Choose a career that helps people live healthier lives
The Duquesne University School of Pharmacy hosts a one-day summer camp for high school students and current college students thinking about transferring to explore pharmacy and the many career paths a Doctor of Pharmacy opens. Camp participants arrive in the morning and are done with all activities–including a free lunch–and a "graduation ceremony" later that afternoon.
At Pharmacy Exploration Day, parents will drop off their student in the morning then pick them up at the end of the day. We have a designated area for drop-off/pick-up on bluff street behind Mellon Hall of Science and Bayer Learning Center. View our campus map for more details. Students who drive on their own or parents who choose to stay on campus for the day will need to park in the Forbes Avenue Garage. Daily Parking Rates apply.
Interact with current students
Participate in a variety of hands-on activities similar to what our student pharmacists do, and, as a bonus, they'll be your leaders throughout the day. They'll be able to answer all your questions and give you a firsthand account of what it's like being a student pharmacist at Duquesne University.
Pharmacy Exploration Day runs from 8:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m. Please arrive between 7:45 - 8:00 am to allow for time to sign-in and get to the first station of the day. Pickup is at 4pm at the same area where students were dropped off at behind Mellon Hall on Bluff Street.
Register for our 2024 Pharmacy Exploration Day
Please register for only one day as registration is limited.
Can't make it to campus? Join us for Virtual Pharmacy Exploration Day!
Attending Pharmacy Exploration Day helped me decide to study pharmacy and attend
Duquesne. Faculty and counselors were very welcoming and open to discuss any questions
or concerns I had. I gained insight into the role of a pharmacist and learned the
benefits of attending Duquesne, including the Direct Entry Admission Plan.
One of our faculty members will demonstrate the state-of-the-art SimMan patient simulators
in the Giant Eagle Center for Pharmacy Practice. SimMan is able to simulate various
issues like irregular heartbeat, asthma attack, flu symptoms and much more. See how point of care testing can be a component of an innovative patient care model.
Our faculty will explain and demonstrate tests to show you first-hand how pharmacists
determine if a patient needs to take the next steps with additional testing for additional
patient care. In one of the School of Pharmacy's labs, School of Pharmacy teaching assistants will
explain compounding techniques and you can watch them create a "compound." We must act quickly! Your patient has been involved in an accident. It's up to you
to organize the information and determine which medication is most appropriate, all
while managing the other tasks that get thrown your way! Drug delivery research presented in a TED talk-like format discussing the basic science
of using nanoparticles for drug delivery using the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA
vaccines as a clinical example of the potential for nanoparticles to save millions
of lives during a global pandemic. Explore the beautiful, park-like Duquesne University campus during a scavenger hunt
where you'll learn a little bit of Duquesne and School of Pharmacy history, and find
the most popular spots on the Bluff!
Hands-On Activities
Featured content
SimMan Patient Simulation Demonstration
Point-Of-Care Testing & Monitoring
Pharmacy Compounding Techniques
Mock Emergency Room Scenario
Nanoparticles & Nanomedicine Presentation
Campus Scavenger Hunt
Questions About Pharmacy Exploration Day?
Jason Stack, Ed.D., MBA
