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Standard No. 13: Curricular Core—Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes, and Values: To provide the thorough scientific foundation necessary for achievement of the professional competencies, the curriculum of the professional degree program must contain the following:

biomedical sciences pharmaceutical sciences social/behavioral/administrative sciences clinical sciences

Knowledge, practice skills, and professional attitudes and values must be integrated and applied, reinforced, and advanced throughout the curriculum, including the pharmacy practice experiences.

1) Documentation and Data:

Use a check to indicate the information provided by the college or school and used to self-assess this standard:

Required Documentation and Data:

A map/cross-walk of the curriculum to Appendix B of the ACPE Standards (Appendix 13A)

Required Documentation for On-Site Review:

(None required for this Standard)

Data Views and Standardized Tables:

It is optional for the college or school to provide brief comments about each chart or table (see Directions).

AACP Standardized Survey: Student – Questions 34, 47 (Appendix 13B)

AACP Standardized Survey: Alumni – Questions 24, 25, 27

Optional Documentation and Data:

Other documentation or data that provides supporting evidence of compliance with the standard. Examples could include assessments and documentation of student performance and the attainment of desired core knowledge, skills and values.

2) College or School’s Self-Assessment: Use the checklist below to self-assess the program on the requirements of the standard and accompanying guidelines:

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S N.I. U

The curriculum contains at an appropriate breadth and depth the necessary elements within the following areas as outlined in Appendix B of the Standards:

biomedical sciences

pharmaceutical sciences

social/behavioral/administrative sciences

clinical sciences

The content of curricular courses is mapped to Appendix B to assess where specific content foundations are addressed in the curriculum. Gaps in curricular content and inappropriate redundancies identified in the mapping process inform curricular revision.

The didactic course work provides a rigorous scientific foundation appropriate for the contemporary practice of pharmacy.

Knowledge, practice skills, and professional attitudes and values are integrated and applied, reinforced, and advanced throughout the didactic and experiential curriculum.

The biomedical, pharmaceutical, social/behavioral/administrative, and clinical sciences are of adequate depth, scope, timeliness, quality, sequence, and emphasis to provide the foundation and support for the intellectual and clinical objectives of the professional degree program and the practice of pharmacy.

The sciences provide the basis for understanding the development and use of medications and other therapies for the treatment and prevention of disease.

Courses and other formal learning experiences are coordinated and integrated across disciplines.

Where instruction is provided by academic units of the university other than the pharmacy program, these areas are developed in accordance with the professional degree program’s curricular goals and objectives; and assessment liaison mechanisms ensure effective instructional delivery and achievement of the educational objectives of the program.

N/A (no outside instruction)

3) College or School’s Comments on the Standard: The college or school’s descriptive text and supporting

evidence should specifically address the following. Use a check to indicate that the topic has been adequately addressed. Use the text box provided to describe: areas of the program that are noteworthy, innovative, or exceed the expectation of the standard; the college or school's self-assessment of its issues and its plans for addressing them, with relevant timelines; findings that highlight areas of concern along with actions or recommendations to address them; and additional actions or strategies to further advance the quality of the program. For plans that have already been initiated to address an issue, the college or school should provide evidence that the plan is working. Wherever possible and applicable, survey data should be broken down by demographic and/or branch/campus/pathway groupings, and comments provided on any notable findings.

The curricular structure and content of all curricular pathways

A description of the breadth and depth of the biomedical, pharmaceutical, social/behavioral/administrative, and clinical sciences components of the didactic curriculum, and the strategies utilized to integrate these components

How the curricular content for all curricular pathways is linked to Appendix B of Standards 2007 through mapping and other techniques and how gaps in curricular content or inappropriate redundancies identified inform curricular revision

Examples of assessment and documentation of student performance and the attainment of desired core knowledge, skills and values

Evidence that knowledge, practice skills and professional attitudes and values are integrated, reinforced and advanced throughout the didactic and experiential curriculum

How the college or school is applying the guidelines for this standard in order to comply with the intent and expectation of the standard

Any other notable achievements, innovations or quality improvements

Interpretation of the data from the applicable AACP standardized survey questions, especially notable differences from national or peer group norms

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Scientific Foundation The curriculum, currently in transition, is comprised of 151 credits in the professional program over

the course of 4 years (8 semesters plus 3 summer terms) (Appendix 10C) and 77 credits of pre-

pharmacy coursework which can be completed in four to six semesters (Appendix 10E). A total of

160 credits from the pre-pharmacy (61 credits) and professional (99 credits) curriculum contributes

toward the scientific foundation of the Pharm.D. degree. Introductory and Advanced Pharmacy

Practice Experiences total 48 credits followed by 4 credits for professional electives.

As described in Standard 10, both the pre-pharmacy and professional curriculums underwent

extensive revision after being evaluated for relevance, rigor, and integration. The previous

professional curriculum was mapped to the ABO’s and ACPE Accreditation Standards 2007

Appendix B revealing several gaps in content in the areas of public health, interprofessional

education opportunities, leadership, cultural competency, complementary and alternative medicine,

research methods, informatics, women’s health and patient safety. Once the curriculum was

revised, it was mapped again and the results indicate all content in Appendix B is addressed

(Appendix 13A).

Coursework contributing towards the biomedical science foundation are derived predominately

from the pre-pharmacy curriculum and include general biology, human anatomy, microbiology,

immunology, statistics, and biochemistry. Pathophysiology I & II along with pharmaceutical

biotechnology from the professional curriculum add 11 credits to the 42 credit hours of biomedical

sciences. Pre-pharmacy general and organic chemistry as well as pharmaceutics I & II,

pharmacodynamics (pharmacology & medicinal chemistry) I-VI, pharmacogenomics, and

pharmacokinetics from the professional curriculum provide a total of 44 credit hours towards the

pharmaceutical sciences foundation. The social, behavioral, and administrative pharmacy

foundation (28 credit hours) draws nearly equally from both the pre-pharmacy and professional

program. Professional courses mapped to this area include Introduction to Healthcare Systems,

Pharmacy Management, Practice Improvement and Project Management, Pharmacy Law, and the

new interprofessional education course. Pre-pharmacy courses in public speaking, intercultural

communication, english, and microeconomics provide the remaining 15 credit hours. Lastly, the

professional program supplies all of the 45 credit hours of coursework in the clinical science

foundation portion of the curriculum.

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Course Integration

Progression and application of science and practice concepts in the College’s curriculum are

facilitated by its course sequencing design, where there is progressive coverage of basic science

and practice application as student’s progress through the curriculum. This advancement of

knowledge and skills helps prepare students to care for patients in the experiential settings and

encourages them to develop critical thinking skills. For example, students learn pathophysiology of

diabetes in their P1 year; pharmacodynamics of the pharmacologic agents used in the treatment of

diabetes are in the fall semester of the P2 year, followed by the therapeutic principles of use of

anti-diabetes agents in the spring semester of the P2 year. Diabetes content is then revisited and

reinforced in Phrm 580, Pharmacotherapy Capstone; a new course scheduled for spring of the P3

year that will integrate several disease states at once. Course prerequisites ensure that students

master the pharmacodynamic principles by achieving a grade of “C” or better before they are

permitted to progress to the corresponding pharmacotherapy course. Most other disease state

curricular sequencing will mirror this process. Lastly, the Thrifty White Concept Pharmacy will

continue to serve as a method of integration and application of skills taught in the didactic

curriculum and pharmacy practice experiences.

AACP Survey Comments

Preceptors for APPE corroborate student perceptions rating our students highly regarding their

abilities to “make decisions regarding complex problems that require the integration of scientific,

social, cultural, and ethical issues with one’s ideas and values” and to “recommend medication

doses and dosage schedules for a specific patient based upon relevant patient factors and drug

pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties.” (Table 13-1)

Table 13-1. APPE Preceptor Ratings of NDSU Students in 2010

Assessment # Responses Mean Scale* Std

Makes decisions regarding complex problems that require the integration of scientific, social, cultural, and ethical issues with one's ideas and values.

72 2.68 1 to 3 0.47

Recommends medication doses and dosage schedules for a specific patient based upon relevant patient factors and drug pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties.

67 2.69 1 to 3 0.47

*Scale: 1=Poor, 2=Average, 3=Excellent

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Students in the program corroborate the view of preceptors. According to the 2011 graduating

student survey, our students feel strongly that the coursework offered in our program prepared

them well for their experiential learning, more so than students in peer schools, as well as all AACP

schools (Appendix 13B).

4) College or School’s Final Self-Evaluation: Self-assess how well the program is in compliance with the standard by putting a check in the appropriate box :

Compliant Compliant with Monitoring Partially Compliant Non Compliant

No factors exist that compromise current compliance; no factors exist that, if not addressed, may compromise future compliance.

• No factors exist that compromise current compliance; factors exist that, if not addressed, may compromise future compliance /or

• Factors exist that compromisecurrent compliance; an appropriate plan exists to address the factors that compromise compliance; the plan has been fully implemented; sufficient evidence already exists that the plan is addressing the factors and will bring the program into full compliance.

Factors exist that compromise current compliance; an appropriate plan exists to address the factors that compromise compliance and it has been initiated; the plan has not been fully implemented and/or there is not yet sufficient evidence that the plan is addressing the factors and will bring the program into compliance.

• Factors exist that compromise current compliance; an appropriate plan to address the factors that compromise compliance does not exist or has not yet been initiated /or

• Adequate information was not provided to assess compliance

Compliant Compliant with Monitoring

Partially Compliant Non Compliant

5) Recommended Monitoring: If applicable, briefly describe issues or elements of the standard that may require further monitoring.

The curriculum has been redesigned and sequenced to improve and optimize integration of

didactic and experiential learning and will be fully implemented in 2015-2016. Ongoing

structured course evaluations by the Curriculum Committee will help identify any further gaps in

content and ensure collaboration between instructors in the College that teach similar content.

Assessment details for the Pharm.D. program, including the new curriculum, can be found in

Standards 3 and 15.

Appendices

Appendix 10C: New Professional Curriculum

Appendix 10E: New Pre-Pharmacy Curriculum

Appendix 13A: Curriculum Map to ACPE Standards 2007 Appendix B

Appendix 13B: AACP Survey Data

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Appendix 10C: New Professional Curriculum (effective 2015 – 2016)  

P1  (39 credits) FALL 2015  Credit  SPRING 2016  Credit Pathophysiology I  4  Pathophysiology II  4 (411) Principles of Dynamics (includes Toxicology)  3   (412) Chemotherapeutic Agents (Oncology, ID)  3 Micr 470  Basic Immunology  3  (410) Biotechnology  2 (368) Pharmaceutics I  4  (369) Pharmaceutics II  2 (350) Introduction to Pharmacy Practice  

Consultation  Health Literacy & Cultural Competency  Drug Information  Prescription Law  ADRs  Drug Interactions        from 451  HIPAA training  Pharm Care Plans 

2  (352) Introduction to Healthcare Systems   RPh, Pharmacy, History  Healthcare professionals  Hospitals, Ambulatory care, LTC  Financing – Insurance, Medicare, Medicaid  Managed Care  JACHO + Formulary information   

2 

(351) Pharm Care   Pre‐lab instruction 

1  (470) Pharmacokinetics  3 

(351L) Pharm Care Lab    1  Professional Elective  2        

Total 18  Total 18  Previously Pharm Care Series            φ New course  

SUMMER:   Phrm 355, IPPE I – Institutional Practice (120 hours)  3 cr  

  P2   (38 credits) 

FALL 2015  Credit  SPRING 2016  Credit (414) Cardiovascular Dynamics  3  (538) Cardiovascular Pulmonary Therapeutics  4 (413) Endocrine/Resp/GI Dynamics  3  (534) Endocrine/GI/Rheumatology Therapeutics  3 (417)Pharmacogenomics φ  2  (415) Neuro‐Psych Dynamics  3 (535) Oncology Therapeutics  3  (450) Self Care  

OTCs  Vitamins  Durable Medical Equipment  CAM

3 

(532) Infectious Disease Therapeutics  3  (452) Pharm Care   1 (480) Drug Literature  3  (452L) Pharm Care Lab  1 

    (xxx) Interprofessional Education Course TBD φ  Communication / Conflict Resolution  Role and Scope of Practice  Patient Safety  Ethics 

 3 

Total 17  Total 18 φ  New course               Previously Pharm Care Series                       

SUMMER:  Phrm 455, IPPE II – Community Practice (120 hours)  3 cr  

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  P3 (34 credits) 

FALL 2015  Credit  SPRING 2016  Credit (537) Fluid, Electrolyte, & Renal Therapeutics   3  (560) Specialty Care Topics φ 

Nutrition Support – (From GI Therapeutics‐ 10 hr)   Peri‐Operative / Surgical Care (Anesthesia)  Critical Care  Home Health Care  (2 hr)  Palliative Care (1 hr)  Immunizations  (9 hr) ???? 

2 

(536) Neuro‐Psych Therapeutics  3  (580) Pharmacotherapy Capstone φ  Integrated Cases (2‐4 disease states/case)  Literature evaluation skills  Review of Practice guidelines  Presentation skills 

3 

(475) Pharmacy Management (+ informatics)  Strategic Planning  Managing Money  Managing Operations  Managing People  Informatics 

3  (520) Special Populations †  Peds  Gerontology  LTC from 551 (3 hr)  Women (from 534 + expanded)   Men

3 

(551) Pharm Care  Pre‐lab instructions  Motivational Interviewing in healthcare for 

behavior change  Documenting pharmacist’s recommendations & 

consultations in the medical record 

1  (552) Pharm Care    Pre‐lab instructions  Immunizations – practical  First Aid/ CPR  

1 

(551 L) Lab  

1  (552 L) Lab / IPPE IV (simulated activities)  1 

(540) Public Health φ  Applied Epidemiology   Disease Prevention & Health Promotion  Environmental & Occupational Health  Behavioral Health  Health Disparities  Emergency Preparedness  Health policy, law, & ethics  Public Health Systems  Global Health 

3  (570) Practice Improvement & Project Management φ   Program Evaluation & Review Techniques 

(PERT)  Measuring Outcomes  Qualitative & Quantitative Project 

Management Tools, Problem Solving & Decision Analysis Tools 

Statistical Tools  Health Care Quality Management  Process Improvement & Patient Flow  Job Scheduling, Patient Scheduling  Managing the Supply chain 

3 

(555) IPPE III – Public Health Focus φ  1  (572) Law  2 Professional Elective  2  Professional Elective  2        

Total 17  Total 17 φ  New course            † Previously Peds/Gerontology 

Name:

ID:

Course Number Credits Sem/YR Grade Course Number Credits Sem/YR Grade

BIOL 150* 3

UNIV^ 189 1 BIOL 150L* 1

BIOL 220* 3

ENGL 110 1 3 BIOL 220L* 1

ENGL 120*13 BIOL 221 3

COMM 110* 3 BIOL 221L 1

ENGL 324 or 325 3 CHEM 122L 1

CHEM 341* 3

MATH 146* 4 CHEM 341L 1

10 sem credits CHEM 342 3

CHEM 121* 3 MICR 202* 2

CHEM 121L 1 MICR 202L* 1

CHEM 122* 3 MICR TBA 3

PHYS 211 3 Stat 330 * 3

6 sem credits Bioc 460 3

3 Bioc 461 4

3

6 sem credits

ECON 201 3

COMM 216 3

2 sem credits

2

ECON 201 3

3

Advisor:Fall 2011

updated 3/1/2011

3 sem credits

General Chemistry I Lab

General Chemistry II

Humanities & Fine Arts (A)

Science & Technology (S)

General Chemistry I

College Composition II

Fundamentals of Public Speaking

First Year Experience (F) 1 sem credit

Skills for Academic Success

Communications (C) 12 sem credits

Upper level English

College Composition I

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIRED PRE-REQUISITE COURSES:

Course Title

College Physics I

Intro. Microbiology and Lab

Introductory Statistics

DEPARTMENT REQUIRED PRE-REQUISITE COURSES:

Human Anat. & Phys II

General Chemistry II Lab

Organic Chemistry I

Organic Chemistry I Lab

Human Anat. & Phys I Lab

Human Anat. & Phys II Lab

Appendix 10E:College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences

PRE-PHARMACY CURRICULUM - Fall 2011

Quantitative Reasoning (R)

Applied Calc I

Microeconomics

Intercultural Communication

Social & Behavioral Science (B)

Wellness (W)

Cultural Diversity (D) **

Global Perspectives (G)

Microeconomics

Course Title

General Biology I Lab

General Biology I

Human Anat. & Phys I

All courses must be completed in order to apply for the professional program in the last spring semester pre-requisite courses are taken.

^UNIV 189 is required for students with fewer than 24 earned transfer credits.

All Required Courses Must be Completed with at Least a Grade of "C"

* Denotes core courses used in admission GPA

1Students with composite ACT score of 21 or higher will be encouraged to register for English 120. Students who complete English 120 with a "C" or better will receive credit for English 110 with a passing grade of (P).** Cultural Diversity (D) may come from either Humanities or Social & Beh Sci

Organic Chemistry II

Intro. Microbiology

Medical Microbiology (formerly Micr 460-Pathogenic)

Biochemistry I

Biochemistry II

Notes:

 

 

Professional Pharm.D. Curriculum 

Pharm.D. Curriculum Mapped to Appendix B Additional Guidance on the Science Foundation for the Curriculum 

Basic Biomedical Sciences  Anatomy & Physiology, Pathology/ Pathophysiology, Microbiology, Immunology, Biochemistry/ Biotechnology, Molecular Biology/Genetics, Biostatics

Pharmaceutical Sciences  

Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy & Alternative& Complementary Treatments, Toxicology Bioanalysis/Clinical Chemistry, Pharmaceutics/ Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics/ Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacogenomics/Genetics, Extemporaneous Compounding/ Parenteral/Enteral 

Social/Behavioral/ Administrative Pharmacy Sciences 

 Health Care Delivery Systems,Economics/ Pharmacoeconomics, Practice Management. Pharmacoepidemiology Pharmacy Law and Regulatory Affairs, History of Pharmacy, Ethics, Professional Communication, Social and Behavioral Aspects of Practice 

Clinical Sciences  Pharmacy Practice & Pharmacist‐provided care, Mdiecation Dispensing & Distribution Systems, Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacist‐Provided Care for Special Populations, Drug Information, Medication Safety, Literature Evaluation and Research Design, Patient Assessment laboratory, Elective Courses   

Courses  Addressed  Addressed  Addressed  Addressed Phrm 340, Pathophysiology I  ✓    ✓  ✓ Phrm 341, Pathophysiology II  ✓      ✓ Phrm 350, Intro to Pharmacy Practice      ✓  ✓  

Phrm 351, Pharmaceutical Care I    ✓     Phrm 351 L, Pharm Care Lab I  ✓    ✓  ✓ Phrm 352, Intro to Healthcare Sys      ✓   Phrm 355, IPPE I  ✓    ✓  ✓ Psci 368, Pharmaceutics I  ✓  ✓     Psci 369, Pharmaceutics II  ✓  ✓  ✓  ✓ Psci 410, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology  ✓  ✓     

Psci 411, Pharmacodynamic I   ✓  ✓     Psci 412, Pharmacodynamics II  ✓  ✓     Psci 413, Pharmacodynamics III  ✓  ✓     

Appendix 13A: Curriculum Mapped to ACPE Appendix B 

 

 

 

Courses  Basic Biomedical Sciences 

Pharmaceutical Sciences  Social/Behavioral/ Administrative  Sciences 

Clinical Sciences 

Psci 414, Pharmacodynamics IV  ✓  ✓     Psci 415, Pharmacodynamics V  ✓ ✓

Psci 416, Pharmacodynamics VI  ✓ ✓

Phrm 450, Self Care  ✓ ✓ ✓

Phrm 451, Pharmaceutical Care III 

Phrm 452, Pharmaceutical Care II 

Phrm 452L, Pharmaceutical Care II   ✓ ✓ ✓

Phrm 455, IPPE II  ✓ ✓ ✓

Psci 470, Pharmacokinetics  ✓ ✓

Phrm 475, Management  ✓  Phrm 480, Drug Literature Eval  ✓ ✓ Pharm 485/685 Econ Outcomes Assessment  ✓  

Phrm 520, Special Populations  ✓ ✓ Phrm 532, Infectious Disease  ✓ ✓ ✓ Phrm 534, Endocrine/Rheumatology/GI  ✓ ✓ 

Phrm 535, Neoplastic Diseases  ✓ ✓ Phrm 536, Neuropsychiatry  ✓ ✓ ✓ Phrm 537, Renal, Fluid, Electrolytes  ✓ ✓ ✓ Phrm 538, CV & Pulmonary Disease  ✓ ✓ ✓ Phrm 551, Pharmaceutical Care III  ✓ ✓ ✓  ✓ Phrm 551L, Pharma Care III Lab  ✓ ✓ ✓  ✓ Phrm 552, Pharmaceutical Care IV  ✓    Phrm 552L, Pharma Care IV Lab  ✓ ✓ ✓  ✓ Phrm 555, IPPE III  ✓  ✓ Phrm 560, Specialty Care Topics  ✓   ✓ Phrm 572, Pharmacy Law  ✓   Phrm 580, Pharmacotherapy capstone  ✓    

Phrm 581‐583 Adv Prac Pharm Exp  ✓ ✓  ✓ 

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Graduating Student Survey

Question: 34. Pharmacy-related elective courses met my needs as a Pharm.D. student.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Graduating Student Survey

Question: 47. I was academically prepared to enter my advanced pharmacy practice experiences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alumni Survey

Question: 24. When I was a student my coursework prepared me to enter my practice experiences (rotations).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alumni Survey

Question: 25. When I was a student the courses I took prepared me to enter my first pharmacy job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alumni Survey Name

Question: 27. When I was a student pharmacy related elective courses met my needs as a Pharm.D. student. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 13B: AACP Surveys