2014-2015 Graduate Academic Catalog

Page 56 2014–15 Graduate and Adult Programs Academic Catalog Graduate-Level Course Descriptions PHAR-6274 – PHAR-7321 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)