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LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD
KU EDITION
AUGUST 17, 1996 27 B
Program allows graduates to 'hit the ground running'
Pharmacy school raises requirements for degree
For Incoming
& for incoming undergraduates in pharmacy, a bachelor's degree no longer is an option.
BY MARK FAGAN
JOURNAL-WORLD WRITER
Another year, a newly mandatory doctoral degree.
Undergraduates new to Kansas
Undergraduates University's School of Pharmacy this fall will have no choice but to earn entry-level doctoral practice degrees.
Previously, the school's 400 undergraduates had the option of earning five-year bachelor's degrees. The doctoral degrees — also known as PharmD degrees — require six years of classroom and professional training.
As the PharmD program places an added emphasis on issues facing today's pharmaceutical professionals — health care reform
"What we're trying to do is make sure our graduates are competitive and fill positions, regardless of where those positions are. This allows our graduates to come out with some new skills to hit the ground running."
"From now on, it will not be an option — it will be the only program," said Jack Fincham, dean of pharmacy. "We're really excited about it. It's really going to help the health care of Kansans." With 95 percent of the school's 600 students coming from
Kansas, many KU pharmacy graduates go on to work in community pharmacies, chain stores, hospitals, nursing homes, drug manufacturers, governmental agencies and health maintenance organizations in and around Kansas, Fincham said.
— Jack Fincham, dean of pharmacy
enhanced and improved drug-use processes and comprehensive drug therapies for patients — more Kansans will receive even better advice and treatments for their needs.
"I'm very proud of our graduates, and they're among the very best in the country," Fincham said. "What we're trying to do is make sure our
graduates are competitive and fill positions, regardless of where those positions are. This allows our graduates to come out with some new skills to hit the ground running."
The degree program will accept 95 new students this fall - selected from among nearly 400 applicants — to bring the school's undergraduate enrollment to 400.
Another 200 students will pursue even higher levels of professional training and academic knowledge through master's and doctorate degree programs.
The school has 60 full-time equivalent faculty members, plus up to 10 graduate teaching assistants. Together, they teach classes and conduct research in Malott Hall on the Lawrence campus, at the Regents Center in Overland Park and at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
Fincham said the school was looking to hire another three faculty members — both clinical and tenure-track — to "gear up" for the PharmD program's new responsibilities.
Other degrees also will remain available from the school: master of health services administration, master of pharmacy practice and both master's and doctoral degrees in medicinal pharmacy, pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmacology and toxicology.
"It's a real positive time," Fincham said. "Regardless of how the health care system evolves, people are always going to need help with their drug therapies."
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RICHARD GWIN/JOURNAL-WORLD PHOTO
Brynn McNell works on a cyclization experiment as part of her work at the pharmacy lab in Malott Hall.
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