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College of Pharmacy
College of Pharmacy
1 Drexel Drive
New Orleans, LA 70125
p:504-520-7500
f: 504-520-7930 |
The Xavier University College of Pharmacy holds a place of distinction among the nation's colleges of pharmacy. The College is dedicated to bringing minority youth into the learned profession of pharmacy. For years, Xavier has enrolled more African Americans than any other college of pharmacy in the United States. Even with that commitment to minority education, the College remains open to all races.
Within the mission of Xavier University of Louisiana, the College of Pharmacy is dedicated to three goals:
- Student development to prepare pharmacists who are competent to deliver pharmaceutical care as required in a dynamic health environment and to serve the profession and community by providing contemporary, innovative and quality patient-centered health care;
- Collaborative scholarship to acquire and disseminate new knowledge; and
- Service to promote a more just and humane society.
To achieve these goals, the curriculum provides:
- Instruction in the physical, chemical, biological, behavioral sciences, and management, and in the humanities;
- A clinical component designed to develop graduates skilled in:
- Monitoring and evaluating drug therapy,
- Providing drug distribution,
- Providing drug information to other members of the health care team and to the public, and
- Effectively relating to patients and to other health care professionals;
- Motivation to increase competency after graduation through continuing education; and,
- An opportunity to engage in meaningful scientific research as a preparation for further study in pharmaceutical and clinical sciences.
Students benefit from expert guest lecturers, and receive experiential training from preceptors in New Orleans' vast array of community pharmacies, hospitals and other health care facilities.
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