{"id":29128,"date":"2026-02-19T14:02:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=29128"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:05:01","slug":"marshall-university-school-of-pharmacy-becomes-first-in-nation-to-achieve-100-mpje-pass-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/marshall-university-school-of-pharmacy-becomes-first-in-nation-to-achieve-100-mpje-pass-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall University School of Pharmacy becomes first in nation to achieve 100% MPJE pass rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Marshall University School of Pharmacy has achieved a historic milestone, becoming the first school of pharmacy in the nation to record a 100% pass rate on the 2025 West Virginia Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJE).\u00a0 The achievement underscores the exceptional quality of pharmacy education in West Virginia and highlights the readiness of Marshall graduates to meet the health care needs of communities across the state and beyond<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur recent 100% pass rate on the West Virginia MPJE is a testament to the hard work and resilience of our students along with the dedication of our faculty and staff,\u201d said Dr. Eric Blough, dean and professor of pharmaceutical sciences. \u201cThis achievement reflects the School of Pharmacy\u2019s unwavering commitment to preparing practice-ready pharmacists who are not only clinically competent, but also deeply grounded in the laws and standards that protect the health of West Virginians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The accomplishment reflects a deliberate and innovative approach to teaching pharmacy law, led by Dr. Tiffany Davis, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, Administration, and Research. Rather than teaching law as a standalone subject, the curriculum has been reorganized from a pharmacist\u2019s perspective and integrated directly into clinical instruction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t just a number \u2014 it\u2019s the result of a deliberate reimagining of how we teach pharmacy law,\u201d Davis said. \u201cLaw isn\u2019t taught in isolation. It\u2019s woven into the practice of pharmacy. Students learn controlled substance regulations alongside pain management and emergency medication provisions alongside clinical content. We are preparing pharmacists who are ready to serve their communities from day one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davis added that the goal was to make pharmacy law practical, relevant and accessible. \u201cWhen the law makes sense and feels less like a courtroom and more like a Tuesday afternoon in the pharmacy, students succeed,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nThat real-world emphasis is reinforced throughout the program, according to Dr. Brittany Riley, chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, Administration, and Research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 100% MPJE pass rate is a result of our Pharmacy Practice faculty showing how pharmacy law is used on an everyday basis,\u201d Riley said. \u201cThis approach makes the laws more real, more memorable and directly applicable to patient care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marshall University School of Pharmacy has achieved a historic milestone, becoming the first school of pharmacy in the nation to record a 100% pass rate on the 2025 West Virginia Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJE).\u00a0 The achievement underscores the exceptional quality of pharmacy education in West Virginia and highlights the readiness of Marshall graduates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-releases","category-school-of-pharmacy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29128"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29130,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29128\/revisions\/29130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}