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Clinical Experience
In the third and fourth years students complete seven six-week clinical rotations, plus an advanced elective clinical. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app is the only school of pharmacy with this special 16-week advanced elective component requirement.
The advanced elective is a capstone experience that gives you advanced training in your anticipated career. For example, we’ve had students interested in opening independent pharmacies develop business plans, while others have completed ‘mini-residencies’ or conducted major research projects.
Rotation Sites
With 350 rotation sites and 750 preceptors, we provide a wide range of rotation options to our students.
Sites include: private hospitals, county hospitals, Veterans Administration hospitals, military hospitals, long-term-care facilities, rehabilitation hospitals, compounding pharmacies, managed care facilities, psychiatric facilities, children’s hospitals, chain drug stores, and independently-owned pharmacies.
Although most students rotate through Southern California sites, some have had clinical experiences In Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Arizona, Utah and even Thailand.
Required Rotations | |
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Length | Setting |
6 weeks | Ambulatory Care Externship (outpatient pharmacy) |
6 weeks | Ambulatory Care Clinical (ambulatory care clinic) |
6 weeks | Institutional Medicine (inpatient hospital-round with doctors) |
6 weeks | Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective |
6 weeks | Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective |
16 weeks | Advanced Elective (clinical research, community, independent business plan, or pharmaceutical research) |
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Elective and Advanced Elective Rotations
Neonatal
Nematology/Oncology
Pediatrics
Cardiology
Home Infusion
Critical Care
HIV
Pain Management
Long-Term Care
Home Care
Surgery
Geriatrics
Drug Information
Compounding
Managed Care
The following are some of the sites you could rotate through as a °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app-Doctor of Pharmacy student:
- Stanford, CA
- Colton, CA
- Loma Linda, CA
- Madera, CA
- Colton, CA
- Orange, CA
- West Covina, CA
- Numerous Southern California Sites
- Fountain Valley, CA
- Covina, CA
- Los Angeles, CA
- Downey, CA
- Long Beach, CA
- Duarte, CA
- Pasadena, CA
- Anaheim, CA
- San Diego, CA
- Orange, CA
- Long Beach, CA
- La Jolla, CA
- Covina, CA
- Oakland, CA
- Thousand Oaks, CA
- Irvine, CA
For more information on clinical rotation sites, feel free to contact James Scott, PharmD, Associate Dean for Experiential and Professional Affairs at (909) 469-5517.