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2016–17 Graduate Academic Catalog
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Graduate-Level Course Descriptions
PHAR-6287 – PHAR-7321
PHAR-6287 Medical Quackery
2 hours
This course will examine both historical and current
examples of quackery, focusing on the rhetoric used to promote
pseudomedicine. The course will explore the history of quackery,
the rhetoric used to promote it, how to search the literature
for evidence for and against potential quackery, and how to
communicate with both healthcare professionals and patients
regarding potential quackery.
Prerequisites: P2 in good standing
or by permission of the instructor.
PHAR-6288 Telehealth in Vulnerable Populations
2 hours
This course will provide students with thorough understanding
and views of Telehealth as a component of the health care system
in developed and underdeveloped (developing) countries. The
course is designed to enhance students’ knowledge in the new
area of informatics in our health care system. Emphasis will be
placed on how best to effectively integrate such programs in
developing countries and underserved areas for patient care. The
course will consist of didactic sessions, debate presentations of
viewpoints, book review, and reflections. A variety of pedagogical
methods and activities will be invited as guest lecturers. Field trips
may be incorporated.
Prerequisites: P2 in good standing. (Fall odd
years)
PHAR-6289 Critical Care
2 hours
This course prepares the student to manage therapy of patients
in a critical care setting. The course will focus on topics and
medications found primarily in critical care practice. Reinforcement
of principles such as management of hypertension, diabetes, and
pain will be addressed with a specific focus on patients who are
critically ill. Specialty practice areas such as trauma, medical/
surgical intensive care, and neurocritical care will be reviewed.
Prerequisite: P2 standing.
PHAR-6290 Managed Care
2 hours
This course is designed to provide learners with enhanced
education on managed care topics. Emphasis is placed on the
pharmacists’ role in population health management of patients
within a managed care organization.
Prerequisite: P2 standing or
approval of instructor.
PHAR-6291
2 hours
Tropical Medicine and International Health
This course will examine commonly occurring parasitic
infections that are encountered in the tropical countries of the
world. This course will explore the different diseases and potential
treatment paradigm for such diseases, and the impact of such
diseases on the health and socioeconomic status of developing
countries. The course will also address some of the major classes
of drugs and non-pharmacological agents that are effective
remedies in treating these diseases. In addition, the course will
provide background on the role of the pharmacist in the delivery
of care to patients in a developing world setting.
Prerequisite: P2
standing.
PHAR-6295 Post Graduate Training Seminar
2 hours
This elective course is designed to help prepare Pharm.D.
students with the skills and knowledge necessary to pursue post-
graduate training and certification opportunities. Emphasis will
be placed on the development of a comprehensive professional
development plan that includes (at minimum) personal goal
setting, self-assessment, employment search strategies, a
curriculum vitae, and a letter of intent. Students will also be
provided with opportunities to improve both their professional
presentation skills and their interviewing skills. In-class discussion
and student reflection will also focus on the role of God in our
career paths.
Prerequisite: P2 standing.
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)