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A “First Class” welcome!
The University of Waterloo is pleased to welcome the first 92 students to Canada’s newest pharmacy program. Women make up about 60% of enrolment, and 40% of all students already hold a degree. The students are now deeply immersed in courses including physiology, pharmaceutics, professional practice, communication skills, metabolism, and computing for pharmacists.
The University of Waterloo offers one of only two co-op pharmacy programs in North America, and students will embark on their first co-op terms in September 2008. More than 800 potential employers have already expressed interest in hiring pharmacy students.
Pictured here is the White Coat Ceremony that took place on January 9th. The ceremony, which welcomes students to the profession, is a tradition in pharmacy and medicine. The white lab coat is symbolic of the tremendous responsibility that pharmacists hold as health care providers, and the ceremony marks their commitment to ethics and integrity. Speakers at the White Coat Ceremony included representatives from the University of Waterloo, the Ontario Pharmacists' Association, the Ontario College of Pharmacists, and the Region of Waterloo Pharmacists' Association.
The application window for the next class closed on January 31, 2008. Students interested in applying to the program in 2009 should visit www.pharmacy.uwaterloo.ca/prospective. Up to 120 students are accepted each year.
There’s much more to come about the new School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo. Next month, read about the School’s co-op program, one of only two in North America.