Pre-Pharmacy Titans, we have a treat for you today! We had the pleasure of having Daniel Wienecke-Assistant Director of Admissions from Regis University School of Pharmacy facilitate an information session March 9, 2021. This was truly a different experience because this information session was interactive and highly informative! Our very own Detroit Mercy Titan and Pharmacy Technician Riva Shendaj had the opportunity to co-host this session and share some insights on her experience with Pharmacy.
My advice to students who are listening is get as much exposure in as many different areas as possible!-Daniel
The information session covered five key points!
- Regis Highlights
- Pharmacy Career
- Curriculum
- Regis Community
- Your (future applicants) Commitment & Next Steps
Regis Highlights
- Jesuit University
- 80,000 Alumni
- 10,000 Current Students
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral and Certificate Programs in various disciplines
- Experiential Learning focused 13 to 1 Student/Faculty ratio
- A Teaching University
- Rich History in Colorado
There’s a long history of Regis in the state of Colorado. My favorite fact is that Colorado is the Bicentennial state which means we became a state in 1876. Regis became a University just one year later. So very deep, long history in the state.- Daniel
Regis University is a small, non-profit private institution. Regis is a Jesuit institution and it is 1 of 27 in the United States!
Something that we are very proud of…The entire reason why I was interested in working at Regis as an employee, above anything I was drawn to and still am drawn to the mission of it-Daniel
Daniel explains what it means to have a Jesuit Education and how the Jesuit mission relate to pharmacy and healthcare as a whole.
The Jesuit University is a University at it’s core, has a mission and that mission is to use education to help improve an individual and that individual uses his or her knowledge to, in turn, go out and improve society.-Daniel
Cura Personalis-Care for the whole person
This particular picture has the value that most pharmacy students that I get to talk to say resonate with most closely.-Daniel
For you as a healthcare provider…you’re not just focusing on one aspect of what is a person. You’re looking at the psychological, the spiritual, the financial, the family side of things. You’re taking all these different things into consideration when you are caring for that whole person.-Daniel
Pharmacy Career
Do we really understand the field of pharmacy and what a pharmacist does?
Unfortunately pharmacy has this outdated stereotype that a pharmacist is a pill counter, someone who just counts a number of pills and puts them in a bottle…-Daniel
Are the stereotypes true? How would your career as a pharmacist look? Daniel provides 6 sectors in which a pharmacist can operate in.
- Community
“Most accessible aspect of healthcare…There’s a lot more jobs in community pharmacy.”-Daniel
- Industry
“These are the behind the scenes researchers.”-Daniel
A lot of people who are interested in going into research, I know the Ph.D process is exciting…when pharmacist are researchers, that is actually a more immediate window to launch that career than other opportunities…If you only think retail pharmacy, you don’t realize that what you wanted to do was there all along.-Pre-Health Advisor Carmen Gamlin
- Clinical
Being in hospital pharmacy, there’s so many different opportunities…I got to work with controlled substances, I got to work with nurses, I got to work with doctors, pharmacist!-Riva Shendaj
- Academic
If you’ve been out of the field for a few years and you want to pay it forward to the next generation, consider being a professor. Something that Regis does is roughly 1/2 of the faculty at the school of pharmacy, they are full time. But then the other half, they’re working at their pharmacy jobs, hospitals, community settings, and they teach maybe just 1 or 2 classes each semester.-Daniel
- Informatics
“The bridging of health care and computer science.”-Daniel
- Consultant
“Somebody who could advise patients one-on-one but can also be someone who advises pharmacies.”-Daniel
In addition, the Median Salary for a Pharmacist is 128,098!
Curriculum
Regis University follows a Team-Based Learning and Integrated Curriculum model!
“The whole idea is that, at the end of the day, you’re part of a larger team and the goal of that is to assist the patient.”-Daniel
The program format includes a 2+4 model, meaning 2-4 years of pre-requisites. There are 72 Credits of pre-requisites in Science, Math, Social Science, English and Electives. Pre-requisites should be completed by August 1, 2021, which is the start of the program!
The most important thing to think about is the pre-requisites. When you’re looking at an advanced program, it’s not going to be easy, nor should it be because you’re really at the highest level of knowledge you can get. The pre-requisites, that’s your preparation to help you be prepared and comfortable starting that program.-Daniel
Another part of Regis University Curriculum is Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE’s) and Advanced Pharmacy Experience (APPE’s) which are advanced rotations that happens in the fourth year.
Starting the second semester of the first year and then going through year 2 and year 3, there’s one day a week that our Pharm-D students are out in the community getting introductory level experience.-Daniel
One of the best things about the APPE’s is that students have a little bit of say in terms of which rotations they have.-Daniel
Regis Community
Regis University have a diverse community, with students coming from all over the world with different backgrounds and experiences!
“Roughly 30% of our P1’s, our year one students are first generation students.”-Daniel
There is a larger community attached to Regis University School of Pharmacy where students get to be apart of and are able to grow and learn from.
Your (future applicants) Commitment & Next Steps
- $1105 per credit hours (150 hours)
- Additional Costs:
- Health Insurance: $3,814/year
- Background Check, drug test: $57/year
- Compliance: $22 (one time)
- Books: $600-800 total
- Laptop
- Parking
“Something I encourage students to think about, when you’re looking at Pharmacy school, is this degree is an investment in yourself!”-Daniel
*Deadline has been extended to April 1, 2021
Assistant Director of Admissions Daniel Weinecke encourages students to send in unofficial transcripts and he will check out your pre-requisites to see if you’re on track! dwienecke@regis.edu
If you are in need of pre-health advising and plan to be a University of Detroit Mercy student then schedule an appointment with Carmen Gamlin via https://calendly.com/prehealthadvisor