Pharmacy Practice and Administration 725
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30:725:104Pharmacy Convocations (1) Introduces basic concepts of the practice of pharmacy as a component of the health care system. Discusses the role of pharmacists and the goals and trends of pharmaceutical education and the career pathways available to pharmacists. Colaizzi and lecturers. Required for all first-year students. |
30:725.308Pharmacy Practice Management (3) Relates principles of management to pharmacy practice environments (such as community and home health care pharmacies, chain pharmacies, managed-care pharmacies, and hospitals and other institutional pharmacies). Pharmacy practice faculty |
30:725:320Introduction to Pharmaceutical Care (4) Provides fundamental understanding of functions, responsibilities, and outcomes of pharmacy practice in modern health and disease and a systematic inquiry into the role and nature of pharmacy practice in the health care system. Concept of pharmaceutical care emphasized as the underlying basis of pharmacy practice. Essential skills and pharmaceutical calculation acquired through self-study tutorials. Pharmaceutical nomenclature and medical terminology are emphasized. Colaizzi and pharmacy practice faculty. For third-year pharmacy students or students in their first professional year in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. |
30:725:330-331Introductory Practice Experience I,II (1,1) Provides students with their first structured exposure to professional practice and the provision of pharmaceutical care in representative ambulatory and acute-care settings. Students participate in pharmacy-based teaching sessions and college-based seminars. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: 30:725:320. |
30:725:340Principles of Pharmaceutical Economics (3) Provides an understanding of the economic aspects of pharmacy practice and the pharmaceutical industry within the context of the health care system. Explores the principles and applications of pharmacoeconomics and pharmacy practice and provides the techniques to measure outcomes and disease-state management. Suh and faculty. Prerequisites: Introductory economics and pharmacy management courses. |
30:725:415Poison Management and Drug Abuse (3) Provides understanding of the effects in clinical management in drug overdose, toxic exposure, and substance abuse. Didactic lectures and student-based case discussions. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: Completion of all earlier course work. |
30:725:421Current Issues in Pharmacy Practice (2) Presentation and discussion of current issues facing pharmacy practitioners. Varying methods of study used. Lec. 2 hrs. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
30:725:422Gerontological Pharmacy Practice (2) Topics concerning pharmacy practice and the elderly, including the psychosocial aspects of aging, legal issues and regulations, communication skills, common medical problems of the elderly, altered pharmacokinetics, OTC medications, and nutritional concerns. Wagner. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
30:725:423Medical Writing (2) Practical applications of technical writing required of pharmacists in the health care system; tools needed to meet demands and improve written communication skills. Hermes-DeSantis. Prerequisite: Third professional year or higher. |
30:725:424History of Pharmacy (2) Historical development, trends, and impact of pharmacy as a health care profession and a biomedical science from ancient to modern times. Colaizzi |
30:725:427Community Practice Management (2) Overview of opportunities and involvement in community pharmacy practice. Pharmacy practice faculty. Lec. 2 hrs. Prerequisite: First professional year standing. |
30:725:428Hospital Practice Management (2) Introduction to hospital pharmacy practice; presentation and discussion of services, functions, personnel, administration, and relation to other hospital departments. Field trips and projects. Pharmacy practice faculty. Lec. 2 hrs. Prerequisite: First professional year standing. |
30:725:429Industrial Practice Management (2) Steps and factors involved in discovery and development of new pharmaceuticals. Emphasis on organizational functions and interfaces. Lec. 2 hrs. Prerequisite: First professional year standing. |
30:725:460Cardiopulmonary Therapeutics (3) Overview of the pathophysiology in pharmacotherapeutics of common disorders of the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. Emphasis on application of pharmaceutical-care principles to cardiopulmonary disorders through a combination of didactic lectures, case study presentations, and assigned patient case write-ups. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: 30:725:320. Corequisite: 30:718:405. For fourth-year pharmacy students or students in their second professional year in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. |
30:725:470Essentials of Drug Information (3) Provides fundamental background for answering drug information requests and critically evaluating primary literature. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: Statistics. For fourth-year Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy students. |
30:725:475Infectious Disease Therapeutics (3) Introduces antibiotic, antifungal, and antiviral therapy. Case discussions incorporated for various disease states, with emphasis on drug interactions, adverse reactions, dosing, monitoring, and patient counseling. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: Completion of pretherapeutics courses. For fourth-year Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy students. |
30:725:480Intermediate Practice Experience (Ambulatory) (1) Provides intermediate-level structured experience in pharmacy practice settings in which pharmaceutical care is provided to patients in various types of community pharmacies and other community-based care settings such as HMOs, clinic pharmacies, home health care pharmacies, and other specialty practice sites. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: Introductory professional experience in pharmacy management. |
31:725:481Pediatric Pharmacy Practice (2) Introduction to the concepts of pharmacy practice as it relates to the expanding segment of pediatrics. Anley. Prerequisite: Third-year students or higher. |
30:725:483Adventures in Pharmacy Practice (2) Complement to the required Pharmacy Practice Management. Topics include contemporary subjects that have a direct impact on pharmacy practice. Subjects include automation, politics, ethics, customer satisfaction, "pharmacy practice in the news," and the future of pharmacy practice. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: First professional year or higher. |
30:725:484Women's Health Issues (2) Investigate, explore, and discuss issues important to women's health.
An in-depth presentation of the female reproductive system, along with
related diseases and disorders, is covered in addition to broad
coverage of other disorders prevalent in women. Jessen |
30:725:485Herbal and Alternative Medicine (2) Reviews the herbal/alternative medicine used to alleviate the common disease states. Topics include overview of the history of alternative medicine, in-depth analysis of the most popular herbs, and patient counseling for herbal use. Hermes-DeSantis |
30:725:495,496,497,498Problems in Pharmacy Practice and Administration (BA) Undergraduate research in pharmacy practice and/or administration. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. No more than two terms of Problems courses may be used to satisfy degree requirements. |
31:725:530Clinical Research Design (2) Delineates the principles of clinical research design, characteristics and types of clinical trials, selection and usage of statistical methods appropriate to various designs, and methods and issues related to outcomes assessment alongside clinical trials. Suh |
31:725:540Pharmacoeconomics (3) Principles and methods of pharmacoeconomics, measuring costs, identifying and valuing health outcomes, clinical decision analysis, incorporating health-related quality of life, time preference and sensitivity analyses, clinical trials, evaluation studies, applications and current issues, and critique of methods. Suh |
31:725:545Pharmacy Law and Bioethics (4) Provides understanding of the theoretical and applied aspects of pharmaceutical jurisprudence and ethics, as required for professional practice and licensure as a pharmacist. Cifaldi, Colaizzi, Kane. Prerequisites: 30:725:308 and 320. |
31:725:550Self-Care and Home Care (4) Provides opportunity to learn the concepts and acquire knowledge
required for the pharmacist's involvement in self-care and home care. Feudo and pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisites: 31: 725:570 and 585. |
31:725:555Clinical Pharmacokinetics (4) Introduction to advanced concepts in clinical pharmacokinetics, with emphasis on special patient populations and specific drugs. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: Completion of all earlier course work. For fifth-year students in the doctor of pharmacy program. |
31:725:560Clinical Immunology, Hematology, and Oncology Therapeutics (3) Provides understanding of the basic principles of immunology, hematology, and oncology and their application to clinical situations. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: Completion of all earlier required pretherapeutics courses. |
31:725:565Renal, Gastrointestinal, and Nutrition Therapeutics (3) Introduces pharmacotherapeutic concepts in renal, gastrointestinal, and nutrition patients. Case discussions. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: Completion of all earlier required course work. For fifth-year students in the doctor of pharmacy program. |
31:725:570Physical Assessment (2) Introduces various aspects of the physical examination to assist in monitoring response to pharmacotherapy and disease progression. Spooner and pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of all professional course work in the first four years of the curriculum. |
31:725:580Intermediate Practice Experience (Acute) (1) Intermediate-level structured experience in settings in which pharmaceutical care is provided to patients in various types of institutional settings, such as hospitals and long-term-care facilities. Pharmacy practice faculty. |
31:725:583Pharmaceutical Advertising and Promotion (2) Educates on the skills that pharmaceutical marketers will need to master to be successful. Provides an in-depth understanding of the development of pharmaceutical advertising, promotional pieces and messages. Also provides information on potential marketing career options in the pharmaceutical industry. Epstein |
31:725:584Managed Care Pharmacy Practice (2) Focuses on issues surrounding practice of pharmacy in a managed care environment, including cost, payment, and recognition of stakeholders. Discusses the impact of managed care on other pharmaceutical environments. Jan. Prerequisite: Third year student or higher. |
31:725:585Patient Communication/Monitoring/ Counseling I (2) Overview of the communication, patient monitoring, and patient counseling skills required to deliver pharmaceutical care in pharmacy practice settings. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: 30:725:480 or 31:725:580. |
31:725:587Patient Communication/Monitoring/ Counseling II (2) Continues to develop and refine interpersonal and interprofessional communicative and collaborative skills necessary to render pharmaceutical care. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: 31:725:585. |
31:725:590Endocrine Therapy and Special Patient Populations (3) Provides fundamental understanding of the diagnosis and therapeutic management of disease states and/or conditions unique to endocrine, pediatric, and geriatric population groups. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: Completion of all required pre- therapeutics courses. |
31:725:595Neuropsychiatric Therapeutics (3) Provides fundamental understanding of the pathophysiology and therapeutic treatment of selected neurologic and psychiatric disorders. Didactic lectures and small-group discussions. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: All course work preceding therapeutics modules. |
31:725:600Clinical Seminar (2) Provides instruction and experience, with seminar preparation and presentation. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all prior didactic course work. |
31:725:791 through 799Advanced Practice Experience Rotations (5) Pharmaceutical-care experience rotations conducted in the final professional year of the program. Sequence consists of seven, five-week rotations to include community-based pharmaceutical care experience, hospital-based pharmaceutical care experience, and general medicine practice experience. One elective practice experience can be selected from available sites and preceptors. Pharmacy practice faculty. Prerequisites: Successful completion of didactic course work and permission of instructor. |
