2015-2016 Graduate Academic Catalog

Page 56 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.