Academic Bulletin

Professors
John A. Bosso, Pharm.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1973, MUSC Campus
Katherine H. Chessman, Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1986, MUSC Campus
Michael Dickson, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1972, USC Campus
Joseph DiPiro, Pharm.D., University of Kentucky, 1981
Arnold W. Karig, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1971, MUSC Campus
John J. Lemasters, M.D., Ph.D., John Hopkins, 1975, MUSC Campus
Jean Nappi, Pharm.D., University of Texas, 1977, MUSC Campus
Kennerly S. Patrick, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1978, MUSC Campus
C.E. (Gene) Reeder, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1983, USC Campus
Rick G. Schnellmann, Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1984, MUSC Campus
Richard M. Schulz, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1983, USC Campus
Charles D. Smith, Ph.D., Michigan State, 1984, MUSC Campus
Edward E. Soltis, Ph.D., University of Florida, 1984, MUSC Campus
C. Wayne Weart, Pharm.D., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, 1974, MUSC Campus
Roger Lewis White, Pharm.D., Medical College of Virginia, 1983, MUSC Campus
Clinical Professor
John C. Voris, Pharm.D., University of Nebraska, 1979, USC Campus
Associate Professors
Craig C. Beeson, Ph.D., University California, Irvine, 1993, MUSC Campus
Sondra H. Berger, Ph.D., Roswell Park, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1982, USC Campus
James M. Chapman, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1981, USC Campus
Thomas A. Dix, Ph.D., Wayne State University, 1983, MUSC Campus
Peter F. Edwards, M.H.S.A, Medical University of South Carolina, 1994, MUSC Campus
Sandra S. Garner, Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1989, MUSC Campus
Philip D. Hall, Pharm.D., Medical College of Virginia, 1988, MUSC Campus
Donna S. Harrison, Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1986, MUSC Campus
Marc Lapointe, Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1995, MUSC Campus
Earle W. Lingle, Ph.D., University of Texas, 1985, USC Campus
John S. Markowitz, Pharm.D., University of Tennessee, 1990, MUSC Campus
Patrick Duriez Mauldin, Ph.D., Emory University, 1993, MUSC Campus
Ronald Otto Nickel, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1984, MUSC Campus
Anna-Liisa Nieminen, Ph.D., University of Kuopio, Finland, 1991, MUSC Campus
Douglas Pittman, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1996, USC Campus
Georgi Petkov, Ph.D., University of Sofia, 1997, USC Campus
Kelly Renee Ragucci, Pharm.D., University of Toledo, 1997, MUSC Campus
Theresa Joanne Smith, Ph.D., Texas Women's University, 1988, USC Campus
Anne P. Spencer, Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1997, MUSC Campus
Douglas H. Sweet, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1993, MUSC Campus
Shan Ping Yu, M.D., Ph.D., MD, Capital Institute of Medicine, Beijing, China, Ph.D. SUNY at Stony Brook, N.Y., MD, 1982, Ph.D., 1990, MUSC Campus
Donald B. Wiest, Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1985, MUSC Campus
Michael D. Wyatt, Ph.D., University College of London, 1996, USC Campus

Clinical Associate Professors
Wayne E. Buff, Pharm.D., University of South Carolina, 1997, USC Campus
Paul Bush, Pharm.D., MBA, Wayne State University, MUSC Campus
L. Clifton Fuhrman Jr., Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1995, USC Campus
Mary Hess, Pharm.D., St. Louis College of Pharmacy, 1990, USC Campus
Randall C. Rowen, Pharm.D., Northeastern University, 1985, USC Campus
S. Scott Sutton, Pharm.D., University of South Carolina, 1998, USC Campus
Assistant Professors
Dean Allison, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1998, USC Campus
Stephen L. Brown, B.S., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1974, MUSC Campus
Shannon Jordan Drayton, Pharm.D., University of South Carolina, 2000, MUSC Campus
Lorne Hofseth, Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, 1996, USC Campus
Campbell McInnes, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh, 1990, USC Campus
Catherine H. Paik, Pharm.D., Ohio Northern University, 2006, MUSC Campus
Patricia M. Schuler, Pharm.D., Ohio State University, 2005, MUSC Campus
Sarah P. Shrader, Pharm.D., University of Kansas, 2003, MUSC Campus
James J. Sterrett, Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1997, MUSC Campus
Amy N. Thompson, Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 2005, MUSC Campus
Danyelle M. Townsend, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2001, MUSC Campus
Desuo Wang, Ph.D., University of Florida, 1995, USC Campus
Marlea Ann Wellien, Pharm.D., West Virginia University, 2000, MUSC Campus
Andrea M. Wessell, Pharm.D., University of North Carolina, 2000, MUSC Campus
Gary L. Wright, Ph.D., Marshall University, 1998, MUSC Campus
Zhi Zhong, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1996, MUSC Campus

Clinical Assistant Professors
Sarah J. Ball, Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1979, USC Campus
Brandon Bookstaver, Pharm.D., University of South Carolina, 2004, USC Campus
Betsy Blake, Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 2000, USC Campus
Carol LeAnn Best Norris, Pharm.D., University of South Carolina, 2004, USC Campus
Michael P. Dunphy, M.S., Butler University, 1974, USC Campus
Laura Fox, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1998, USC Campus
Karen H. McGee, Pharm.D., University of South Carolina, 1989
Lewis N. McKelvey, Pharm.D., University of South Carolina, 2000, USC Campus
Jill E. Michels, Pharm.D., University of South Carolina, 1996, USC Campus
April Miller, Pharm.D., University of North Carolina, 2005, USC Campus
Cynthia M. Phillips, Pharm.D., University of Tennessee-Memphis, 1991, USC Campus
Patricia Powell, Pharm.D., University of Rhode Island, 2006, USC Campus
Celeste Rudisill, Pharm.D., University of North Carolina, 2004, USC Campus
Julie Sease, Pharm.D., University of South Carolina, 2003, USC Campus
Alissa M. Smith, Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1999, USC Campus
Holly J. Watson, Pharm.D., University of South Carolina, 1989, USC Campus

Instructors
James H. Davis, M.B.A., Charleston Southern University, 1995, MUSC Campus
William J. Taylor, B.S., University of South Carolina, 1995, USC Campus
Deans Emeritus
John F. Cormier, Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1975, MUSC Campus
Julian H. Fincher, Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1964, USC Campus
William H. Golod, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1957, MUSC Campus
Farid Sadik, Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 1968, USC Campus
Emeriti Faculty
Carl T. Bauguess, Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 1971, USC Campus
Robert L. Beamer, Ph.D., Medical College of Virginia, 1959, USC Campus
Deborah S. Carson, Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1982, MUSC Campus
Joseph W. Kosh, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1971, USC Campus
Brooks C. Metts, Pharm.D., University of Tennessee, 1970, USC Campus
William Alexander Morton, Jr., Pharm.D., University of California at San Francisco, 1976, MUSC Campus
Joseph Roberts, Ph.D., McGill University, 1964, USC Campus
Joseph W. Sowell, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1972, USC Campus

Policies and procedures outlined in this document apply to the South Carolina College of Pharmacy (SCCP) at both the MUSC campus and USC campus. Additional policies and procedures related specifically to the MUSC Campus, www.musc.edu, and USC Campus, www.sc.edu, are defined by the appropriate academic bulletins of the individual universities and Carolina Community for the USC campus.

Vision and Mission Statement
“Improving Health through Leadership and Innovation in Pharmacy Education, Research, and Patient Care.”

The South Carolina College of Pharmacy is a statewide education, research, and service institution that maximizes its resources to:
 
1.         Educate pharmacy students to become leaders in meeting the pharmacy care needs of our citizens and the public we serve.
2.         Conduct exceptional and innovative research to improve health care, guide population-level drug policy, and enhance pharmacy education.
3.         Provide pharmacy services that are models in advancing the practice of pharmacy and improving health care.
4.         Serve the life-long learning needs of practicing pharmacists through excellence in continuing education.
5.         Educate future professional, academic, and research leaders through the highest quality graduate, residency, and fellowship programs.

Degree Offered

The Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree is offered. This is a full-time degree program requiring four academic years, which includes introductory practice experiences and some advanced practice experiences that must be completed during the summer semesters.

Entrance Requirements      

Admission to the SCCP is competitive and is based on the applicant’s completion of prepharmacy requirements, GPA, academic record, letters of recommendation, interview evaluations, PCAT scores, honors/awards, extracurricular activities, work experience, and student personal statement concerning their goals for a career in pharmacy. Applicants must take the PCAT and have official scores reported prior to the end of the application period, on or before January 1 of the year of anticipated admission.
Applicants must provide an official copy of all college transcripts, including all grades for courses taken through the fall semester prior to application. Those currently enrolled at either USC Columbia or MUSC will be able to have their USC/MUSC transcripts generated internally at no cost for pharmacy admissions. As a state-supported institution, preference will be given to in-state applicants. In-state students are defined as S.C. residents and any non-S.C. resident attending a S.C. college or university. In-state status as defined here only applies to the admission process. Residency for the purpose of tuition will be based upon the South Carolina Code of Laws.  All accepted students will be required to submit to a criminal background review prior to matriculation into the program.

Prepharmacy Course Requirements

                  General Chemistry                           8 hours
                  Organic Chemistry                           8 hours
                  Physics                                          6 hours
                  Calculus                                         3 hours
                  Statistics                                         3 hours
                  Biology                                           8 hours
                  English Composition                         3 hours
                  English Literature/Composition            3 hours
                  Verbal Skills                  3 hours
                  Economics                                      3 hours
                  Psychology                                    3 hours
                  Liberal Arts Electives                        9 hours
                  Human Anatomy/Physiology             6 hours

                  Total                                              66 hours     

• All prepharmacy courses must be completed prior to starting SCCP classes.

Transfer Admission
(Doctor of Pharmacy Program)

Applications for transfer students from other accredited professional pharmacy programs into the college’s professional program will be evaluated on an individual basis. The student applying for transfer must be in good standing in their current program and a position must be available in the SCCP program for any application to be considered.

Transfer between SCCP Campuses
(Doctor of Pharmacy Program)

• Students must submit, in writing, to the Assistant Dean at the USC campus and the Associate Dean at the MUSC campus, their specific reasons for requesting to change campuses.

2.     Transfers will only be considered in the event of extenuating circumstances. The decision as to whether there is sufficient justification to warrant campus transfer rests solely with the college administration.
3.      The Assistant Dean at the USC campus and the Associate Dean at the MUSC campus will facilitate communications and collection of information.
4.       Transfers will not be allowed during an academic year. If approved, the transfer would be effective with the start of the next academic year.
5.       A position must be available on the campus of transfer for the application to be considered.

SCCP Academic Policies

• The letter grades of A, B+, B, C+, C, D+, and D represent passing grades in order from highest to lowest.
• Courses in which students earn grades of D, D+, or F must be repeated.
• S and U indicate, respectively, satisfactory (passing) and unsatisfactory (failing) performance in courses carried under the Pass-Fail option; this option will be used only for introductory practice experiences and elective courses which are specified as Pass-Fail.
• WF, which counts as an F in GPA calculation, is assigned for student withdrawal from a course after the drop date prescribed in the SCCP Academic Calendar. Students who must withdraw from all courses due to compelling circumstances may petition the Scholastic Standing Committee to receive grades of W rather than WF.
• W is assigned for student withdrawal from a course after the late registration period but before the drop date.
• I, Incomplete, is assigned at the discretion of the course coordinator when, in the course coordinator’s judgment, a student does not complete some portion of the assigned work in a course. Students must fulfill remaining course requirements within 12 months in order to replace the incomplete grade with a final grade; failure to complete the remaining course work within this time period will result in a final grade of F for the course. A grade of Incomplete cannot be carried into the fourth professional year; requirements to remove the Incomplete and receive a final course grade must be fulfilled prior to the start of the practice experiences in the fourth professional year.
• A student receiving a grade of F in a prerequisite course cannot take the next course in the sequence.  The student must retake the failed course and receive a grade of C or better before taking the next sequenced course, which may delay a student’s progression.
• Students must have no course deficiencies and must meet all progression guidelines as defined under the SCCP Scholastic Standing Guidelines in order to begin their advanced practice experiences at the end of the third professional year.
• The following grading scale will be utilized:

                A                90–100.00
                B+                85–89.99                      
                B                 80–84.99
                C+               75–79.99
          C               70–74.99
                D+                65–69.99
                D                 60–64.99
                F                < 59.99

• Course coordinators and course faculty will identify the specific course requirements, which will be utilized to determine student performance (i.e. tests, reports, class participation, group projects), and this should be provided to students in the syllabus at the beginning of the course.

                In cases where a student must repeat a course, both grades will remain in the student academic record and will be factored into the overall GPA.

• Criminal background checks and student liability insurance coverage will be required for all students prior to beginning their introductory and advanced practice experiences.

SCCP Distance Education:

The South Carolina College of Pharmacy may use distance education technology in the teaching of courses during the professional program.

SCCP Test Scheduling Policies

• A test is defined as a major examination of material in a course (usually administered no more frequently than every two weeks, except in summer sessions). These policies do not apply to written report dates, scheduled oral presentations, or weekly quizzes. No more than two tests will be given on the same day to the same class (e.g. P1, P2, etc.) A day is defined as the day of the week, not a 24-hour period. Consequently, under this policy, two tests could be administered on Monday afternoon and two tests could be administered on Tuesday morning. No tests, except in lab courses, will be given during the week prior to final exams.
• The Associate Deans will distribute a test schedule to all students on the first day of class each semester. During the first week of classes, each class president (or the class advisor for the P1 class during fall semester) will hold a class meeting to review the test schedule. Possible conflicts with professional, community, university, and social activities will be reported to course coordinators, who will make a decision on whether or not to reschedule a test or tests. After the first week of class, no changes to the test schedule will be considered.
• Students attending professional meetings may be excused from tests. In these cases, the course policy for excused test absences, as defined in the SCCP Course Policies, will be applied.
• Final examinations will be scheduled in accordance with the SCCP final exam schedule.
• This test policy may be suspended due to severe weather or natural disaster to facilitate rescheduling of missed classes and tests.

SCCP Scholastic Standing Guidelines

Progression:

• In order to be eligible for promotion and graduation, students must obtain at least a 2.0 (grade of C or better) in each professional course and maintain an overall GPA of at least 2.00 in all professional courses; professional courses include elective courses attempted during the professional program. Course grades of D, D+, I, and F are considered deficiencies.
• Students must remove any deficiencies by the beginning of fall semester in order to be promoted to the next year. This may be accomplished by taking summer classes, if available. Requests to take classes outside of the SCCP and to receive credit for these classes will require the approval of the course coordinator and the Associate Dean.
• Course withdrawals and leaves of absence require the approval of the Associate Dean. “Compelling circumstances” must be evident. Students who withdraw prior to the established SCCP drop date will receive a grade of W; students who withdraw from a course after the established SCCP drop date will receive a grade of WF, which calculates as a zero for purposes of computing a students GPA.
• All pharmacy students must provide proof of competency in first aid, including certification in basic life support, prior to entering their introductory institutional practice experiences; students are required to maintain their competency and certification through the fourth professional year.

Suspension:

• Suspension means that a student will be prohibited from advancing in the curriculum for one calendar year. Students will be suspended if they fail to remove any deficiencies by the beginning of the fall semester.
• A suspended student may repeat required course(s) once in order to remove deficiencies and strengthen areas of weakness. (Additionally, the student may have up to 8 hours of electives to improve the overall GPA and strengthen areas of weakness during their academic matriculation.)
• A suspended student who meets the requirements for promotion will then be placed on permanent probation (see definition below) and allowed to progress in the curriculum. 
• Suspended students will not be allowed to seek or hold office in any professional organization at the SCCP. 
• Failure to remove all deficiencies and to attain a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or higher by the conclusion of a period of suspension will result in dismissal (see definition below) from the College of Pharmacy.

Probation:

• Probation is a permanent status in which a student must consistently and satisfactorily progress in the curriculum. Probationary students must attain a GPA of 2.00 or higher and meet the requirements for promotion by the beginning of fall semester each year. To enter the fourth professional year, all professional students must have successfully completed all professional course requirements, including elective courses, by the end of the spring semester of the third professional year. 
• Probationary students will not be allowed to seek or hold office in any professional organization at the SCCP. 
• Failure to satisfy the terms of probation will result in dismissal.

Dismissal:

• Dismissal is the mandatory and permanent withdrawal of a student. The college will not accept any course work, completed at the SCCP or other institutions, relative to a dismissed student’s attempt to complete the program. Students will be dismissed if they fail to remove all deficiencies and fail to attain a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or higher by the conclusion of a period of suspension or if they fail to satisfy the terms of probation. A student may repeat a course in the professional curriculum only once.

Petitions:

• Any student seeking an exception to the academic standards may petition the SCCP Scholastic Standing Committee. A petition may be approved or denied based on the merits of the individual situation. The petition process will be handled through the Scholastic Standing Committee.
• A petition for readmission following withdrawal or dismissal from the program must be made to both the Scholastic Standing Committee and the Admissions Committee.

SCCP Course Policies

• Students are obligated to complete all assigned work promptly, to attend class regularly, and to participate in class discussions/group exercises.
• Attendance is expected for all classes. The course coordinator may choose to establish a specific attendance policy in an individual course and this policy, along with consequences of violation of this attendance policy, should be presented to students enrolled in the class at the beginning of the semester, as part of the course syllabus. The course coordinator may choose to exact a grade penalty for excessive absences as defined in the specific attendance policy.
• Students are required to attend 100 percent of laboratory course meetings.
• If a scheduled test must be missed due to unforeseen circumstances, the student must notify the course coordinator by letter, phone, or e-mail, prior to the test if possible, and the student must obtain an excuse from the Associate Dean at their campus.
• If an absence is excused, the student will either be given a makeup exam or the other test grades will be increased proportionately to compensate for the missing grade. This decision will be at the discretion of the course coordinator.
• There are no excused absences for students participating in introductory pharmacy practice experiences (IPPE); any time missed must be made up at the preceptor’s convenience. More specific information regarding attendance policies for IPPE will be provided by the directors of practice experience.
• Students will have a maximum of five days of excused absences during their nine months of advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPE). Absences cannot be saved and taken all at once, and no more than two days may be excused during one APPE. Absences cannot be saved for the last days of an experience to facilitate an early exit from the practice experience. Failure to meet experience attendance requirements will result in a grade of Incomplete or Withdrawal, based on the individual situation, and the entire practice experience must be repeated; the director of practice experience, preceptor, and Associate Dean of the student’s campus will determine the guidelines for repeating the practice experience. More specific information regarding attendance policies for APPE will be provided by the directors of practice experience.

SCCP Student Grievance Policies
 
Individual Problems: When a student is experiencing a problem with any member of the college’s faculty or administration, the following process should be carried out. Prior to each step in the process, the student should seek advice from his or her faculty advisor.

• Make an appointment with the individual with whom the problem exists, explain the problem, and try to resolve it    
• If the problem cannot be resolved directly, the student should then contact the individual’s supervisor.
• If the problem is still unresolved, the student should complete a Grievance Report Form (found on the college’s Web site www.sccp.sc.edu) and forward it to the Associate Dean. The student should also make an appointment to meet with the Associate Dean. The Associate Dean will review the complaint and intervene if college or university policies have been violated. The Associate Dean will maintain a file of all such reported grievances and their outcomes. Situations that have not been resolved at this point will be referred to the SCCP Grievance Committee for final review and action.

Class Problems: When a class feels that there is a problem affecting the class as a whole, the following process should be carried out. Prior to each step in the process, the class president should seek advice from the class advisor.

• The president should announce and hold a class meeting. Identify the problem(s), clearly reduce them to writing, and ensure that the class is in agreement by simple majority vote. If so, the class president should forward this written statement to the individual(s) involved and request a meeting. If the class president is unsure of whom to contact, he/she should consult the Assistant Dean for student affairs.
• If a satisfactory understanding or solution is not obtained at this level, the class president should then contact the individual’s supervisor.

3.     If the problem is still unresolved, the class president should complete a Grievance Report Form (found on the college’s Web site www.sccp.sc.edu), forward it and the previous written statement to the Associate Dean. The class president should also make an appointment to meet with the Associate Dean. The Associate Dean will review the complaint and intervene if college or university policies have been violated. The Associate Dean will maintain a file of all such reported grievances and their outcomes. Situations that have not been resolved at this point will be referred to the SCCP Grievance Committee for final review and action.

Accreditation Issues

Issues, questions, comments or complaints pertaining to accreditation should be directed to the Associate Dean on each campus.  The College will keep a file of all communications related to accreditation.  If issues or complaints have not been satisfactorily resolved at the College the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education’s (ACPE) may be contacted via email: csinfo@acpeaccredit.org.  The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education has offices at 20 North Clark Street, Suite 2500, Chicago, Ill. 60602-5109.  They may be contacted by phone at 312-664-3575, by fax at 312-664-4652, or via their Web site: www.acpe-accredit.org.

SCCP Student Advisement System

• Each professional class on both campuses will be assigned a faculty class advisor. This class advisor will be actively involved in orientation and should actively promote professionalism within the class; the class advisor should also serve as a problem solver for the class. The advisor may meet with class officers to plan class events such as community outreach. The faculty advisor follows the class throughout their academic career in SCCP. Faculty members may serve a four-year term as class advisor. The class advisors are appointed by the Assistant Dean for student affairs and approved by the chair of the department of the faculty member.
• SCCP faculty members will be encouraged to serve as academic advisors. A faculty advisor should serve as a contact person, problem solver, and mentor for each student assigned to them. The Assistant Dean for student services will meet at least once yearly with the academic advisors to update them on student policies and student support services.
• An advisement period of two weeks will be scheduled during each fall and spring semester and will be published in the SCCP master schedule. During this advisement period, students are encouraged to seek counsel from their faculty advisors.
• Each campus will assign a professor of record, who will enter grades into the campus records system for each specific course. After each major examination, this faculty member is expected to contact the individual students with grades of D+, D, or F on the exam and offer an opportunity to meet with them regarding their performance on the exam, as well as offer mechanisms for improvement. The professor of record is also expected to provide the campus dean’s office with a list of students receiving grades of D+, D, or F on the exam; this will allow the dean’s office to identify students with academic problems in multiple courses. The dean’s office will schedule academic progress conferences with students who have deficiencies in multiple courses. The dean’s office will also notify the academic advisors of students who have deficiencies across courses.

 
SCCP Student Dress Code

• The dress code is enforced in all practice laboratories and during all practice experiences.
• MUSC campus students must wear ID badges at all times on campus.
• Laboratory Practice Experiences: Students and instructors will be expected to dress in a clean and professional manner. The instructors and students are responsible for maintaining compliance with the dress code policy. Students not wearing clothing deemed appropriate by the instructors will be warned at the first offense; a second offense of this policy will result in the student being asked to return in appropriate dress. The following are the guidelines for appropriate dress:

                  Students: White jacket-length lab coat (long sleeves required, non-SCCP/commercial logos and badges not permitted), id badge, dress slacks,               dress shirt with tie, dress, skirt, blouse, or sweater.
                  Inappropriate dress includes: Baseball caps, tight-fitting leggings/stirrup pants, spandex, jeans, shorts, tee-shirts, any type of sweat pants or              sweatshirts, halter tops, tank tops, midriffs, backless tops, flip flops, open-toed shoes, fatigues, any attire or accessories that my be deemed unsafe         or distracting in the laboratory practice setting.
Practice Experiences: Students in practice experiences must be properly attired.*  Appropriate dress includes jacket-length, long-sleeved white lab coat, prominent display of the student’s ID badge, dress slacks, dress shirt with tie, socks, dress, skirt, blouse, closed-toe business dress shoes.   No attire or accessories that my be deemed unsafe or distracting to patients will be permitted.

                *Individual sites may have a more rigorous dress code; students must adhere to specific preceptor/site requirements. The described dress policy is mandatory during practice experiences, seminars, and professional events where students represent the S.C. College of Pharmacy.

SCCP Student Policy for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention and Intervention

• The specific policies for alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and intervention for students enrolled in the South Carolina College of Pharmacy are defined in the individual academic bulletins for the students’ campus of enrollment, the University of South Carolina-Columbia or the Medical University of South Carolina-Charleston. For students at the USC campus, Carolina Community provides additional guidelines, including notification of student rights under FERPA and other mandated notifications

SCCP Severe Weather Policies

• The specific policies for severe weather scheduling changes will be determined by the SCCP administration based on guidelines for the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina.

SCCP Student Sexual Harassment Policy

• The specific policies regarding sexual harassment for students enrolled in the South Carolina College of Pharmacy are defined in the individual academic bulletins for the students’ campus of enrollment, the University of South Carolina-Columbia or the Medical University of South Carolina-Charleston. For students at the USC campus, Carolina Community provides additional guidelines, including notification of student rights under FERPA and other mandated notifications.

SCCP Student Honor Code

• Policies regarding honor code and academic integrity for students enrolled in the South Carolina College of Pharmacy are defined in the individual academic bulletins for the students’ campus of enrollment, the University of South Carolina-Columbia or the Medical University of South Carolina-Charleston. For students at the USC campus, Carolina Community provides additional guidelines, including notification of student rights under FERPA and other mandated notifications.
• Individual SCCP committees will be appointed at the USC campus and the MUSC campus to review and take action on situations regarding honor code violations and academic integrity issues on their specific campus. The academic bulletin for the campus involved will provide the guidelines for dealing with these situations.
• Once a year, at the end of the academic year, the appropriate SCCP committees at the individual campuses will hold a joint meeting to review specific committee actions for the year and to make recommendations regarding honor code and academic integrity issues for SCCP. If students on either campus have been found guilty of academic violations, the uniformity of sanctions between campuses will be evaluated. A report from this joint committee meeting will be forwarded to each campus dean and to the executive dean.

Accreditation Disclosure Statement

The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredits Doctor of Pharmacy programs offered by Colleges and Schools of Pharmacy in the United States and selected non-US sites. For a Doctor of Pharmacy program offered by a new College or School of Pharmacy, ACPE accreditation generally involves three steps: Precandidate status, Candidate status, and Full accreditation. Precandidate accreditation status denotes a developmental program, which is expected to mature in accord with stated plans and within a defined time period. Precandidate status is awarded to a new program of a College or School of Pharmacy that has not yet enrolled students in the professional program, and authorizes the college or school to admit its first class. Candidate accreditation status is awarded to a Doctor of Pharmacy program that has students enrolled, but has not yet had a graduating class. Full accreditation is awarded to a program that has met all ACPE standards for accreditation and has graduated its first class. Graduates of a class designated as having Candidate status have the same rights and privileges of those graduates from a fully accredited program. ACPE conveys its decisions to the various boards of pharmacy and makes recommendations in accord with its decisions. It should be noted, however, that decisions concerning eligibility for licensure, by examination or reciprocity, reside with the respective state boards of pharmacy in accordance with their state statutes and administrative rules.

The Doctor of Pharmacy program of South Carolina College of Pharmacy was awarded candidate accreditation status during the June 20-23, 2007, meeting of the ACPE Board of Directors, based upon an on-site evaluation conducted May 1-3, 2007, and discussion with MUSC, USC and SCCP officials. An on-site evaluation will be scheduled during academic year 2008-2009 for purposes of gathering additional information to be considered in the Board’s consideration of continuing Candidate accreditation status. Based upon this evaluation, should the Board feel that Candidate status could not be continued the SCCP could respond to the Board’s concerns and reapply prior to the graduation of the first class. If Candidate status is not granted, even after reapplication, graduates may not be eligible for licensure as pharmacists. If Candidate status is granted and the program continues to develop as planned, full accreditation of the Doctor of Pharmacy program would be considered by the Board following the graduation of students from the program.

Precandidate Status:

Granting of precandidate status brings no rights or privileges of accreditation as associated with either candidate status or fully accredited status. Precandidate status indicates only that planning has taken into account ACPE standards and guidelines and suggests reasonable assurance of moving to the next step, that of candidate status.  Since precandidate status does not create any rights of accreditation under the ACPE standards, it is the opinion of ACPE that graduates of programs of colleges or schools of pharmacy, which bear precandidate status, do not meet the educational requirements for licensure.

Candidate Status:

With respect to clarification of the meaning of candidate status, graduates of a program so designed would, in the opinion of ACPE, have the same rights and privileges of those graduates from a fully accredited program.  The candidate status denotes a developmental program, which is expected to mature in accord with stated plans within a defined time period.  It should be underscored, however, that decisions concerning eligibility for licensure, by examination or reciprocity, reside with the respective state boards of pharmacy in accordance with their state statutes and administrative rules.  Should a candidate status be awarded to a program, ACPE would, however, make its position known and make recommendations consistent with that position.

South Carolina College of Pharmacy Curriculum                                                                                      Approved by the SCCP faculty on March 30, 2006

    Minimum 1440 hours of experiential education (as recommended by ACPE) will be satisfied by nine 4-credit (one-month) advanced practice experiences in the P4 year, beginning in the summer after the P3 year.
    One 1-credit seminar/grand rounds will be required during the P4 year.
     Minimum 300 hours of early experiential experience (as recommended by ACPE) will be satisfied by two 4-credit (one-month) introductory practice experiences in the summers of the P1 and/or P2 years.
    Clinical Applications I–V are recitations designed to bring clinical relevance to basic and applied pharmaceutical science principles in a case-based format. 
    Clinical Applications VI is a recitation designed as a capstone course, where case studies of complex patients will bring together concepts learned throughout the previous professional years.
    Additional optional elective courses may be taken, and interested students could be encouraged to take an additional elective during the spring semester of the P1 year. All elective courses taken as part of the professional program must be approved by the South Carolina College of Pharmacy.
    All students will be required to submit to a criminal background check each year prior to beginning pharmacy practice experience rotations, some rotation sites may require students to submit to a drug test prior to the rotation.
    All students must complete CPR and First Aid certification prior to the P2 summer rotation and are required to maintain certification throughout the P3 and P4 years.

South Carolina College of Pharmacy Course Descriptions

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South Carolina College of Pharmacy Elective Course Descriptions