During a weeklong pharmacy course, you’ll discover the expanding role pharmacists play in improving patient lives. You will gain insight into the various science disciplines involved in the research and development of pharmaceutical products and patient care. This camp will evolve as you first learn the history of pharmacy and then progress through an enriching set of hands-on experiences that will expose you to a vast array of pharmacy disciplines. With the guidance of experienced ONU faculty and health care leaders in the area, you will learn drug modeling, design and development; work in a compounding lab; venture into the field of pharmacy where you will visit multiple pharmacy settings; perform research on drug information; and learn more about the expanding role of pharmacists in patient care, assessment and counseling. Lastly, through hands-on lab and research experiences, you will learn the steps required to manufacture a product and how to counsel patients on the use of medications. All of this will prepare you to present your final project to ONU faculty and your parents. Note: the class size is limited to 20 students per week (no exceptions). 2020 camp dates are June 14-19 and June 21-26. For more information on how to register please send an email to Bob Trusz. 

Experience counts, and you’ll get plenty of it by venturing out into the region with our award-winning community engagement programs. You’ll come to understand how pharmacists fill health care gaps in rural communities through preventative programs like mobile clinics, health risk assessments, health education and primary care services. By the time you graduate, you’ll have already made a difference. And that’s just the beginning. Learn more.

Learning in the classroom and labs is important, but practicing pharmacy puts your knowledge and skills into action by helping people to live healthier lives. Through practice opportunities on and off campus, you’ll experience the profession of pharmacy guided by an experienced preceptor. We have relationships with more than 1,500 practice sites across the country for both Introductory Practice Experiences (IPPEs) and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs). We go above and beyond to find experiential learning opportunities tailored to your interests and needs.
 

For more information, contact Pat Parteleno, director of experiential programs (419-772-1866); Jennie Grundey, assistant director of experiential programs (419-772-2290); or Lauren Krepps, experiential coordinator (419-772-2418).

Graduate outcomes

On-time graduation rate, NAPLEX passage rate for graduates, MPJE passage rate for graduates, Residencies (percentage of graduates entering PGY1 residency).

Accreditation

The Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy Doctor of Pharmacy degree is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education

135 S. LaSalle St.

Suite 4100

Chicago, IL 60603-4810

Phone: 312-664-3575

Fax: 312-664-4652

www.acpe-accredit.org

The Higher Learning Commission

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400

Chicago, IL 60602

Phone: 312-263-0456

Fax: 312-263-7462

www.hlcommission.org

The Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy has been fully accredited by ACPE. The next onsite evaluation of the College of Pharmacy is scheduled for 2023-24.

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- Student Complaint Policy and Procedure

GRADUATION RATES

Three-year average (2017-19) 87%

NAPLEX PASSAGE RATES FOR 2016-18 GRADUATES

NAPLEX Passage Rate: The most recent year's NAPLEX results for first-time takers as found on the NABP website and three-year average:

Three-year average (2016-18) 92.51%

MPJE PASSAGE RATES FOR 2016-18 GRADUATES (MOST RECENT YEAR AND 3-YEAR AVERAGE)

MPJE Passage Rate: The most recent year's results for first-time takers as found on the NABP website and three-year average:

Three-year average (2016-18): 91.29%

RESIDENCIES (% OF GRADUATES ENTERING PGY1 RESIDENCY):

The Raabe College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University continually exceeds the high standards of pharmacy education. The program is distinctive in that it offers students professional pharmacy and patient-care experiences within the very first year of course work. This is aided by the hands-on, real-world patient experiences that are part of the College of Pharmacy's Experiential Education Dept. Throughout its prominent history, the college has graduated pharmacists who have the luxury of choosing from a vast array of career options. Many alumni have successful pharmacy practices and are active in local, state and national health-related organizations and research. More than one-quarter of all pharmacists in Ohio are Ohio Northern alumni.

 Doctor of Pharmacy Curriculum (for students entering in or after Fall 2019)

** This course will be taken in ONE of these semesters; not both

^ There are a variety of courses available for the Elective IPPEs. This will be taken in ONE of the following sessions: P4 Fall, P4 Spring, Summer between P4-P5

Mission

We prepare pharmacists who improve health, serve others, lead change and advance the profession.

Vision

To lead the nation in the preparation of practice-ready pharmacists who serve as primary care providers and team leaders.

Values

We value our family members, faculty, staff, students and alumni through collaboration, community, diversity, excellence, faith, integrity and service.

In the ever-changing world of pharmacy, and with the evolving role of pharmacists as primary care providers and health educators, our duty to the citizens in our community has changed to meet the demands of patients. Since 2010, the Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy has provided health and wellness resources to the community through the outreach efforts of ONU HealthWise, a multidisciplinary team of ONU faculty, students and interdisciplinary health care specialists under the supervision of licensed professionals. Learn more.

With more than a dozen professional, honorary Greek and student-government organizations on campus devoted to the pharmacy profession, getting involved outside the classroom is distinctly ONU. By participating in student organizations, you’ll develop leadership skills and a teamwork mindset. You’ll also build your network with pharmacists around the country, and have the chance to travel, attend and present at professional and scientific conferences.

Professional organizations

• Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)
• American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP)
• American Pharmacist Association–Academy of Students of Pharmacy (APHA-ASP)
• Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International (CPFI)
• National Community Pharmacist Association (NCPA)
• Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC)
• Polar Pediatrics
• Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP)
• Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA)
• Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP)

Honoraries and Greek

• Kappa Epsilon (Professional Pharmacy Fraternity)
• Kappa Psi (Professional Pharmacy Fraternity)
• Phi Lambda Sigma (Pharmacy Leadership Society)
• Rho Chi (Pharmacy Honor Society)

Student government

• Pharmacy Council

If you are interested in research, you’ll discover opportunities to work side-by-side with ONU professors in a variety of venues, including laboratory, epidemiologic, public health and clinic research projects. Many ONU pharmacy students serve as authors on scientific papers and present research findings at regional and national conferences. High-impact learning experiences like these are distinctly ONU. Learn more.

I. Observation Skills 

All candidates for the Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the Raabe College of Pharmacy must be able to observe: 

• Lectures; 
• Recitation/Seminar presentations; 
• Experiments; 
• Practice-based activities; and 
• Patients at varied distances from the candidate. 

II. Communication Skills 

All candidates for the Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the Raabe College of Pharmacy must be able to: 

• Effectively and efficiently communicate in oral and written English; 
• Effectively communicate with patients, caregivers and all members of the health care team; 
• Communicate with compassion and empathy; 
• Communicate efficiently with instructors and peers as well as recognizing and employing non-verbal communication cues; 
• Understand the role of professional communication within the field of pharmacy; and 
• Rapidly elicit information from patients using sensitive and effective communication including information from non-verbal cues. 

III. Motor Skills 

All candidates for the Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the Raabe College of Pharmacy must have sufficient sensory and motor skills including exteroceptive sense (touch, pain, and temperature), proprioceptive sense (position, pressure, movement, stereognosis, and vibratory), and motor function as well as functional use of the senses of equilibrium needed for diagnostic skills to: 

• Provide adequate patient care and assessment utilizing diagnostic equipment and procedures, 
• Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, and other functions required for an emergency response in a timely manner; 
• Provide injections for immunization; 
• Utilize compounding techniques and equipment; 
• Safely and effectively prepare and handle sterile products and perform aseptic techniques; 
• Dispense pharmaceutical compounds and monitor their effects in a patient. 

IV. Intellectual, Conceptual, Integrative and Quantitative Abilities 

All candidates for the Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the Raabe College of Pharmacy must be able to: 

• Solve problems using varied skills, including: 

1. Measurement 
2. Mathematical calculations 
3. Reasoning 
4. Analysis 
5. Synthesis 
6. Evaluation 

• Incorporate new and changing information obtained during an exercise or patient encounter and modify plans to take that information into account; 
• Identify and communicate the limits of one’s knowledge, when appropriate; 
• Consistently, quickly and accurately integrate all information received by whatever sense(s) employed; 
• Learn, integrate, analyze, and synthesize data; and 
• Perform the above abilities in a reasonable amount of time consistent with the task at-hand. 

V. Behavioral Attributes 

All candidates for the Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the Raabe College of Pharmacy must be able to: 

• Read, understand and abide by the Professional Code of Conduct put forth by the Raabe College of Pharmacy; 
• Exercise good judgments in all situations, including but not limited to online communications; 
• Learn to competently function in stressful situations, be flexible and adapt to change; 
• Possess integrity, passion, empathy, concern and interpersonal skills; 
• Exhibit ethical decision making and behavior; 
• Create mature and effective relationships with patients; and 
• Have good moral character, decent values and principled judgment meet the ethical standards set forth by the pharmacy profession