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2015–16 Graduate and Adult Programs Academic Catalog
Graduate-Level Course Descriptions
PHAR-6900 – PHAR-7346
PHAR-6900 Independent Study
2 hours
Research or scholarship designed to give the qualified student
the opportunity to complete an original investigation or pursue
an area of interest not covered in the existing required or elective
Pharm.D. curriculum The independent study topic and project
outline must have prior approval by the assigned faculty member.
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 Community Introductory Pharmacy Practice
Experience I; PHAR-6172 Community Introductory Pharmacy
Practice Experience II; PHAR-6250 Applied Biomedical Module;
PHAR-6260 Patient Care and Safety; PHAR-6273 Institutional
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience I.
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 Community Introductory Pharmacy
Practice Experience I: PHAR-6172 Community Introductory
Pharmacy Practice Experience II; PHAR-6260 Patient Care and
Safety; PHAR-6273 Institutional Introductory Pharmacy Practice
Experience I; 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)
PHAR-7331 Industrial Pharmacy
2 hours
This course will discuss fundamental principles of Good
Manufacturing Practice (GMP) in the pharmaceutical industry.
The course will introduce the GMP principles and approaches
for active pharmaceutical ingredients, excipients and finished
pharmaceuticals that are applicable in day-to-day operations
of the industry. In addition, the course will also study the
history, the science, and the laws behind GMP that ensure
high-quality operation and maintenance of a pharmaceutical
industry.
Prerequisites: good standing in P1 and P2 year in
the School of Pharmacy; PHAR-6130 Medicinal Biochemistry;
PHAR-6131 Pharmaceutical Sciences I; PHAR-6132
Pharmaceutical Sciences II; PHAR-6134 Pharmacokinetics and
Biopharmaceutics
PHAR-7332 Perinatal Pharmacology
2 hours
This course uses an in-depth discussion of recent research on
controversial or cutting-edge topics in perinatal pharmacology. The
course discussions will equip the students with critical thinking
skills necessary to articulate the pharmacological basis for treating
the pregnant women and their babies during prenatal, neonatal,
and postnatal stages of development by applying the basic
concepts in developmental biology and neonatology.
Prerequisite;
completion of the P1 and P2 year of the School of Pharmacy or
by approval of the instructor.
PHAR-7342 Law and Legal Affairs
3 hours
This course will introduce students to the U.S. legal system,
and specifically the systems by which laws and rules related to
the practice of pharmacy are created/promulgated, including
the bodies of regulators responsible for such activities (e.g.,
federal and state legislatures, state boards of pharmacy, DEA,
FDA). The course will subsequently focus on the laws and rules
governing the practice of pharmacy in the state of Ohio as a guide
to understanding the same across the nation. Case law will be
used to demonstrate the tensions and limitations of current laws
and rules in the context of contemporary practice, particularly
considering ethical dilemmas in pharmacy practice.
Prerequisites:
P3 in good standing in the School of Pharmacy; PHAR-6110
Introduction to Pharmacy Practice; PHAR-6112 Introduction to
Self Care; PHAR-6121 Pharmacy Practice Lab I; PHAR-6122
Pharmacy Practice Lab II; PHAR-6150 Drug Information and
Informatics; PHAR-6171 Community Introductory Pharmacy
Practice Experience I: PHAR-6172 Community Introductory
Pharmacy Practice Experience II; PHAR-6273 Institutional
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience I; PHAR-6274
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience IV.
PHAR-7346 Bioethics
3 hours
This course will explore the philosophical and theological
foundations for professional, biomedical, and clinical ethics. Using
case studies on different issues like contraception, abortion,
euthanasia, personhood, and research ethics, this course will
discuss and analyze them from different worldviews and contrast
them with a biblical worldview.
Prerequisites: good standing
in P2 year in the School of Pharmacy; PHAR-6130 Medicinal
Biochemistry; PHAR-6131 Pharmaceutical Sciences I; PHAR-
6132 Pharmaceutical Sciences II; PHAR-6134 Pharmacokinetics
and Biopharmaceutics; PHAR-6250 Applied Biomedical
Sciences Module.