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style="color: #6EA400">Curriculum</h3> <h4 tabindex="0">Build Core Knowledge</h4> <div class="player-slide-container"> <div class="slide in" tabindex="0"> <p>  </p> <ul> <li>Curiosity and a scientific mindset underlie all aspects of the UCSF curriculum.</li> <li>Students learn in an integrated curriculum organized by organ system and disease state, applying concepts learned in the classroom to patient care settings.</li> <li>The UCSF PharmD is equipped with the knowledge and skills to be on the cutting edge of practice today and in the future.</li> </ul> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p> <p></p> </div> <div class="transcript" tabindex="0"> <p><span m='0'>[MUSIC PLAYING]</span> </p><p></p><p><span m='5780'>Our</span> <span m='5990'>students</span> <span m='7520'>essentially</span> <span m='8510'>learn</span> <span m='9320'>to</span> <span m='9440'>say</span> <span m='9840'>why.</span> <span m='10580'>And</span> <span m='11270'>therefore,</span> <span m='12220'>the</span> <span m='12470'>science</span> <span m='13160'>leads</span> <span m='13520'>to</span> <span m='13730'>a</span> <span m='13850'>scientific</span> <span m='14960'>way</span> <span m='15410'>of</span> <span m='15560'>thinking.</span> </p><p><span m='16040'>It</span> <span m='16129'>doesn't</span> <span m='16340'>mean</span> <span m='16550'>that</span> <span m='16730'>you</span> <span m='16940'>have</span> <span m='17120'>to</span> <span m='17240'>be</span> <span m='17420'>a</span> <span m='17540'>scientist</span> <span m='18170'>in</span> <span m='18260'>the</span> <span m='18350'>traditional</span> <span m='18860'>sense</span> <span m='19160'>of</span> <span m='19220'>doing</span> <span m='19500'>benchwork,</span> <span m='20570'>but</span> <span m='20780'>your</span> <span m='20990'>approach</span> <span m='21470'>to</span> <span m='21590'>problems,</span> <span m='22130'>your</span> <span m='22220'>strategies</span> <span m='23120'>is</span> <span m='23330'>all--</span> <span m='23690'>with</span> <span m='24140'>what</span> <span m='24410'>is</span> <span m='24590'>the</span> <span m='24770'>evidence.</span> <span m='25440'>What</span> <span m='25550'>is</span> <span m='25670'>the</span> <span m='25730'>evidence</span> <span m='26150'>telling</span> <span m='26510'>me?</span> <span m='27140'>What</span> <span m='27500'>don't</span> <span m='27740'>I</span> <span m='27920'>know?</span> <span m='28700'>And</span> <span m='28850'>how</span> <span m='29030'>do</span> <span m='29210'>I</span> <span m='29540'>try</span> <span m='29720'>to</span> <span m='29810'>figure</span> <span m='30140'>out</span> <span m='30290'>how</span> <span m='30380'>to</span> <span m='30470'>get</span> <span m='30690'>that</span> <span m='30840'>information?</span> </p><p><span m='31760'>The pharmacy</span> <span m='32240'>curriculum</span> <span m='32720'>here</span> <span m='32960'>at</span> <span m='33050'>UCSF</span> <span m='33890'>is</span> <span m='34070'>unique</span> <span m='34490'>in</span> <span m='34610'>the</span> <span m='34700'>sense</span> <span m='35060'>that</span> <span m='35330'>we</span> <span m='35510'>learn</span> <span m='35840'>by</span> <span m='36200'>organ</span> <span m='36500'>systems.</span> <span m='37490'>And</span> <span m='37640'>so</span> <span m='37910'>for</span> <span m='38060'>example,</span> <span m='38780'>in</span> <span m='38930'>the</span> <span m='39080'>cardiovascular</span> <span m='40310'>system,</span> <span m='41330'>we would</span> <span m='41570'>be</span> <span m='41720'>learning</span> <span m='42110'>about</span> <span m='42740'>the</span> <span m='42860'>pharmacology</span> <span m='43520'>of</span> <span m='43610'>the</span> <span m='43730'>drugs,</span> <span m='44630'>the</span> <span m='44720'>physiology</span> <span m='45680'>of</span> <span m='46110'>the</span> <span m='46310'>heart</span> <span m='46550'>failure,</span> <span m='47090'>arrhythmia.</span> <span m='48080'>In</span> <span m='48230'>addition</span> <span m='48830'>to</span> <span m='49400'>in</span> <span m='49580'>a</span> <span m='49640'>classroom</span> <span m='50180'>setting,</span> <span m='50900'>we</span> <span m='51020'>also</span> <span m='51290'>get</span> <span m='51470'>to</span> <span m='51620'>practice</span> <span m='52340'>our</span> <span m='52490'>clinical</span> <span m='53030'>skills</span> <span m='53480'>as</span> <span m='53720'>well</span> <span m='54360'>with</span> <span m='54640'>mock</span> <span m='54950'>patients</span> <span m='55700'>or</span> <span m='55940'>with</span> <span m='56210'>our</span> <span m='56390'>classmates.</span> </p><p><span m='57110'>UCSF</span> <span m='58850'>is</span> <span m='59180'>providing</span> <span m='59930'>students</span> <span m='60530'>with</span> <span m='60650'>the</span> <span m='60710'>knowledge</span> <span m='61160'>that</span> <span m='61250'>they</span> <span m='61430'>need</span> <span m='62270'>as</span> <span m='62480'>pharmacists</span> <span m='63320'>through</span> <span m='64220'>this</span> <span m='64459'>unique</span> <span m='64790'>curriculum</span> <span m='65450'>that</span> <span m='65570'>we</span> <span m='65720'>have</span> <span m='66200'>that</span> <span m='67070'>is</span> <span m='67220'>really</span> <span m='67670'>built</span> <span m='68090'>around</span> <span m='68630'>providing</span> <span m='69290'>students</span> <span m='69980'>with</span> <span m='70490'>the</span> <span m='71630'>fundamental</span> <span m='72320'>and</span> <span m='72410'>core</span> <span m='72770'>knowledge</span> <span m='73610'>that</span> <span m='73760'>they</span> <span m='73910'>need</span> <span m='74270'>so</span> <span m='74480'>that</span> <span m='74650'>they'll</span> <span m='75880'>be</span> <span m='76160'>on</span> <span m='76310'>the</span> <span m='76430'>cutting</span> <span m='76910'>edge</span> <span m='77420'>of</span> <span 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