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Clinical Experiences
In the third and fourth years students complete seven six-week clinical rotations, plus an advanced elective clinical. WesternU is the only school of pharmacy with this special 16-week advanced elective component requirement.
The advanced elective is a capstone experience that gives you advanced training in your anticipated career. For example, we've had students interested in opening independent pharmacies develop business plans, while others have completed ‘mini-residencies' or conducted
major research projects.
Rotation Sites
With 350 rotations sites and 750 preceptors, we provide a wide range of rotation options to our students.
Sites include: private hospitals, county hospitals, Veterans Administration hospitals, military hospitals, long-term-care facilities, rehabilitation hospitals, compounding pharmacies, managed care facilities, psychiatric facilities, children's hospitals, chain drug stores, and independently-owned pharmacies.
Although most students rotate through Southern California sites, some have had clinical experiences In Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Arizona, Utah and even Egypt.
Required Rotations
| Ambulatory Care Externship (outpatient pharmacy) | |
| Ambulatory Care Clinical (ambulatory care clinic) | |
| Institutional Medicine (inpatient hospital-round with doctors) | |
| Institutional Clinical (inpatient hospital pharmacy) | |
| Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective | |
| Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective | |
| Advanced Elective (clinical research, community, independent business plan, or pharmaceutical research) |
Elective and Advanced Elective Rotations
| psychiatry | neonatal | hematology/oncology |
| pediatrics | cardiology | home infusion |
| critical care | HIV | pain management |
| long-term care | home care | surgery |
| geriatrics | drug information | compunding |
| managed care |
The following are some of the sites you could rotate through as a WesternU-Doctor of Pharmacy student:
- Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA - Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
Pomona, CA - Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA - VA Loma Linda Healthcare System
Loma Linda, CA - Children’s Hospital Central California
Madera, CA - Jeffrey Goodman Gay and Lesbian Center
Colton, CA - Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Orange, CA - Citrus Valley Health Partners- Queen of the Valley
West Covina, CA - Kaiser Permanente
Numerous Southern California Sites - Fountain Valley Regional Hospital & Medical Cntr Fountain Valley, CA
- Citrus Valley Health Partners- Inter-Community
Covina, CA - VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Los Angeles, CA - Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
Downey, CA
- Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Long Beach, CA - City of Hope
Duarte, CA - Huntington Memorial Hospital
Pasadena, CA - West Anaheim Medical Center
Anaheim, CA - Sharp Healthcare
San Diego, CA - St. Joseph’s Hospital
Orange, CA - St. Mary Medical Center
Long Beach, CA - Scripps Memorial Hospital
La Jolla, CA - Aurora Behavioral Health Care
Covina, CA - Alameda County Medical Center
Oakland, CA - St. Vincent Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA - Amgen
Thousand Oaks, CA - Allergan
Irvine, CA
For more information on clinical rotation sites,
feel free to contact Rick Sylvies, PharmD, Director of Experiential Education at (909) 469-5267.
