Doctor of Pharmacy
Georgia Campus

The Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program provides a comprehensive curriculum designed to develop a generalist pharmacist capable of practicing in many different healthcare environments. During the program’s first three years, students split time between the classroom and introductory experiential learning. In the fourth year, students take part in eight, five-week clinical rotations, gaining exposure to multiple pharmacy specialty areas and practices.

As part of this professionally-oriented education, students work in state-of-the-art classrooms and teaching laboratories including a sterile products lab, compounding lab and simulated pharmacy practice lab. Other advanced resources include a Pyxis automated dispensing machine and laminar flow hoods to prepare sterile products using aseptic techniques such as intravenous solutions. Clinical learning and assessment laboratories utilizing simulated patients and a cadaver anatomy lab are other resources offered by the program.

The PCOM School of Pharmacy prepares entry-level generalist pharmacists for careers with the right combination of skills, knowledge, attitudes and values to develop and grow in this rapidly evolving profession.

Career Options

• The PharmD program is designed to prepare a well-rounded student trained to practice in many specialty areas of pharmacy profession.
• The role of the pharmacist continues to evolve with opportunities in community/retail practice, clinics or compounding labs, mail order or pharmaceutical wholesalers, healthcare and government agencies, and pharmaceutical research and development.