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2014–15 Graduate and Adult Programs Academic Catalog
Graduate-Level Course Descriptions
PHAR-6273 – PHAR-7321
PHAR-6273
1 hour
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience III
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPE-III) in the
second year of the professional curriculum is designed to provide
opportunities for students to practice technical pharmacy skills
in institutional settings and learn about pharmacy management
as well as clinical and distributive functions. Students will
demonstrate core practice skills: communication, calculations,
ethics, medication safety, managing resources, wellness, health
promotion, technology, informatics, and critical thinking. Students
in IPPE-III will meet for 12 weeks throughout the semester, totaling
48 contact hours. Prerequisite: P2 in good standing.
PHAR-6274
1 hour
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience IV
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPE-IV) in the
second year of the professional curriculum is designed to provide
opportunities for students to practice technical pharmacy skills
in institutional settings and learn about pharmacy management
as well as clinical and distributive functions. Students will
demonstrate core practice skills: communication, calculations,
ethics, medication safety, managing resources, wellness, health
promotion, technology, informatics, and critical thinking. Students
in IPPE-IV will meet with an assigned preceptor for a four hour
period each week for 12 weeks throughout the semester, totaling
48 contact hours. Prerequisite: P2 in good standing
PHAR-6280 Health Behaviors and Beliefs
2 hours
This course provides a reinforcement of concepts addressed in
PHAR-6110, 6112, 6121 regarding patient health behaviors and
cultural health beliefs. In the first half of the semester, students will
examine the theories explaining health behaviors and complete
in-class activities utilizing the theories to influence health behavior
change. In the second half of the semester, students will examine
health beliefs in cultures around the world and the implications of
these beliefs with regard to modern medicine and pharmacy. The
students will apply this knowledge and devise patient care plans
that integrate health beliefs. Prerequisites: P1 in good standing in
the School of Pharmacy.
PHAR-6281
2 hours
Chemical Dependency and the Pharmacist
This course will provide discussion and exploration on the
disease of chemical dependency and the profession of pharmacy.
Students will be provided information in such areas as the
concepts of addiction, risk factors, signs and symptoms of
impairment, emotional states during and after the active disease
states, withdrawal symptoms as a detriment to recovery, treatment
programs, pharmacy board actions, recovery networks and
retuning to practice. Prerequisites: P1 in good standing in the
School of Pharmacy.
PHAR-6282
2 hours
Biologics and Monoclonal Antibody Therapies
This course provides a reinforcement of concepts addressed
in PHAR-6131 and 6133 regarding the increased numbers of
biologic/antibody therapies in clinical trials and those nearing FDA
approval. In the first half of the semester, students will explore
the details and insights of antibody molecules and how they are
made and “humanized” and delivered as therapies. In the second
half of the semester, students will master the therapeutic antibody
categories and preferred agents for various disease indications.
The students will visit an upstart antibody company in Columbus,
Ohio and see firsthand the scale of the manufacturing side of
biologics and antibodies. Prerequisite: P1 in good standing in the
School of Pharmacy.
PHAR-7310 Biomedical Informatics
2 hours
This course is designed to familiarize students with the
application of computer technologies and information science
in biomedicine and health science. Through a combination of
lectures and hands-on computer exercises, students will be
introduced to the conceptual and technical components of
biomedical informatics. The conceptual components will include
principles of database design, human-computer interfaces,
medical terminologies and coding systems, medical decision
analysis methods, clinical information systems architectures, and
methods for measuring costs and benefits in health care systems.
The technical components will include use of the Internet for
biomedical applications, current and emerging wide area network
technologies, use of literature and molecular sequence databases,
and systems for telemedicine. Prerequisites: PHAR-6110
Introduction to Pharmacy Practice; PHAR-6111 Research Design
and Methodology; PHAR-6150 Drug Information and Informatics;
PHAR-6171 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience I; PHAR-
6172 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience II; PHAR-6250
Applied Biomedical Module; PHAR-6260 Patient Care and
Safety; PHAR-6273 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience
III.
PHAR-7311
2 hours
Community Pharmacy Management Seminar
Building on the overviews presented in PHAR-7353 Leadership
and Business Module, this seminar course will focus on
developing the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively
and successfully manage the business of community pharmacy.
Students will actively address a number of issues related to the
entrepreneurial, financial, human resource, legal, operational,
customer service and professional aspects of owning/operating a
fictitious independent community pharmacy located in a mid-sized
community in the Midwest. Prerequisites: PHAR-6110 Introduction
to Pharmacy Practice; PHAR-6112 Introduction to Self Care;
PHAR-6171 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience I: PHAR-
6172 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience II; PHAR-6260
Patient Care and Safety; PHAR-6273 Introductory Pharmacy
Practice Experience III; PHAR-6274 Introductory Pharmacy
Practice Experience IV; PHAR-7353 Leadership and Business
Module.
PHAR-7312 Topics in International Pharmacy
2 hours
This course will engage students in discussions relating
to global pharmaceutical issues and international practices
of pharmacy. This will be facilitated via readings, web-based
resources, guest faculty presenters, and student presentations.
Prerequisites: good standing in P2 or P3 year in the School of
Pharmacy. (odd years)
PHAR-7321 Pain Management
2 hours
This course will provide an in-depth, case-based, problem-
solving approach to pain management in patients with both acute
and chronic pain. Students will be guided by a faculty facilitator
through various types of complex pain patients. Students will
develop a working knowledge of opioid dosing and titration,
adjuvant medications, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and
non-pharmacologoic therapy. Students will be provided with a
list of resources to assist them in their application of therapeutic
principles to pain patients. The content of this course will be
significantly more in-depth than the core curriculum requirements
of pain management. Prerequisites: good standing in P2 or P3
year in the School of Pharmacy. (odd years)
