PHARMACOTHERAPY IV

PHMPRAC 678

Addresses practical issues surrounding the optimization of medication use in the treatment of patients with cancer. Practical solutions to the everyday challenges of providing exceptional clinical oncology care in a safe, fiscally responsible manner to optimize clinical outcomes of patients with cancer. Included subjects range across clinical, operational, and practice management issues that affect oncology pharmacy practice. These subjects include: pharmacogenomics, cell therapies, oncology research, survivorship, oral chemotherapy management, hazardous drug handling, value of cancer care, specialty pharmacy and Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) processes, and transitions of care. Although focused on oncology patients, offers practical exposure to issues confronting the care of patients with other types of diseases.

PHMPRAC 654

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. The course will focus on building complex problem solving skills including the integration of patient and provider communication, documentation, and evaluation of integrated patient cases with a secondary focus on patient profile reviews and comprehensive medication review and assessment.

PHMPRAC 555

Clinical application of medications in the management of various neurologic and psychiatric disease states. Assessment and therapeutic monitoring of drug therapy with emphasis on the concepts of drug selection, monitoring of drug effect and titration of regimen. Also incorporates issues regarding pharmacokinetics/dynamics, drug interactions, pharmacy practice, and patient education.

PHMPRAC 655

Clinical application of medications in the management of various disease states. Assessment and therapeutic monitoring of disease states and drug therapy using the concepts of pharmacokinetics/dynamics, drug interactions, pharmacy practice and patient counseling. Topics include various renal, endocrine, gastrointestinal, rheumatologic and immunologic disease therapeutics.

PHMPRAC 556

Clinical application of medications in the management of various disease states. Assessment and therapeutic monitoring of disease states and drug therapy using the concepts of pharmacokinetics/dynamics, drug interactions, pharmacy practice and patient counseling. Topics include cardiovascular and pulmonary therapeutics.