Doctor of Pharmacy Online

Online Doctor of Pharmacy

The Doctor of Pharmacy degree can be earned in four years through the Online Pharm.D. Program (OPP). Students must have successfully completed all prerequisite courses prior to entry into the OPP. The majority of OPP courses are taught online through synchronous and asynchronous technology. In the first three years of the OPP, students come to campus one to two times per academic year to complete the laboratory and professional development components of the curriculum with three-to-four week introductory experiential learning occurring in the summers. The fourth and final year of the OPP is comprised of onsite advanced experiential learning. 140.5 credits are required for graduation.

Student Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

• Scientific Thinking – Seek, analyze, integrate, and apply foundational knowledge of medications and pharmacy practice (biomedical; pharmaceutical; social, behavioral, and administrative; and clinical sciences; drug classes; and digital health).

Skills

• Problem Solving Process – Use problem solving and critical thinking skills, along with an innovative mindset, to address challenges and to promote positive change.
• Communication – Actively engage, listen, and communicate verbally, nonverbally, and in writing, when educating or interacting with an individual, group, or organization.
• Cultural and Structural Humility – Mitigate health disparities by considering, recognizing, and navigating cultural and structural factors (e.g., social determinants of health, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility) to improve access and health outcomes.
• Person-Centered Care – Provide whole person care and comprehensive medication management to individuals as the medication specialist using the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process.
• Advocacy – Promote the best interests of patients and/or the pharmacy profession within healthcare settings and at the community, state, or national level.
• Medication-Use Process Stewardship – Optimize patient healthcare outcomes using human, financial, technological, and physical resources to improve the safety, efficacy, and environmental impact of medication use systems.
• Interprofessional Collaboration – Actively engage and contribute as a healthcare team member by demonstrating core interprofessional competencies.
• Population Health and Wellness – Assess factors that influence the health and wellness of a population and develop strategies to address those factors.
• Leadership – Demonstrate the ability to influence and support the achievement of shared goals, regardless of one’s role.

Attitudes

• Self-Awareness – Examine, reflect on, and address personal and professional attributes (e.g., knowledge, metacognition, skills, abilities, beliefs, biases, motivation, help-seeking strategies, and emotional intelligence) that could enhance or limit growth, development, and professional identity formation.
• Professionalism – Exhibit attitudes and behaviors that embody a commitment to building and maintaining trust with patients, other health care providers, and society.

Admission Requirements for Applicants with a Bachelor's Degree:

Prerequisite Courses (37 Credits)
These courses must be taken at an accredited 4-year college/university or 2-year community college.  Grades of "C" or better are required.

Course	Credits
General Biology I W/Lab	4
Intro to Microbiology W/Lab	4
General Chemistry I W/Lab	4
General Chemistry II W/Lab	4
Anatomy and Physiology I and II	6
Organic Chemistry I W/Lab	4
Organic Chemistry II W/Lab	4
Calculus I	4
Statistics	3
Total Prerequisite Credits	37

Completion of background check conducted by the School of Pharmacy through an approved vendor is required prior to matriculation.

Selected applicants will be invited to interview.

Admission Requirements for Undergraduate Applicants:

Prerequisite Courses (64 Credits)
These courses must be taken at an accredited 4-year college/university or 2-year community college.  Grades of "C" or better are required.

Science Credits: 30

Course	Credits
General Biology I W/ Lab	4
Intro to Microbiology W/Lab	4
General Chemistry I W/ Lab	4
General Chemistry II W/ Lab	4
Anatomy and Physiology I and II	6
Organic Chemistry I W/ Lab	4
Organic Chemistry II W/Lab	4

Math Credits: 6-7

Calculus	3-4
Statistics Biostatistics Accepted	3

English Credits: 6

English Composition I	3
English Composition II or Literature Course	3

Humanities Credits: 21

Humanities Credits (must include one Ethics course)

21

Total Prerequisite Credits: 63-64

Additional Prerequisites:

• Complete a background check conducted by the School of Pharmacy through an approved vendor required prior to matriculation.

140.5 Credits

OPY1 Fall

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHBA 310	The American Health Care System	2
PHBA 340W	Pharmaceutical Law and Ethics	2
PHBM 330	Clinical Pathophysiology	4
PHBM 350	Biochemistry I: Peptides & Carbohydrate Metabolism	3
PHCE 360/360R	Pharmaceutics I with Recitation	3
PHEX 301	Continuous Professional Development (CPD) I	0.5
PHPR 300	Pharmaceutical Calculations	1
PHPR 341W	Pharmacy Practice I: Patient Care Skills I	2
OPY1 Fall	Total	17.5

OPY1 Spring

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHBA 311	Public Health & Epidemiology	2
PHBM 331	Basic and Applied Immunology	3
PHBM 351	Biochemistry II: Metabolism, Protein Synthesis, & Nucleic Acids	3
PHBM 352	Foundations in Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry	3
PHCE 361/361R	Pharmaceutics II with Recitation	3
PHEX 302	CPD II	0.5
PHPR 342W	Pharmacy Practice II: Patient Care Skills II	1
PHPR 444	Pharmacy Practice III: Self-Care in Pharmacy Practice	2
OPY1 Spring	Total	17.5

OPY1 Summer

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHIN 321	Ability-Based Laboratory Experience (ABLE) I	0.5
PHIN 322	ABLE II	0.5
PHEX 372	Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) I	0.5
OPY1 Summer	Total	1.5

OPY2 Fall

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHBM 401	Patient Case Scenarios I	0
PHBM 418	Biomedical Sciences and Therapeutics (BMST): Infectious Disease I	3
PHBM 432	BMST: Cardiology	5
PHBM 439	BMST: Respiratory, Dermatology, and Ophthalmic Disorders	3
PHCE 430	Biopharmaceutics	3
PHEX 403	CPD III	0.5
PHPR 448	Pharmacy Practice IV: Drug Literature Evaluation	2
PHPR 498	Pharmaceutical Science & Practice of Immunization	1
OPY2 Fall	Total	17.5

OPY2 Spring

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHBM 402	Patient Case Scenarios II	1
PHBM 419	BMST: Infectious Disease II	3
PHBM 431	BMST: Psychiatry & Neurology	4
PHBM 435	BMST: Pain, Musculoskeletal, & Connective Tissue Disorders	2
PHBM 445	BMST: Endocrine I	2
PHBM 446	BMST: Endocrine II	2
PHCE 431	Pharmacokinetics	3
PHEX 404	CPD IV	0.5
OPY2 Spring	Total	17.5

OPY2 Summer

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHIN 423	ABLE III	0.5
PHIN 424	ABLE IV	0.5
PHEX 468	IPPE II	0.5
OPY2 Summer	Total	1.5

OPY3 Fall

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHBA 411	Pharmacy Management Concepts	2
PHBM 403	Patient Case Scenarios III	0
PHBM 441	BMST: Principles of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation	3
PHBM 442	BMST: Gastroenterology	3
PHEX 405	CPD V	0.5
PHPR 442	Pharmacy Practice VI: Innovative Pharmacy Services and Strategies for Health Outcomes	3
PHPR 443	Pharmacy Practice V: Clinical and Physical Assessment	3
XXXX ###	Elective *Can be moved in curriculum based on course selection	3
OPY3 Fall	Total	17.5

OPY3 Spring

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHBA 412W	Advanced Law and Ethics Applications	1
PHBA 413W	Management Theory and Applications	1
PHBM 404	Patient Case Scenarios IV	1
PHBM 443	BMST: Therapeutics Across the Lifespan	4
PHBM 444	BMST: Therapeutics in the Critically Ill	3
PHEX 406	CPD VI	0.5
PHIN 469	Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Management	1
PHIN 490	Personalized Therapeutics: Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmaceutics	2
XXXX ###	Elective *Can be moved in curriculum based on course selection	5
OPY3 Spring	Total	18.5

OPY3 Summer/OPY4

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHIN 425	ABLE V	0.5
PHIN 426	ABLE VI	0.5
PHEX 482-483	Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE): Blocks A & B	4-8
PHPR 501-509	Certificate Menu	0.5
OPY3 Summer	Total	5.5-9.5

OPY4 Fall

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHEX 407	CPD VII	1
PHEX 482-488	APPE: Blocks C, D, E, & F	8-16
OPY4 Fall	Total	9-17

OPY4 Spring

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHEX 408	CPD VIII	1
PHEX 485-488	APPE: Blocks G, H, & I	8-16
OPY4 Spring	Total	9-17
OPY4	Total	33

Students are required to take seven Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences. These are: PHEX 482-488 - Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) - 4 credits each for a total of 28 credits. These may begin in the Summer Term following the PY3 year. There are a variety of ways in which APPE's may be scheduled. Students should be aware that they must carry at least 4.5 credits to be considered a part-time graduate student in the PY4 year and be eligible for financial aid.

Extended Program

Duquesne University School of Pharmacy also offers an extended program with a 6 year curriculum.

EPY1A Fall

EPY1A Spring

EPY1A Summer

EPY1B Fall

EPY1B Spring

EPY1B Summer

EPY2A Fall

EPY2A Spring

EPY2A Summer

EPY2B Fall

EPY2B Spring

EPY2B Summer

EPY3 Fall

EPY3 Spring

EPY3 Summer

EPY4 Fall

EPY4 Spring

Students are required to take seven Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences. These are: PHEX 482-488 - Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) - 4 credits each for a total of 28 credits. These may begin in the Summer Term following the PY3 year. There are a variety of ways in which APPE's may be scheduled. Students should be aware that they must carry at least 4.5 credits to be considered a part-time graduate student in the PY4 year and be eligible for financial aid.

*8 credit hours of electives are required for students without a bachelor's degree and 5 credits for those with bachelor's degree.  This must be completed prior to start of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) rotations.