Description

Pharmacy Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Management is a necessary tenet for the success of future pharmacists, regardless of their professional environment, but specific to individuals interested in owning and/or operating their own pharmacy.This certificate provides a clear extension and continuation of the cross‐disciplinary, integrated approach to learning and teaching undertaken in the PharmD and Master of Pharmacy programs offered at the College of Pharmacy. It is for pharmacists or future pharmacists who wish to develop exceptional entrepreneurial, leadership and management skills relevant to Pharmacy. This program provides students, interns or established pharmacists with an opportunity to build upon their existing study or professions to fast‐track the completion of a Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Management in Pharmacy. For registered pharmacists, who wish to update their pharmacy practice knowledge, and current PharmD students, the track consists of two compulsory units of study plus two elective subjects. The coursework that comprises this graduate certificate is designed to augment the students’ foundation of knowledge in the field of Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Management in Pharmacy.

Course Location/Delivery

Online, Campus

Admissions Requirements

Must meet University Graduate Admissions and English Proficiency requirements.  In addition, must also meet the following:

GRE & PCAT scores can be used to demo qualitative & quantitative skills

Application Process

To learn about the application process, and to access the application, please review our application process.

Prerequisites

Contact program for information.

Requirements of this Certificate (12 Credit Hours)

• PHA 6222 Pharmacy Practice Management Credit Hours: 3
• PHA 6225 Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Credit Hours: 3

Electives

• GMS 6010 Personalized Medicine Credit Hours: 3
• PHA 6449 Pharmacogenomics–Current and Future Prospects Credit Hours: 3
• PHA 6146 Introduction to Nanotechnology Credit Hours: 3
• PHA 6336 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Credit Hours: 3
• PHA 7684 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Elective Credit Hours: 6
• GMS 6183 Clinical Research Methods Credit Hours: 3
• PHA 6797 Scientific Writing and Communication Credit Hours: 1
• PHA 6277 Ethics in Pharmaceutical Practice and Research Credit Hours: 1

Time Limit

2 Years

Credit Toward Graduate Degree

The certificate course credits may be applied to a graduate degree with departmental approval.

Contacts

Contact Information: http://www.grad.usf.edu/cert