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each class is near the program capacity of approximately 120
students per year. The class that entered in Autumn Quarter
2005 consisted of 122 students from 12 different states and
37 different undergraduate institutions. Two-thirds of the
entering class had a BS or MS degree prior to enrolling in
our graduate professional PharmD program and the average
GPA of the incoming class for Autumn 2005 was 3.5. The
distribution by gender of the incoming class was 71% female
and 29% male. Thirty-three percent of this class are non-
Ohio residents.
Figure 2 illustrates the trends in the quality markers for
the incoming classes from 1998 (first ELPD class) to the
2006 class.
Ninety-six students in their final year are engaged in
clerkship rotations locally, nationally, and internationally.
Currently, over 775 experiential preceptors are approved and
registered with our College. Students are engaged in experiential
rotations in Ohio, USA and one international rotation at Guys
and St. Thomas Hospital in London, England. The distribution
of our students on rotations is shown in Figure 3. Our valued
preceptors are honored at an annual event. “Preceptor of the Year
Awards” 2005 and 2006 were presented to Vinita Pai, OSU and
Children's Hospital; Ann Segraves, VA Columbus; Tom Bechtel,
OSU Medical Center; Ryan Glaze, Target; Tony Gerlach and
Jennifer Shamp, OSU Medical Center, and Mark Friedman,
Riverside Methodist Hospital.
We offer an Early Admissions Pathway to our PharmD
program for Honors students. Twenty EAP students have
successfully matriculated into the PharmD program. We
currently have 80 students in this program, most living in
Pharmacy House, our Living Learning Program. We welcomed
41 new first-quarter freshmen into the Pharmacy Scholars
Program for the 2005-06 academic year and now boast 104
Pharmacy Scholars. Participation in our Pre-Pharmacy Club
Ken Hale
Figure 2. Quality measures of incoming PharmD classes, 1998 - 2006
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