Doctor of Pharmacy Program

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Doctor of Pharmacy Program

• 2-year post-baccalaureate professional degree
• 6 students/year.full time study
• advanced training in clinical pharmacy practice
• rigorous didactic program plus experiential
  component
• training future leaders and innovators in
  clinical practice and research

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For further information

• Check our web site at www.ubcpharmacy.org
• Contact Dr. Peter Jewesson

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Admission Requirements

• All applicants must
• hold a Bachelors degree in pharmacy AND
• hold current registration as a pharmacist in
  British Columbia OR
• hold registration (Qualifying Examination) with
  the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada AND
• be eligible for registration as an
  out-of-province graduate with the College of
  Pharmacists of British Columbia.

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General Program Objective

• to train pharmacists at an advanced level,
  providing them with the knowledge and skills to
  function in a variety of clinical settings

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Program Graduates 1993-1996

• Dr. Rubina Sunderji
• Dr. Terryn Naumann
• Dr. David Gardner
• Dr. Wendy Gordon
• Dr. Christine Hughes
• Dr. Ema Ferreira
• Dr. Agnes Lo
• Dr. Marie-France Beauchesne
• Dr. Peter Zed
• Dr. Zahra Kanji
• Dr. Dana Cole
• Dr. Bruce Lange

Dr. Adil Virani Dr. Patricia Gerber Dr. Elaine
Kam Dr. Wendy Leong Dr. Shallen Letwin Dr. Peter
Loewen Dr. Alan Low Dr. Cathy MacDougall Dr.
Suzanne Malfair Dr. Carlo Marra Dr. Fawziah
Marra Dr. Robin O'Brien

• Dr. Donna Buna
• Dr. Renette Dunn
• Dr. John Forster-Coull
• Dr. Jane Gillis
• Dr. Mary Ann Lindsay
• Dr. John MacReady
• Dr. Leslie Phillips
• Dr. Ric Proceyshyn
• Dr. Linda Sulz
• Dr. Jane DeLemos
• Dr. Brenda Osmond
• Dr. Margaret Ackman

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Clinical Practice Sites

• B.C. Cancer Agency
• B.C. Children's Hospital
• B.C. Drug and Poison Information Centre
• B.C. Women's Hospital and Health Centre
• Burnaby Hospital
• Lions Gate Hospital
• Riverview Hospital

• Royal Columbian Hospital
• St. Pauls Hospital
• Surrey Memorial Hospital
• UBC Family Practice Unit
• Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre

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1st Year of Program

• PHAR 501
• Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
• PHAR 502
• Advanced Concepts in Pharmacokinetics
• PHAR 508
• Advanced Applications in Clinical
  Pharmacokinetics
• PHAR 535
• Seminar/Clinical Skills Development
• PHAR 554
• Advanced Hospital Pharmacy Management

• PHAR 570
• Physical Assessment
• HCEP 400
• Statistics for Health Research
• HCEP 506
• The Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials
• PATH 415
• Immunopathology
• PATH 425
• Human Pathology

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2nd Year of Program

• PHAR 533 Core Rotations
• Internal Medicine
• Critical Care
• Drug Information
• Ambulatory Health Care
• Infectious Diseases
• PHAR 534 Optional/Elective Rotations1
• Ambulatory Practice
• Cardiology
• Critical Care
• Clinical Drug Research
• Emergency Medicine
• Geriatrics

• Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplantation
• Oncology
• Neurology
• Palliative Care
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Pharmacoeconomics
• Psychiatry
• Solid Organ Transplantation
• Toxicology
• Womens Health
• .and others being established every year
• 1 based upon preceptor availability

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Career Opportunities

• hospital practice
• community practice
• long term care
• Rx industry

• government
• academia
• research
• consulting
• other.

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Teaching Personnel

• Dr. Peter Jewesson (Director)
• Dr. Bruce Carleton
• Dr. Mary Ensom
• Dr. David Hill
• Dr. Marc Levine
• Dr. Fawziah Marra
• Dr. James McCormack
• Ms. Penelope F. Miller
• Dr. Wayne Riggs
• Dr. Patricia Gerber
• Dr. Alan Low
• Dr. Peter Loewen

• Clinical Faculty
• Ann Beardsell
• Shakeel Bhatti
• Dr. Glen Brown
• Dr. Jane Delemos
• Dr. Ed Dillon
• Luciana Frighetto
• Donald Hamilton
• Dr. Elaine Kam
• Dr. Debra Kent
• Dr. Angela Kim-Sing
• Dr.Sylvia Lacombe
• Dr. Wendy Leong

Dr. Carlo Marra Dr. Glenda Meneilly Dr.Lynne
Nakashima Dr. Nilufar Partovi Dr. Karen
Shalansky Dr. Stephen Shalansky Dr. Richard
Slavik Dr.Dawn Strong Dr. Rubina Sunderji Dr.
Suzanne Taylor Dr. Dawn Warkentin Dr. Peter Zed