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PharmD-PhD Timeline
Year before PharmD
- Summer and fall: Apply to PharmD + PSPG.
- Winter: Interview PharmD + PSPG.
- Spring: Notification of acceptance PharmD + PSPG.
Year 1 (PharmD)
- All year: PharmD curriculum.
- Summer and fall: Apply to PSPG.
- Winter: Interview PSPG.
- Spring: Notification of Acceptance PhD.
Year 2 (PharmD)
- Summer, fall, winter, and part of spring: PharmD curriculum.
- Summer and fall: Apply to PSPG.
- Winter: Interview PSPG.
- Spring: Notification of Acceptance PhD.
- Spring: Research rotations for PhD: Extended Discovery Project (First 5 weeks).
- Spring: Research rotations for PhD: Extended Discovery Project (Final 6 weeks).
- Spring: PhD coursework: Complete 245C + Mini-Courses.
Year 3 (PharmD)
- Fall through part of spring: APPEs (six 6-week blocks).
- Spring: Research rotations for PhD: Research block (6 weeks).
- Spring: Research rotations for PhD: 3rd Lab Rotation (4 weeks).
Year 1 (PhD)
- Summer and fall: Study for RPh license.
- Fall and winter: PhD coursework: PSPG 245A.
- Winter and spring: PhD coursework: PSPG 245B + elective.
- Spring: PhD coursework: Ethics.
- Part of fall through spring: Clinical Experience (Counts as 1 elective).
- Part of fall through spring: Thesis research.
Year 2 (PhD)
- Fall: teaching assistant (or can also complete teaching assistant requirement during PharmD).
- Spring: Qualifying exams.
- All year: Clinical experience.
- All year: Thesis research.
Year 3 (PhD)
- All year: Clinical experience.
- All year: Thesis research.
Year 4 (PhD)
- All year: Clinical experience.
- All year: Thesis research.