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2.00 Credits
The concept of health care teamwork is not new but also not well-understood. The purpose of this course is to provide a framework for optimizing teamwork in health care. Examples of how team conflicts can be minimized or avoided will be discussed. In addition, the impact of culture on pharmaceutical care and teamwork will also be discussed, stressing the importance of recognizing potential differences between individuals.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will learn about research methods and biostatistics necessary for the critical evaluation of medical literature. Students will be exposed to descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, probability, Type I and Type II errors, bias and confounding, sample size and statistical power, absolute and relative risk, intention-to-treat analyses, number needed to treat and confidence intervals. Students will learn how to critically evaluate medical literature and recognize errors in study design or statistical methodology and determine the internal and external validity of published research trials. Pre: PHPP 508 (Biostatistics).
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7.00 Credits
This is the first course in a sequence of four courses. Pathophysiology, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology and therapeutics will be integrated into one discipline in this course that will examine pharmacotherapy based on organ systems of the body. Students will learn to blend their factual knowledge of basic sciences and apply this knowledge to drug treatment of specific disorders in disparate patients. Beginning in this course the pharmacotherapy of all major diseases states covered by organ system.
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7.00 Credits
Continuation of the medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, pathophysiology and therapeutic use of drugs which was started in Integrated Therapeutics I. An integrated approach to the following topics will be covered: gastrointestinal, genitourinary, endocrine, renal, and pulmonary diseases.
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7.00 Credits
Continuation of pharmacotherapy of disease states by organ systems which was started in PHPP 515, Integrated Therapeutics I, and continues in PHPP 516, Integrated Therapeutics II. An integrated approach to the following topics will be covered: disease states associated with the endocrine and central nervous systems.
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7.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of PHPP 515, 516, and 517. It will cover the topics of infectious disease and oncology in an integrated fashion.
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1.00 Credits
The American healthcare payment system is comprised of a variety of payers and participants. Payers for healthcare services are private insurers, employer groups, Medicare and Medicaid. Other participants in the system are hospitals, government hospitals such as the VA system, staff model HMO's, and individual/corporate healthcare providers. This course will examine the unique roll of each participant as well as the current dynamics of these inter-relationships, and the sustainability of such a system in the current financial/healthcare crisis.
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3.00 Credits
The evolution of the practice of pharmacy has led to pharmacists facing an overwhelming number of legal issues. In addition to the standard coverage of the FD&C Act, the Controlled Substances Act and regulations of the Federal Trade Commission, this course will help student understand legal issues such as HIPAA privacy issues in the pharmacy, electronic prescribing, medication error reporting, professional liability insurance and Medicaid/Medicare issues. Current and past cases in the law will be used as practical examples of these concepts. In addition, students will participate in discussions and debates of ethical issues facing pharmacists in today's health care environment.
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3.00 Credits
This course will consist of workshop and case presentations to incorporate physical assessment skills and multi-disease state cases. Students will work in large and small sized groups to review patient cases and present in the SOAP format. This course will be the capstone course for the Pharmacy Practice curriculum before the Advanced Pharmacy Experiential rotations and will emphasize critical thinking and evaluation for multi-disease state patient cases as well as patient education.
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3.00 Credits
Regardless of the practice setting, pharmacists are called upon to be managers of people, finances and business. Most of the didactic education focuses on the basic sciences and clinical practice. The goal of this course is to teach students management principles and skills universal to all management scenarios. Students will practice skills necessary for time management organization, business planning, operations management, people management, and quality control. The course section on finance will include financial statements and analysis budgeting, 3rd party payer considerations, inventory management and labor costs. Discussion of marketing theory and application will be included.
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