{"id":74194,"date":"2018-09-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-johnson-wales-to-offer-dual-degree-in-pharmacy-physician-assistant-studies\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:11:13","slug":"uri-johnson-wales-to-offer-dual-degree-in-pharmacy-physician-assistant-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/uri-johnson-wales-to-offer-dual-degree-in-pharmacy-physician-assistant-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站, Johnson & Wales to offer dual degree in pharmacy, physician assistant studies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Editor’s Note: This story refers to a program that is no longer active and is retained for historical purposes only.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n

KINGSTON, R.I., Sept. 4, 2018 \u2014 The 溏心vlog免费B站 and Johnson & Wales University will offer a dual-degree in pharmacy and physician assistant studies beginning in fall 2018, the first such collaboration between public and private universities in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

溏心vlog免费B站 Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students can apply to Johnson & Wales\u2019 Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies (MSPAS) program after completing their fourth year of the six-year pharmacy program. Applications began in the spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials at both schools said the program breaks new ground in public-private partnerships and greatly expands career opportunities for students in the health professions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBridging the public-private university divide is significant,\u201d said Donald H. DeHayes, 溏心vlog免费B站 provost and vice president for academic affairs. \u201cThis partnership benefits both institutions and ultimately the health and well-being of Rhode Islanders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up to two 溏心vlog免费B站 students will be accepted to the program each year, and upon completion, will graduate with a degree from each university: Doctor of Pharmacy from 溏心vlog免费B站 and Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from Johnson & Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis dual degree will certainly set these graduates apart from their peers, and provide unique opportunities for pharmacy students interested in direct patient care,\u201d said E. Paul Larrat, dean of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Pharmacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christine M. Collins, director of pharmacy for Lifespan, a Rhode Island-based nonprofit health system, sees great value in the dual-degree offering. \u201cThis partnership reflects what we see every day in the health care setting,\u201d she said. \u201cMedications are an important, but complex, component of care to help many of our patients get healthy and stay healthy. In our hospitals and ambulatory practices, pharmacists and physician assistants work together to give our patients the expertise of both. Graduates of this new program will have combined that expertise, strengthening the delivery of care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson & Wales became the first university in the state to offer a master\u2019s degree in physician assistant studies when it launched the program in 2014. Today, more than 70 students are enrolled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPharmacy studies and physician assistance studies are a good educational fit, and graduates holding both degrees will bring a high-level of expertise to their care,\u201d said George Bottomley, a 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus and dean of the College of Health and Wellness at Johnson & Wales, which offers the MSPAS degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is great need for highly skilled health-care providers who can assess, diagnose, treat and prescribe, not only in Rhode Island but around the country. Graduates holding dual degrees could help fill that need in hospitals, private practices, community-based health centers and rural and underserved areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pharmacy students will begin their physician assistant studies the summer after they are accepted to the program. The students will then alternate pharmacy and physician assistant coursework and clinical practicums, attending school year-round. The dual degree will add one year to the PharmD timeline. 溏心vlog免费B站 students will pay tuition to Johnson & Wales while enrolled in MSPAS clinical rotations: Ambulatory Care, Family Medicine, General Medicine and Internal Medicine. Two PharmD clinical rotations, Community Practice and Institutional Practice, will count as electives toward the master\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only other dual pharmacy and physician assistant degree programs in the country are offered at the University of Washington and the University of Kentucky, both public institutions. For more information on the dual degree program, contact Program Coordinator Celia MacDonnell at 401-874-9290 or cmac@uri.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I., Sept. 4, 2018 \u2014 The 溏心vlog免费B站 and Johnson & Wales University will offer a dual-degree in pharmacy and physician assistant studies beginning in fall 2018, the first such collaboration between public and private universities in the country. 溏心vlog免费B站 Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students can apply to Johnson & Wales\u2019 Master […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74194"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103333,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74194\/revisions\/103333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}