1. NEED: The need for medical practitioners in the Central Valley is expected to rapidly climb. A pharmacy degree offers unique areas of specialization and limitless career growth potential.

2. DIVERSITY: The Central Valley is incredibly diverse, with individuals who come from widely disparate areas of the globe. Building cultural competency in the valley, for the valley will lead to increased opportunities for pharmaceutical training.  You’ll get experience that you can use anywhere, in any setting.

3. SAVINGS: Our innovative three-year block program, plus additional unique incentives will accelerate your professional education and result in significantly reduced education costs as compared to 4-year programs. And most importantly, you will start your career sooner.

4. EXCELLENCE: We are committed to academic excellence in pharmaceutical education and plan to offer unique areas of focus, including psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy.

5. OPPORTUNITY: We’re located in an underserved area of the nation that offers opportunities to positively impact the health outcomes of an increasingly diverse US population; our location offers quick access to major medical and research centers.

6. LOCATION: If you are living in the Central Valley already, you will be able to remain close to your family and friends and can potentially avoid additional education costs associated with relocating, travel expenses, and other direct costs.

7. COMMUNITY: Our board and advisory council are connected to the community. They come from diverse backgrounds and cultures, so they are keenly aware of local needs and student issues.

8. RESEARCH: As a result of its many features, Fresno is widely known to be a national test market, which can lead to opportunities in pharmaceutical research and retail practices.

9. ACADEMICS: With a rich academic experience and opportunities for so many real-world experiences, we’ll provide much more than core curriculum and standard clinical rotations.

10. LINKAGES: CCSP will be located along the California High Speed Rail corridor, offering students access to clerkships up and down the Central Valley and beyond.

UNIQUENESS

CCSP will differentiate itself from other Doctor of Pharmacy programs by reaching local students in several ways:

· outreach and retention of local students, with a focus on building cultural competency;

· innovative three-year block program;

· collaboration with area institutions of higher education to create unique opportunities, including fast-tracking undergraduate and pharmacy education;

· focus on clinical advantage; you will learn the textbook version but you will gain in-house, hands-on, top-notch live application in medical institutions;

· commitment to pharmaceutical research including diseases of global significance and psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy.

CCSP will provide a rich academic environment that goes beyond the core curriculum and standard clinical rotations. Topics of local, regional, national and international importance to the practice of pharmacy will be presented, discussed and debated by the students, faculty and visiting lecturers.  The focus will not only be on facilitating graduating student success on board exams, but on fostering an authentic commitment to learning and using the skills of the pharmacist to innovate the global infrastructure of healthcare delivery and focus directly on patient outcomes.