Touro College of Pharmacy
Touro College of Pharmacy provides students with ample opportunity to serve the community through programs in education, research and scholarship, in keeping with Touro’s mission. Every year, they deliver hundreds of influenza vaccines and work tirelessly to help underserved communities. This past year, as the pandemic raged, Touro College of Pharmacy launched a COVID-19 vaccine clinic as well as a screening program. A TASTE OF OUR UNIQUE COURSE OFFERINGS As part of our interdisciplinary approach, we offer a course in cultural competency where the Pharm.D. students team up with the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine students, working together in groups and learning how to navigate the shifting cultural waters in order to provide the best medical care to their patients. With a focus on the consequences of health disparities and their relationship to proper medical treatment, our students are more sensitive to these issues, which is vital to their future success as pharmacists. At the end of this course, our students have a greater appreciation of each other’s roles and areas of expertise within healthcare. Biotechnology entrepreneurship is another recent offering that exposes students to the growing field of biotechnology and pharmaceutical healthcare through expert lectures from faculty with industrial experience and CEOs from the private sector. This course covers FDA regulatory approval, intellectual property portfolios and evaluating business models. To prepare students for pharmaceutical and biotechnology careers, the College partners with large pharmaceutical companies such as Novartis, Bayer, Genzyme, Bristol Meyers Squibb and Pfizer, for student rotations. 94 | TOURO UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT’S REPORT
WHERE DO STUDENTS GO FROM HERE? Our students are highly trained in pharmacology, pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, physical assessment, drug information and pharmacotherapy and are poised to provide medication management to patients in the community, long-term care or hospital setting. More than 30 percent of our graduates pursue post-graduate training and enter into the American Society of Health Systems Residency Match Program or apply for pharmaceutical industry fellowships. REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE IS KEY Our exceptional curriculum offers students 54 weeks, or nine pharmacy rotations, so students are exposed to numerous settings and have more opportunities to put what they learn into practice. Students may obtain meaningful elective rotations at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the World Health Organization (WHO), Indian Health Service (IHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While many graduates become community pharmacists or hospital pharmacists, students also pursue exciting career opportunities at pharmaceutical companies and regulatory agencies.
