As foudig dea for the Uiversity of South Florida College of Pharmacy, ad as a practicig academic cliical pharmacist, I kow firsthad the impact a pharmacist ca make i the health outcomes of patiets. Drawig upo my aturally collaborative spirit, I have always sought to cotribute to all of the health disciplies with regard to cliical impact, educatioal edeavors ad research accomplishmet. With this foudatio, I am proud to help create a USF College of Pharmacy with the missio of educatig pharmacists of the future, ot simply meetig the stadards of pharmacy educatio that exist today. At the Uiversity of South Florida College of Pharmacy, we are boldly redefiig pharmacy educatio with a passio to create the ext geeratio of trusted healthcare advisors. Ispirig itellectual curiosity, we leverage distictive iterprofessioal teachig methods i a dyamic learig eviromet. Our elighteed graduates will cofidetly empower patiets to take a active role i their health. Thikig beyod the cofies of the retail couter, we will create ew I recet years, early all health-related educatioal associatios have called for a iterprofessioal approach to healthcare. The role of the pharmacist is chagig, ad may are beig called o to assist other healthcare providers with medicatio therapy maagemet of chroic disease states. There is virtually o aspect of healthcare that will ot ivolve advaced pharmacotherapeutic itervetios. While the traditioal roles of pharmacists are essetial for the delivery of patiet care, the pharmacists of the future will adapt to ew methods of pharmaceutical care delivery that are ot yet apparet, ad will participate as members of multidiscipliary healthcare teams. The Uiversity of South Florida College of Pharmacy will seek to create ew techologies ad research iovatios to implemet ew stadards i the delivery of patiet-cetered pharmaceutical care. The USF College of Pharmacy will trai pharmacists to serve all of these eeds. With special cliical emphasis placed o carig for elderly populatios, idividualized medicie, emergig health iformatio techologies ad buildig future healthcare leaders, the USF College of Pharmacy is excited to move the pharmacy professio forward. pharmaceuticals through groudbreakig research, ivet ew treatmet models ad lead the visio for the future of our sciece. Be a part of the future. Kevi B. Seed, Pharm.D., Dea
The Prescribed Combiatio for Success At the USF College of Pharmacy, we are dedicated to cotributig to our field i the followig ways: Educatig tomorrow s practitioer. We are the ew model for educatig ad traiig tomorrow s pharmacy practitioers. We egage studets who possess the true desire, itellectual curiosity ad emotioal itelligece to lead the future we are buildig today. We have developed a uprecedeted academic model where iterprofessioal ad iterdiscipliary methodologies combie to create the moder pharmacist. Establishig the ew bechmark i collaboratio. Our patiet-cetric practice requires pharmacists to work with ad rely o a dedicated team of healthcare professioals who are focused o improvig quality of life. Our dyamic learig eviromet trasforms traditioal expectatios. At USF, pharmacy studets will trai with studets from our Colleges of Medicie, Nursig ad Public Health to best prepare for real-life iterprofessioal scearios. Traiig the ew leadership i the professio. We urture the ext geeratio of healthcare leaders a geeratio that sees the uprecedeted healthcare challeges our populatio faces, ad develops real-life solutios for them. Our hadpicked studets possess the ability to thik ot oly scietifically, but creatively. They also display a atural ability to commuicate opely, effectively ad compassioately. These future leaders progressively challege the status quo i the field of pharmacy, ad do so through positive, collaborative teamwork. Usig iovatio to serve a greater purpose. Our studets come to us with a iate desire to help patiets realize better health ad fid stregth i makig their ow healthcare decisios. As faculty, staff ad leaders i the healthcare commuity, we share this desire, ad with passio ad deep covictio, we provide our studets with the tools to brig their visio to life. Therefore, leadership i cuttig-edge scietific research, drug discovery, cliical traslatioal research ad cliical trials participatio are critical parts of our educatioal eviromet. We offer a progressive curriculum with special emphasis placed o: Geriatric care Idividualized medicie (pharmacogeomics) Emergig health iformatio techologies Buildig future healthcare leaders
Embracig a New Visio for Pharmacy. The USF College of Pharmacy is poised for positive impact o the chagig medical ladscape, as we ecourage these strogly held values: Iterprofessioalism We passioately believe i fosterig a academic eviromet where educators ad studets of various healthcare disciplies collaborate with pharmacy faculty ad studets. From this, pharmacy studets will lear how to fuctio i a iterprofessioal team ad will cotribute this kowledge, skill ad value to their future practice. I this team eviromet, joit decisio-makig is valued ad each team member is allowed to assume leadership roles i issues pertaiig to his or her expertise. A Pioeerig Spirit Our practice ad techologies must evolve to meet the moutig challeges facig the healthcare idustry today. We respod to these challeges by cultivatig a ew geeratio of leaders who will brig forward-thikig cocepts ad methodologies from our istitutio to the market. Our dedicated faculty, staff ad ambitious studets are committed to cotributig their uique skill sets to improve the lives of patiets, directig efforts toward idetifyig their uique eeds, ad providig ew ad effective drug therapies to meet them. We hoor the courage ad motivatio of our studets, ad value those who strive to itroduce ew areas of thought, research ad developmet to our practice. A Cocer for Humakid As healthcare professioals, we have deep cocer for the health ad well-beig of humakid. We strive to idetify ad meet their eeds itelligetly, effectively ad compassioately, ad to provide them with the tools required to take a active role i their health. We wat to give complete care emotioal, metal ad physical so all patiets may lead their lives i optimal health. Pharmacogeomics ad Burgeoig Biomedical Techologies Diversity The USF College of Pharmacy respects ad celebrates the value ad wisdom that differet persoal ad professioal experieces, lifestyles ad cultural viewpoits cotribute to our practice. Capitalizig o the power of the diversity of our faculty, studets ad patiets, we are poised to achieve more tha ever before. We realize it is critical that our faculty members ad studets always regard diversity as a source of learig ad growth, ad rely o it for successful collaboratio ad improved outcomes i the practice eviromet. Lifelog Educatio ad Learig We value faculty ad studets who boldly veture outside our professio i search of kowledge that ca ehace ad erich their study ad practice of pharmacy. We believe a well-rouded curriculum should iclude pursuits that ecompass iterprofessioal learig ad cultural experieces, especially those that serve the people of our commuity. Studied with teacity over the past 20 years, pharmacogeomics is begiig to establish its place i the cliical settig with complicated drugs such as warfari, irioteca ad azathioprie. We believe persoalized medicie will play a primary role i patiet care i the comig decade. We also believe that pharmacogeomics will pave the way for the ext geeratio of techologies that will further advace persoalized medicie.
EXTEND YOUR HAND TO THE FUTURE Like o other Doctor of Pharmacy program, the Uiversity of South Florida College of Pharmacy is poised to advace the future of pharmacy i ways well beyod the scope of traditioal educatioal eviromets. The support you led the USF College of Pharmacy will beefit the health care eeds of all Floridias, while helpig the uiversity advace its overall visio for state, atioal ad global impact. Forgig the Future of Pharmacy The Uiversity of South Florida College of Pharmacy, rather tha embodyig a static culture, emerges as a ew model for empowerig the pharmacists of the future. Recogizig the rapid evolutio of health care, we have the opportuity to create a dyamic program that will be adaptable movig forward. By the time our first studets graduate i the year 2015, chages i patiet demographics ad emergig advaced techologies will allow us to provide a core curriculum ot commoly see i pharmacy educatio i Florida. The USF College of Pharmacy is uique i terms of iterprofessioal study. Studets of various healthcare disciplies beefit from a uique educatioal model that takes ito accout the pharmacist s growig role o the healthcare team. As USF College of Pharmacy faculty take part i research edeavors throughout USF Health, their presece icreases opportuities for etrepreeurial research models ad helps lead developmet of iovative medicatios. Fillig a Growig Need Florida leads the atio i percetage of populatio over the age of 65, ad this umber will icrease sigificatly by the year 2015. The majority of these patiets will require medicatio therapy as part of their health care. Your support helps meet the eeds of our agig populatio as the pharmacist s role i healthcare delivery grows i a multitude of cliical eviromets. As Florida s oly state-fuded Doctor of Pharmacy program located i a metropolita area, the USF College of Pharmacy affords studets a eve greater opportuity to iteract with other healthcare disciplies. Pharmacy practice ad specialty residecy programs are i place throughout the Tampa-area teachig hospitals that offer residecies i graduate medical educatio. This eables studets to beefit from a truly iterdiscipliary academic eviromet. Fortifyig the Workforce Our atio faces a shortage of pharmacists, with Florida high o the list of states i eed. I additio, the umber of pharmacists retirig atioally is expected to rise by 16 percet each year through 2020, sigificatly impactig Florida. Efforts by the Florida Board of Pharmacy to ease restrictios o licesure from other states have ot improved this workforce shortage. The demad for healthcare resources, icludig traied pharmacists, cotiues to grow to keep pace with a agig populatio. This opes the doors for the uiquely equipped graduates of the USF College of Pharmacy to embark o groudbreakig careers right here i our state. The Uiversity of South Florida College of Pharmacy stads ready to make its mark o the future. Your geerosity will help us forge a ew stadard i pharmacy educatio. For more iformatio or opportuities to doate, cotact the director of developmet for the college of pharmacy at (813) 974-5563. 12901 Bruce B. Dows Blvd. Tampa, FL 33612 Phoe: (813) 974-5699 pharmacy.health.usf.edu
LEADING THE FUTURE FORWARD The Uiversity of South Florida College of Pharmacy, alog with USF Health, is passioate about trasformig the Tampa Bay regio ad beyod through better health. We are committed to egagemet iitiatives that chage the way health care is uderstood, taught ad delivered, which i tur stregthes our commuity. Advacig the Edeavors of USF Health The USF College of Pharmacy will be ivolved i the major efforts of USF Health to positively impact the etire Tampa Bay regio, icludig the followig accomplishmets: Researchers, cliicias ad leaders from across the uiversity are workig together to fid a cure for diabetes. USF has become the coutry s epiceter for Type 1 diabetes research. The BRIDGE cliic, a cliic for uisured adults, is directed by USF Health studets. USF Health is creatig ew parterships with hospitals to build atioally recogized medical services. USF Health s hospital parters have bee raked amog the atio s top 50 hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. USF Health lauched two ceters for advaced health care, built from the groud up aroud quality, service, techology ad superior educatio. Iovatig Solutios for Global ad Local Issues The Ceter for Advaced Medical Learig ad Simulatio (CAMLS) will shape the way future healthcare professioals lear, allowig them to master skill developmet i a safe, o-threateig eviromet that fosters collaboratio. The ed result is safer cuttig-edge medical techologies for patiets. The USF College of Pharmacy is poised to play a vital role i global health, workig with colleges outside Florida to address emergig ad eglected ifectious diseases. For example, Florida has recetly show susceptibility to vector-bore diseases, with illesses like malaria, degue fever ad West Nile virus begiig to occur. Researchers at both the Uiversity of South Florida ad the Uiversity of Florida wat to create ew drugs to combat these diseases ad get those drugs to cosumers faster. To this ed, the two istitutios were awarded half a millio dollars from the state s board of goverors to spur research i this area of drug discovery as part of the New Florida Iitiative. Key to these advacemets are public-private parterships that pull together the right people ad resources. This might cosist of creatig a etrepreeurial academic team with expertise i biology, chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology ad other disciplies, workig with scietists ad egieers from smaller pharmaceutical or biotechology compaies. This type of collaboratio could help move promisig drug cadidates ito the pipelie ad advace ecoomic opportuities. Meetig the Needs of Tomorrow The medical ladscape is chagig. Our atio s populatio is agig, while the overall umber of pharmacists is i declie. Addressig these treds, USF s Doctor of Pharmacy program is a pacesetter i pharmacy curriculum ad cliical experiece. To face the uprecedeted challeges of the future, we must deliver a skilled, prepared, iovative force of pharmacy professioals who will make their idelible mark o the idustry. The Uiversity of South Florida College of Pharmacy will reletlessly push the boudaries of what is possible through health care, both i Tampa Bay ad i the greater world. For more iformatio or partership opportuities, cotact Hiram Gree, director of commuity relatios, at hgree@health.usf.edu or at (813) 974-1571. 12901 Bruce B. Dows Blvd. Tampa, FL 33612 Phoe: (813) 974-5699 pharmacy.health.usf.edu
BUILD YOUR FUTURE IN PHARMACY At the Uiversity of South Florida College of Pharmacy, our missio is to create the pharmacists of the future. These professioals will ot be boud by existig stadards of healthcare delivery, but will help shape emergig healthcare practice i keepig with the growig role of pharmacy i patiet care. Will you stad amog the idustry s ext geeratio of leaders? With the USF College of Pharmacy, your place as a leader is secured. Empowered by Iovatio As the healthcare ladscape rapidly chages, there is a greater eed for healthcare professioals to serve as compassioate, reliable advisors who ecourage patiets to take a greater role i their ow care. As a USF College of Pharmacy graduate, you will eergize your field, brigig more to patiet care tha just cliical kowledge. Studets are hadpicked with may qualities i mid, icludig creative thikig, effective commuicatio skills ad a ope, collaborative midset. I the face of healthcare s ogoig evolutio, our program will progress forward fluidly. We are buildig a curriculum i which advacig methodologies ad emergig techologies will play a defiig role. A USF College of Pharmacy educatio will give you a glimpse of tomorrow s pharmaceutical practices, as well as a had i determiig just what the future of pharmacy holds. Breakig Traditioal Boudaries As a studet of the USF College of Pharmacy, you will be traied i patiet-cetered care that utilizes the most up-to-date cocepts i pharmacotherapy, pharmacology, pharmacogeomics ad evidece-based medicie. You will lear to practice as part of a dedicated team, with each member playig a itegral role i effective healthcare delivery. This iterprofessioal approach is facilitated by the College of Pharmacy s iclusio i the greater scope of USF Health. Learig i cocert with the USF Colleges of Medicie, Nursig ad Public Health; the School of Biomedical Scieces; ad the School of Physical Therapy ad Rehabilitatio Scieces, you will egage i the collaborative approach to practice that is critical to pharmacy s future. Boldly Shapig Tomorrow With uique healthcare challeges o the horizo comes the eed for a uprecedeted approach. The USF College of Pharmacy is the oly state-fuded Doctor of Pharmacy program i Florida that is located i a metropolita area. This gives greater access to hads-o learig opportuities, icludig local hospital residecy programs. The USF College of Pharmacy will egage i cliical research, applyig the results of cliical research ad evidecebased medicie directly to patiet care. Our progressive curriculum will emphasize geriatric care, idividualized medicie ad emergig health iformatio techologies. Our iovative educatioal model will thoroughly equip ad prepare graduates to lead the future of pharmacy. Experiece a ew approach to pharmacy educatio at the USF College of Pharmacy. The future is yours to embrace, to serve ad to trasform. Cotact the Office of Admissios at PharmDadmissios@health.usf.edu or call (813) 974-5699. 12901 Bruce B. Dows Blvd. Tampa, FL 33612 Phoe: (813) 974-5699 pharmacy.health.usf.edu