Another Pharmacy School in California?!

[coffee4drug]

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According to an email from CPhA, California Baptist University is looking for a founding dean to help it begin a School of Pharmacy and develop a doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) program. It anticipates to enroll its first class in 2013.

The University also adds that it "believes each person has been created for a purpose and strives to help students understand and engage this purpose by providing a Christ-centered educational experience that integrates academics with spiritual and social development opportunities." Isn't that what Loma Linda is already there for?

I have lost count of how many pharmacy schools are already there in California. Is anyone keeping track of the number?

 

[pharm B]

Only the Lord and ACPE know.

 

[BelowTheMean]

Awesome!! That will help alleviate all the pharmacist shortages in CA 🙂!

 

[Its Z]

Retail expansion caused many pharmacists to sell their soul and jumped on the sign-on bonuses, moving packages and 6 figure salaries. This trend continues as some pharmacists are opting to sell out the profession by becoming a faculty at these diploma mills.

This can not be stopped and will be the biggest factor in deterioration of our profession.

 

[rxlea]

Another Christian pharmacy school. Dear God...

 

[delano2000]

Another Christian pharmacy school. Dear God...

 

[caramel123]

i am so sick of hearing of all these dumb unaccredited schools popping up everywhere. jobs are hard to find anyways. why the hell does the board of pharmacy allow these schools to open?! grrrrr. i hope it never opens.

 

[xtreem2110]

There's also another one preparing to open Fall 2012, Central California School of Pharmacy in Fresno, CA. I think one of their mandatory rotations involve Bovine Pharmacy. LOL.

 

[297point1]

This has reached the point where even I, the biggest proponent of a laissez-faire attitude towards the opening of new schools, am beginning to think that enough is enough.

Perhaps a temporary 2-4 year stoppage of new schools after the 2012 cycle would be best. This would allow schools with plans in place like Marshall and Manchester to proceed, but would let the marketplace sort itself out in the years that followed; if someone still wants to open up a program in 2017 after all the new programs have graduated students, so be it. But a chance to reflect on enrollment dynamics, employment opportunities, and residency/fellowship availability seems like the best move right now.

Wow...I can't believe I just typed that.

 

[Praziquantel86]

This has reached the point where even I, the biggest proponent of a laissez-faire attitude towards the opening of new schools, am beginning to think that enough is enough.

Perhaps a temporary 2-4 year stoppage of new schools after the 2012 cycle would be best. This would allow schools with plans in place like Marshall and Manchester to proceed, but would let the marketplace sort itself out in the years that followed; if someone still wants to open up a program in 2017 after all the new programs have graduated students, so be it. But a chance to reflect on enrollment dynamics, employment opportunities, and residency/fellowship availability seems like the best move right now.

Wow...I can't believe I just typed that.

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