PHARMACY IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

PHMPRAC 610

Designed to expose students to personal leadership qualities essential to operate efficiently within an integrated health care delivery system and advance the profession and practice of pharmacy. Students will gain a foundation to become future pharmacy leaders through an understanding of pharmacy's continual evolution in the changing health care environment.

S&APHM 514

Introduces concepts and principles related to managing pharmacy operations and systems for patient care, and managing financial aspects of pharmacies.

PHMPRAC 742

Integrates prior didactic course work into the provision of care and the development and delivery of services for hospitalized patients. Exposure to the five pillars of the medication use system (prescribing, transcribing, dispensing, administering, monitoring), plus procurement/storage along with the hospital services and processes that support them. Includes exposure to hospital-based services/programs/committees such as investigational drugs, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, quality/performance improvement (MUE), technologies, and personnel management. Exposure to best-practices, regulatory, legal, and accreditation standards/requirements that influence the quality and delivery of care to hospitalized patients.

S&APHM 414

Introduction to psychosocial and behavioral aspects of pharmacy practice and patient care, including professional, ethical decision-making; the pharmacist's role in patient care and public health; patient perspectives and factors related to health and medication use; and patient-pharmacist interaction and communication.

S&APHM 716

Various components necessary to become an accomplished administrator of a pharmacy department in a hospital or organized health care setting.