UIW Feik School of Pharmacy
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The University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP) was founded in 2004 in recognition of the need to graduate a new generation of highly trained, culturally-competent pharmacists and patient advocates to serve communities across Texas and beyond, with a special emphasis on underserved populations. FSOP is proud to offer an environment where faculty, staff and students function as a family.
Pharmacy Program at UIW
In the UIW FSOP Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program, students are more than a number. Students receive individualized attention through faculty office hours, faculty and student-led tutoring. Additionally, the Office of Student Affairs offers support services that include personal and academic advising, registration, financial aid, a business office liaison and other services that allow students to better focus on their studies.
The Doctor of Pharmacy program is driven by the UIW Mission and service to our communities.
Our pharmacy students have dedicated over a million clinical hours a year to helping underserved populations by providing services such as immunizations, blood glucose checks and hypertension and blood pressure readings to the community at health service fairs across San Antonio.
Spanish Education
Build trust and improve health outcomes with our Spanish education options.
Two courses of Spanish for Pharmacists (two credit hours) are incorporated into the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum to increase fluency with basic patient counseling in Spanish that increases practice-readiness among our students. Our Spanish education option provides the training necessary to provide effective patient care to diverse patient populations in South Texas.
We offer a Spanish Certification to graduating students. The certification process requires passing both verbal and written exams, taken during the last year of the curriculum.
Program Benefits
- Four-year integrated course of study leading to a Doctor of Pharmacy
- Required Spanish curriculum for basic patient counseling in Spanish
- Optional Spanish Certification for Spanish proficiency in patient counseling
- Three embedded certificates in Pharm.D. curriculum
- Point-of-Care Testing, Pharmacy-based Immunization Delivery, Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services
- Study-abroad interprofessional education opportunities are provided in countries that include Vietnam, Cambodia, South Africa, Spain, China, India, Ecuador and Australia.
- Students will have the opportunity to complete a one-week interprofessional medical mission trip in Oaxaca, Mexico.
By the Numbers
5th
Ranked school as a Graduator of Hispanic Pharmacists in the U.S.
#2
Ranked pharmacy program based on GradReport's list of top pharmacy schools*
2nd
Highest NAPLEX first-time passing rate in Texas
PharmD Alumni Testimonial
Meet Dr. Jonathan Hinojosa, a recent graduate of the PharmD program at UIW Feik School of Pharmacy. Learn how UIW's innovative curriculum helped prepare Dr. Hinojosa to succeed in his career after graduating.
Doctor of Pharmacy
Advances in medicine, and the complexity of caring for an aging population, put you in the center of patient care — whether pursuing research, clinical or retail careers.
The program focuses on a strong foundation in the pharmaceutical sciences, curricular integration, provision of high-quality pharmaceutical care, lifelong learning, appropriate use of technology and opportunities for multi-cultural and multi-language development. UIW FSOP promotes full emergence of the student as a practitioner and scholar, and support the faculty as fine-tuned educators through community and professional service, leadership opportunities, planned development activities, and scholarship.
- 4-year integrated course of study
- Approximately 37 hours in pharmaceutical sciences
- 11 hours in pharmacy administration
- 106 hours in pharmacy practice and experiential learning
Course subjects include:
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Immunization Training
- Pharmacy Law
- Principles of Public Health
- Medication Therapy
Dr. David F. Maize
Dean, UIW Feik School of Pharmacy