Californias qualifying test for pharmacy practice is considered one of the most difficult in the country. Yet the (PharmD) Class of 2020 from the Keck Graduate Institute (窪蹋勛圖厙) is excelling on the California Practice Standards and Jurisprudence Examination for Pharmacists (CPJE).
Between October 2020 and April 2021, approximately 60.3 percent of those in the PharmD Class of 2020 who have taken the exam have passed. This ranks 窪蹋勛圖厙 fourth among the 13 pharmacy programs in California. The average CPJE pass rate for California is 50.9.
I am very proud of the hard work that faculty, students, and staff through this past year to enhance outcomes from our PharmD program, said , Dean of the 窪蹋勛圖厙 School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the Henry E. Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences. It has truly been a team effort.
The California State Board of Pharmacy has also reported the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) scores associated with any candidate who took the CPJE from October 2020 to March 2021.The 窪蹋勛圖厙 PharmD graduates achieved a NAPLEX pass rate of 92.3 percent, fourth among pharmacy programs in California and above the 88.4-percent average for California.
On May 15, 窪蹋勛圖厙 will celebrate its third and fourth graduating classes of the PharmD programthe Class of 2020 and 2021during the .
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