Pre-Pharmacy (Doctor of Pharmacy Professional Program - 6 Years)

Liu pharmacy — the arnold & marie schwartz college of pharmacy and health sciences — offers a six-year doctor of pharmacy (pharm.d.) degree program to prepare students for entry-level pharmacy practice. the doctor of pharmacy is classified as a "doctor's degree-professional practice" by the u.s. department of education. the program consists of two years of preprofessional studies (offered through liu brooklyn's richard l. conolly college of liberal arts and sciences) and four years of professional studies. dramatic changes taking place in the health-care system are creating many new and exciting roles for pharmacists. the pharmacist is now not only responsible for the safe and effective distribution of prescription and nonprescription medication, but is also assuming the role of pharmaceutical therapy advisor and manager, having increasingly more patient-care responsibilities.

The pharmacist must be proficient in the search for and retrieval of information from the scientific literature, utilization of complex pharmacokinetic models to determine appropriate doses, development of individualized pharmaceutical care plans, communication with patients and health professionals, documentation of pharmaceutical interventions taking into account patients' knowledge, beliefs, and behavior, pharmacoeconomic analysis of alternative pharmaceutical interventions, and justification of services billed to managed health-care organizations and other payers.

Work while you study

First-year students can only work on campus, and only under certain conditions. In the second year, students can work in practical, curricular or elective jobs. Students may be allowed to consider other types of employment, depending on their circumstances.

Partnerships

Most universities in United States have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. Long Island University has partnerships with the following companies: