ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES

The Office of Student Services at the School of Pharmacy coordinates all support programs for pharmacy majors once they have been accepted. This includes registration, billing, transcripts, tutorial programs, student activities, and access to personal counseling services. For further information and inquiries contact Ms. Eileen Lichtenstein, Director of Student Services and Alumni Affairs, at 215-707-2429.

The Office of Admissions provides academic advising for Pre-Pharmacy majors. Applicants are assisted in prerequisite course selection and the processing of their files. For further information and inquiries contact Ms. Joan Hankins, Administrative Assistant for Admissions, at 215-707-4900.

The Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) is a consolidated grant that combines the activities of the Schools of Pharmacy, Medicine and Dentistry to further increase the number of graduates from underrepresented minority and other socially disadvantaged backgrounds. HCOP provides tutorial services for enrolled students during the academic year. For more information refer to the section on Special Programs.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

TempleRx Scholars Program
William D. Nathan, Ph.D.
Director, Pre-Health Admissions
Temple University
Sullivan Hall
(215) 204-8669
nathan@euclid.math.temple.edu

Marquette L. Cannon-Babb, Pharm.D., Assistant Dean
Temple University School of Pharmacy
(215) 707-4900

See the TempleRx Scholars Program in the Early Admissions section of the Bulletin.

This program provides an opportunity for freshmen admitted to one of Temple’s baccalaureate degree programs, who demonstrate exceptional scholastic aptitude, to be granted provisional acceptance into the six-year TUSP Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) Program. Students who successfully complete two (2) years of pre-pharmacy prerequisites based on early admission guidelines will then matriculate in the Doctor of Pharmacy Program for four (4) years of professional study.

Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) Grant
Marquette L. Cannon-Babb, Pharmacy Director
Joan Hankins, Program Coordinator
Temple University School of Pharmacy
3307 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140
(215) 707-1435

The HCOP Program is a consolidated grant that combines the activities of the Schools of Pharmacy, Medicine and Dentistry to further increase the number of graduates from underrepresented minority and other socially disadvantaged backgrounds. The purpose of the Program is to recruit, facilitate entry, and retain these students in the undergraduate pharmacy program.

With regard to first professional year pharmacy students, the HCOP Program is designed to meet the following objectives:

• To decrease the failure rate of admitted disadvantaged students in the professional curriculum.

• To build skills necessary to compete successfully in a rigorous professional curriculum.
  
  
• To provide supportive personal counseling in order to reduce the stress generated by non-academic factors.

During the academic year, the Program will provide qualified individuals with personal and educational counseling, student skills workshops and tutorial sessions by faculty and peers.

PROFESSIONAL, GOVERNMENT, AND HONOR SOCIETIES

We strongly encourage students to participate in professional organizations. Chapter of several national student organizations are represented on campus, including:

The Academy of Student Pharmacists of the American Pharmaceutical Association is actively concerned with the promotion of professionalism among pharmacy students;

The Rho Chi Society is a national pharmaceutical honor society with chapters in colleges belonging to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy;

The Student National Pharmaceutical Association, is devoted to the development and promotion of professionalism among pharmacy students of African descent;

The Student Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of Health Systems Pharmacists is concerned with the current developments in hospital pharmacy;

The Student Chapter of the National Community Pharmacists’ Association is concerned with retail pharmacy issues;

Phi Lambda Sigma, a student leadership group, crosses all organizations and recognizes leadership in professional endeavors;

The Committee of Substance Abuse and Addiction heightens awareness of substance abuse and addiction, particularly in the pharmacy profession;

The Pennsylvania Pharmacists’ Association is a state organization representing all aspects of pharmacy practice;

The Temple University Asian Pharmacy Association promotes academic, professional and social development of its members.

FRATERNITIES

Three professional fraternities, Kappa Psi, Lambda Kappa Sigma, and Phi Delta Chi, have chapters on campus. They promote many social activities, but are best known for their community service including the raising of funds for a number of charitable endeavors.

FINANCIAL AID

Temple University's Financial Aid program provides assistance in the form of scholarships, loans, grants, and part-time employment for students whose resources are insufficient to meet the costs of higher education. The Financial Aid staff reviews all applications and awards assistance in the forms and amounts it deems most appropriate to the needs of the student. Inquiries concerning aid should be forwarded to: Health Sciences Center Financial Aid Office, Faculty/Student Union Building, Broad and Ontario Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19140, (215) 707-2667.

POLICIES AND REGULATIONS

The University policies and regulations generally apply to all undergraduate students and provide a framework within which schools and colleges may specify further conditions or variations appropriate to students in their courses or programs.

Attendance and Promotion

Attendance will be taken in each lecture and laboratory. The professor will announce the specific course policy the first week of classes. However, the general policy will be as follows:

• 3 credit lecture = 3 absences per semester
• 2 credit lecture = 2 absences per semester
• 1 credit lecture = 1 absence per semester
• labs = 1 absence per semester

There will be no excused absences. Exceeding the established number of absences may result in a drop of letter grade, being dropped from the course, or the necessity of making up the lab work.

A student shall have satisfactorily completed all of the courses of each year and maintain a GPA of 2.30 before being advanced to the next year.

Code of Conduct
Plagiarism and academic cheating are not to be tolerated in the School of Pharmacy. Further, it is assumed that, if a student witnesses the improper transmission of information, he/she will report such a transaction. Students may obtain a copy of the Code of Conduct and Discipline Procedures from the Office of Student Services.

Dean's List
A Dean's List is published following each semester listing all full-time students who have achieved a GPA of 3.5 or better for the period reported.

Statement on Professionalism
Candidates for graduation from the School of Pharmacy must be of good moral character consistent with the requirements of the profession of pharmacy. It is the position of the faculty that anyone who uses, possesses, distributes, sells, or is under the influence of narcotics, dangerous drugs, or controlled substances, or who abuses alcohol or is involved in any conduct involving moral turpitude, fails to meet the ethical and moral requirements of the profession and may be dismissed from any program or denied the awarding of any degree from the School of Pharmacy.

Doctor of Pharmacy Program

Temple's Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) Program is an advanced-degree program meets the challenges of all areas of pharmacy practice. Our guiding philosophy is to inculcate values necessary for students to serve society as caring, ethical, and learning professionals while making them enlightened citizens.

Temple's Pharm.D. Program requires six (6) years of study that is divided into two components. The first component requires the completion of two (2) years of pre-professional education at Temple University or at an accredited institution of higher learning. The professional component requires four (4) years of study at the School of Pharmacy. All students at the professional level must begin in the fall semester. Because of the intensity of study, newly admitted student must be prepared to utilize their critical thinking and study skills effectively.

The professional program unfolds as a continuum of topics that range from the fundamentals of drug action and dosage form design up to and including the safe and efficacious use of therapeutic agents in the provision of pharmaceutical care to patients. Many of the courses are structured as a mix of didactic lectures and problem-based small group recitations.

In the first three years of the professional program, the student must successfully complete the following course clusters: the science of dosage form design, development and application (pharmaceutics, biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics); drug action and use (medicinal chemistry, pharmacology; biostatistics, literature evaluation, therapeutics); normal and abnormal physiologic states (anatomy, physiology, infectious disease; immunology, biochemistry, pathophysiology); law, pharmacoeconomics, drug information, patient counseling, and professional/specialty electives. The fourth professional year is comprised of clerkship rotations in a variety of community, hospital, and institutional settings wherein students apply the concepts of pharmaceutical care and refine their problem-solving and interpersonal communication skills. Rotations are scheduled over a 12-month period beginning in June, and, in addition to patient care venues, may also include other professional settings that broaden the student’s experience.

PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM

* Pathophysiology/Therapeutics is taught in modules focusing on a specific organ system. Students receive a grade for each module.

**Therapeutic Case Studies courses are taught in modules. ***Students are required to complete a total of 10 hours of elective credits.

Fourth Professional Year

All students are required to complete six 5-week clerkship rotations. These rotations are scheduled throughout the fourth professional year (May-May).

FACULTY

Department of Pharmacy Practice

PROFESSOR

PROFESSOR

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR