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URSULINE COLLEGE TEAMS WITH THE UNIVERSITY
OF TOLEDO COLLEGE OF PHARMACY TO MEET
PHARMACIST SHORTAGE HEAD ON
March 22, 2006 -- Pepper Pike, Oh - In an effort to meet northeast Ohio’s pharmacist shortage, Ursuline College has teamed with University of Toledo College of Pharmacy (UTCP) and will accept up to 30 students in the fall for a new pre-pharmacy program. The partnership signing will take place on Tuesday, April 18th, 2:30 p.m. at the Ursuline College Bishop Anthony M. Pilla Student Learning Center Atrium, 2550 Lander Road, Pepper Pike, OH.
Standing: Sister Christine De Vinne, O.S.U., Ph.D., Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Ursuline College; JoAnne M. Podis, Ph.D., Vice President for Academic Affairs at Ursuline College; Johnnie L. Early II, R.Ph., Ph.D., Dean of the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy.
Seated: Sister Diane Stano, O.S.U., Ph.D., President of Ursuline College; Alan G. Goodridge, Ph.D., Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at The University of Toledo.
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"This partnership gives Ursuline College an opportunity to address a specific community need for pharmacists and make a direct and positive economic impact," said Dean of Arts and Sciences Christine DeVinne, OSU, Ph.D. "Recent studies show that by 2020 Ohio will experience a shortage of 14,000 pharmacists and nationally the shortage will exceed 150,000."
DeVinne said Ursuline already has an established reputation for providing northeast Ohio with highly sought-after graduates from its Breen School of Nursing and that the Toledo partnership allows the College to expand its commitment to healthcare education.
According to University of Toledo College of Pharmacy Dean, Johnnie L. Early, II, RPh, Ph.D, "Partnership between the two Colleges represents an exciting outreach endeavor which creates a stronger presence in northeast Ohio, promotes collaboration among the faculty of both dynamic institutions and allows us to provide students with expanded academic opportunities and valuable clerkship experiences."
"Pharmacy offers students an extremely promising career path as our country witnesses an increased number of births as well as an extended lifespan for men and women," said DeVinne. "The record number of baby-boomers graduating into Social Security pensioners has set the stage for an increase in pharmaceutical usage. It is estimated that the number of Americans over 65, now 38 million, will mushroom to 80 million in the next decade. This, coupled with the fact that today, approximately 50 percent of pharmacists are women, make pharmacy more than an attractive career choice."
Students interested in a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), a professional degree leading to licensure, will take the first two years of instruction at Ursuline, in a combination of courses taught by Ursuline faculty and pharmacy-specific classes taught by UTCP faculty. These students will then apply to complete four years of a professional division at UTCP. In the last year of training, they will have the option to return to Cleveland for clerkship rotations at institutional and community settings.
The Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) is a two-plus-two program whereby students complete the first two years at Ursuline and the second two years at UTCP. In the last year of training, these students can also return to Cleveland to complete their practicum experience.
DeVinne mentioned that Cleveland has a lot to offer pharmacy students in the way of training and employment because of its unique concentration of nationally ranked healthcare facilities including The Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals of Cleveland.
University of Toledo College of Pharmacy has a national reputation for training well-prepared pharmacists. The College enjoys more than a 90 percent on-time graduation rate and a 100 percent placement rate for its graduates. The College offers bachelor’s degrees in pharmaceutical sciences with majors in medicinal chemistry, pharmacology/toxicology, pharmacy and health care management and pharmaceutics as well as master’s degrees, PhD’s and residency and fellowship training.
As a Catholic liberal arts college focusing on the learning needs of women, Ursuline College has designed a curriculum and an environment geared to the way women learn. Students can pursue more than 30 baccalaureate and seven graduate degrees in the liberal arts and professional fields. Ursuline graduates take their passion for nursing and art, teaching and fashion, the sciences, education, business and many other areas and radically improve lives and organizations. The College’s Breen School of Nursing prepares graduates whose practice of professional nursing is competent, caring and reflective.
For more information about Ursuline’s new pharmacy program, call 440.684.6072
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