All credit-by-challenge submissions must be prereviewed by the NTPD office before the submissions are sent through the formal review process to receive a final grade. Students will e-mail their challenge submissions to the NTPD office to have their challenge prereviewed. The NTPD office will inform students if any formatting revisions are needed. If no revisions are needed, students will be instructed to mail three hardbound copies of their challenge to the NTPD office at the address listed below.
Mailing Address
Nontraditional PharmD Program
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Building
12850 E. Montview Blvd., Room V20-1116
Aurora, CO 80045
Mail Stop (C238-V20)
After the NTPD office receives the three hardbound copies of the student’s challenge, the office will submit the challenge to two independent reviewers, who are clinical practitioners in the rotation category being challenged. Each reviewer will assess the challenge by using the outcomes the student would be graded on if the student completed a 200-hour rotation.
The reviewers will each provide a challenge grade recommendation. The NTPD office will submit both reviewers’ grade recommendations to the NTPD credit-by-challenge subcommittee, who will determine the final grade that will appear on the student’s academic transcript. Students may receive full credit, half credit or no credit for their challenge submissions. Finally, students will receive an official letter from the NTPD office notifying them of their final challenge grades.
It may take as long as six months for a student’s challenge to go through the formal review process and to receive a final grade. Therefore, students should complete their rotation and challenge planning calls soon after admission into the NTPD program, so they can plan accordingly when preparing their challenge submissions.
Students should review the credit-by-challenge documents found in the Resources section to learn more about the credit-by-challenge deadlines, guidelines and review process.