Pharmacy
Pharmacists are experts in the science of medications and the art of medication therapy. Pharmaceutical care encompasses the full range of pharmacist’s skills, knowledge and abilities in providing medication services to patients.
The principal goal of pharmaceutical care is to achieve definite outcomes from medication use which improves patients’ quality of life. These outcomes include: 1) cure of a disease; 2) elimination or reduction of symptoms; 3) arresting or slowing a disease process; 4) prevention of disease; 5) diagnosis of disease; and 6) desired alterations in physiological processes, all with minimal risk to patients.
Application Guide
Learn more about the admission criteria for most pharmacy programs.
Michigan Pharmacy School Prerequisites
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Application Cycle Data
View average admissions data for the 2022-2023 application cycle, including number of applications received, average GPA and PCAT scores, and programs MSU graduates were accepted to.
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