2016-2017 Graduate Academic Catalog

Page 63 2016–17 Graduate Academic Catalog 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)