View our EdD Early Childhood specialization completion requirements
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
- Core courses (50 cr.)
- Capstone (10 cr.)
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
Courses
In the EdD Early Childhood Education specialization, you’ll build skills and progress toward your final capstone project in every course.
Disclaimers: Walden students have up to 8 years to complete their doctoral program unless they petition for an extension.
In general, students are continuously registered in the dissertation/doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the dissertation/doctoral study course shell.
To complete a doctoral dissertation, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee, the University Research Reviewer, and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the Chief Academic Officer. Students must also publish their dissertation on ProQuest before their degree is conferred. Learn more about the dissertation process in the Dissertation Guidebook.
For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-937-8785.
Courses
PhD completion program courses help you return to doctoral work, match with an advisor, and stay on track to finishing your dissertation.
Disclaimers: Walden students have up to 8 years to complete their doctoral program unless they petition for an extension.
In general, students are continuously registered in the dissertation/doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the dissertation/doctoral study course shell.
To complete a doctoral dissertation, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee, the University Research Reviewer, and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the Chief Academic Officer. Students must also publish their dissertation on ProQuest before their degree is conferred. Learn more about the dissertation process in the Dissertation Guidebook.
For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-937-8785.
Courses
Develop the skills and confidence you need to tackle complex managerial challenges, contribute new knowledge, or teach at the graduate level.
Courses
Develop the skills and confidence needed for complex managerial challenges and research with Walden’s ACBSP-accredited PhD program.
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My name is Dr. Earle Reome BS, PharmD, BCPS. I am a clinical pharmacist in practice for the past 22 years. I earned my BS in Pharmacy from Union University in 2001. I began my career working in Connecticut with CVS/Pharmacy in July 2001 moving to the Southern Tier of New York state (above the PA boarder- think Scranton and go north) in November 2002. I quickly transitioned from retail pharmacy to hospital inpatient clinical pharmacy in early 2003 working within the behavioral health population at a teaching hospital. In August of 2005 (almost a year after my son, Adam was born), I began my distance learning education through the University of Colorado Skagg's School of Pharmacy earning my PharmD in July 2011. During my years with UC, I worked on and earned my board certification as a pharmacotherapy specialist (BCPS). In September 2022, I moved to North Carolina and currently work as a clinical Pharmacist at a teaching hospital. My interests are specific to Schizophrenia, HIV, and infectious disease (it is an eclectic smattering). I conduct research at my practice site specific to Schizophrenia. I have been published in Mental Health Clinician (September 2016) that pertained to my teams work with the use of long-acting injectable antipsychotics. I am a preceptor for both pharmacy students and pharmacy residents. I have provided lecturers to organizational Nursing staff (both RN and GN) in the field of psychiatry and medications. I also have provided lectures to medical residents in the field of HIV and behavioral health. I have sat on residency advisory committees, psychiatry department committees, and antibiotic stewardship committees throughout my career. Outside of my employer, I am a peer reviewer for two pharmacy journals: Mental Health Clinician, and Clinical Therapeutics. I work with legal groups in the state of Pennsylvania and New York providing expert witness testimony and have worked with Binghamton University School of Pharmacy, Wilke's University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skagg's School of Pharmacy, and, currently, with UNC Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy and High Point university. As you can see, I like to stay busy.
BS, Union University- Albany College of Pharmacy
PharmD, University of Colorado
American Society of Health-System Pharmacist 2015, , 2006
Reome, E. J., Davis, P. E., Chou, F. (2016). Impact on length of stay and readmission rates when converting oral to long-acting injectable antipsychotics in schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Mental Health Clinician
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