PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCES III

PHMPRAC 426

Designed to introduce student pharmacists to many aspects of pharmacy practice. Participate in a wide-variety of activities to expose them to the role of the pharmacist and the many patient care opportunities that exist in and out of the community pharmacy practice setting. Observe pharmacists in a community pharmacy. Gain a broad understanding of the pharmacist's public health role. Actively participate in assigned teams in a longitudinal experience with an assigned older adult in the community. All of these experiences will be guided by a modified continuing professional development framework (prepare, plan, do, reflect).

PHMPRAC 653

Learn and build upon pharmacotherapeutic skills necessary to develop competence as a pharmacist to assume the responsibility to improve therapeutic patient outcomes related to medication use. Skills will include patient and healthcare provider communication, identification and resolution of drug related problems, documentation, and complex problem solving skills.

PHMPRAC 526

The second experience of a three-year Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPEs) sequence. Provides opportunities to integrate learning from prior didactic courses such as The Role of the Pharmacist in the Public Health System, Managing Pharmacy Systems for Patient Care, current pharmacotherapy courses, and a previous community IPPE, into observation and discussion of the provision of patient care. Participate in a wide-variety of activities to expose them to the role of the pharmacist and patient care opportunities that exist in and out of the pharmacy practice setting. Focus on the provision of care in an institutional setting along with a variety of pharmacy practice settings which fall under an elective category. Continued exposure to the Pharmacist Patient Care Process (PPCP), which is a framework for providing patient care in a pharmacy practice setting.

PHMPRAC 760

Experiential course that integrates prior course work in pharmacotherapy, pathophysiology, and drug literature evaluation into the provision of pharmaceutical care to ambulatory patients. Students will conduct patient interviews and assessments, provide drug information to patients and health professionals, and monitor drug therapy in ambulatory settings.

PHMPRAC 626

Integrates didactic learning with active participation in a wide-variety of patient-care activities under the supervision of a pharmacist preceptor including medication reconciliation, patient consultation, complex medication reviews, documentation, therapeutic drug monitoring and calculations. Continued exposure to the Pharmacist Patient Care Process (PPCP), which is a framework for providing patient care in a pharmacy practice setting.