This program is available at the following location:

• Corvallis

The Doctor of Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D.) is a four year professional degree that prepares students for a career in pharmacy and is required for licensure as a pharmacist.

The professional program expands upon a student’s background in the biological and chemical sciences to include expertise in the pharmaceutical and clinical sciences.

Students concurrently engage in a diversity of experiential opportunities, learning to apply their expertise to solve complex healthcare problems for individuals and populations.   

The Pharm.D. program provides students the opportunity to pursue a broad array of career options within the profession ranging from traditional roles in community or institutional pharmacies to practicing in ambulatory care clinics or a variety of specialties.  

Major Code: 4780

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

• Seek, analyze, integrate, and apply foundational knowledge of medications and pharmacy practice (biomedical; pharmaceutical; social, behavioral, administrative; and clinical sciences; drug classes; and digital health).
• Use problem solving and critical thinking skills, along with an innovative mindset, to address challenges and to promote positive change.
• Actively engage, listen, and communicate verbally, nonverbally, and in writing when interacting with or educating an individual, group, or organization.
• 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.
• Provide whole person care to individuals as the medication specialist using the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process8.
• Promote the best interests of patients and/or the pharmacy profession within healthcare settings and at the community, state, or national level.
• Optimize patient healthcare outcomes using human, financial, technological, and physical resources to improve the safety, efficacy, and environmental impact of medication use systems.
• Actively engage and contribute as a healthcare team member by demonstrating core interprofessional competencies.
• Assess factors that influence the health and wellness of a population and develop strategies to address those factors.
• Demonstrate the ability to influence and support the achievement of shared goals on a team, regardless of one’s role.
• 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, & professional identity formation.
• Exhibit attitudes and behaviors that embody a commitment to building and maintaining trust with patients, colleagues, other health care professionals, and society.

A total of eight Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) are required. Required APPEs include PHAR 780, PHAR 785, PHAR 790, PHAR 792, and at least two selected from the list of PHAR 795 clerkships.

Major Code: 4780