The PharmD Undergraduate Student Handbook is a resource containing essential information about the PharmD program. It outlines details about program requirements, the School of Pharmacy itself, academic policies and regulations, professionalism, and other key general information.
All PharmD students are responsible for knowing the content of the handbook and required to complete the PharmD Undergraduate Student Handbook Acknowledgement form.
Questions about the handbook may be directed to pharmacy.advisor@uwaterloo.ca.
The PharmD program has academic and experiential elements that are all degree requirements.
See below for electronic, academic, and experiential requirements and other information specific to the program.
Living arrangements and transportation requirements for participation in the PharmD program
The PharmD program is an in-person program which requires students to live in the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region or within a reasonable commuting distance. Those travelling via public transit are expected to adequately plan ahead to ensure they are able to arrive on time for mandatory academic activities.
Academic requirementsÌýfor participation in the PharmD program
The PharmD program has various academic requirements that students must familiarize themselves with prior to beginning the program. Information has been provided to educate students on course sequence and descriptions, important dates, timetables, class schedules, and graduation.
Experiential requirements
The University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ School of Pharmacy is unique among pharmacy schools in Canada in that we offer a robust experiential learning program which includes:Ìý
Co-operative Education
ThreeÌýpaidÌýco-op work terms are completed throughout the program and allow students to explore a variety of practice settings.
Patient Care Rotations
Take place during the last two terms of the program (4A and 4B) and comprise of direct patient care clinical placements completed in one of 14 regions throughout Ontario.ÌýThese are academic courses that have associatedÌýtuition and fee requirements
Community Service Learning (CSL) milestone
CSL enables students to better understand their role in serving vulnerable populations and in improving community health and wellness. Through this interaction, students add to their own knowledge of various socio-economic factors that impact health and look for ways to improve services, structures and systems to alleviate differences in health outcomes between groups.
Interprofessional Education (IPE)
IPE’s goal is toÌýprovide students with opportunities to learn with, from, and about other health care professionals and students in order to prepare them to improve patient outcomes through interprofessional collaboration.Ìý
Post-Admission Requirements
There are a number of non-academic requirements or post-admission requirements that must be completed prior to proceeding to the first co-op term. These requirements are mandated by the School and/or many co-op employers and clinical placement sites. Students are held individually accountable for submission of required documentation, and should review the current requirements.