all accredited PharmD programs.
• CPJE pass-rate: An average of 93%+ for past 5
years, above state and national averages for all takers.
• Interprofessional Education (IPE): A National Leader in IPE, integrating
9 health professions colleges into team-based learning curriculum. Health professions
learning with, from and about each other.
• Block System Curriculum: The first of its kind, allows
students to master one course at a time, with subsequent elements building upon the last.
• Pharmacist In Charge (PIC) Week: A unique training
experience for graduating students provides specific preparation for the
pharmacy management setting.
• Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE):
Extensive utilization of standardized patients throughout the curriculum,
unparalleled in peer institutions.
• Advanced Experiential Education: One of only three
programs in California providing more than one year of Advanced Pharmacy
Practice Experience.
• Top Ten in External Research Funding Awards: Our faculty
were awarded more than $2.4 Million in funding in 2013-14, placing us in the
Top Ten for private colleges of pharmacy in the nation.
• Two Clinical Research Fellowship Training Programs:
Two of the nine programs in the U.S. recognized by the American College of Clinical
Pharmacy are at WesternU – the only programs recognized in California.
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