Program Timeline & Educational Outcomes 

Your Curriculum Journey 

Our new three-year Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program gives students the critical knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be versatile pharmacy and medication management experts. Through meaningful, hands-on activities, such as experiential opportunities in the Discovery Pharmacy, students actively engage in their educational journey. Graduates from our program will be ready to launch their careers in pharmacy sooner and will be equipped to apply their skills flexibly in diverse and rewarding career paths. 

Starting with a week dedicated to getting students acquainted with the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and what it means to be a student in a health professions faculty, our curriculum builds over three years, with opportunities to customize your learning as you uncover your interests over time. 

Unique in Canada, our new curriculum features early practice rotations throughout your first and second year. This approach emphasizes using skills and knowledge in real-world situations. It helps you connect what you learn in the classroom with hands-on experiences, ensuring you can apply your knowledge practically. 

Program Structure

Three Year PharmD Program Structure


Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Educational Outcomes

Established by the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC) in 2017, the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) educational outcomes focus on what graduates can do after completing the entry-to-practice degree.

Summary of AFPC Educational Outcomes

You can learn more about the AFPC educational outcomes and key competencies for pharmacy graduates here.

Care Provider

As Care Providers, pharmacy graduates provide patient-centered pharmacy care by using their knowledge, skills and professional judgement to facilitate management of a patient’s medication and overall health needs across the care continuum. Care Provider is the core of the discipline of pharmacy.

Communicator

As Communicators, pharmacy graduates communicate effectively in lay and professional language, using a variety of strategies that take into account the situation, intended outcomes of the communication and diverse audiences.

Leader

As Leaders and Managers, pharmacy graduates engage with others to optimize the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of health care and contribute to a vision of a high-quality health care system.

Health Advocate

As Health Advocates, pharmacy graduates demonstrate care for individual patients, communities and populations by using pharmacy expertise to understand health needs and advance health and well-being of others.

Scholar

As Scholars and lifelong learners, pharmacy graduates take responsibility for excellence by applying medication therapy expertise, learning continuously, creating new knowledge and disseminating knowledge when teaching others.

Professional

As Professionals, pharmacy graduates take responsibility and accountability for delivering pharmacy care to patients, communities and society through ethical practice and the high standards of behaviour that are expected of self-regulated professionals. The Professional role is the overarching ethos of the discipline of pharmacy.