Third of a five-part course sequence which integrates the pathophysiology and therapeutics of diseases. The focus is on drug therapy and applied pharmacokinetics of common and acute conditions in areas such as women's health and pediatrics among others. Class time is devoted to discussion and a laboratory. A team based interactive approach to teaching is an essential part of the course series. Since class time is devoted to discussion and a lab, it is essential that students come prepared for class. Outside classroom assignments will be an essential component of the course.

Prerequisites: Completion of Pharmacy 602

Terms: Winter

This course is designed to introduce students to ambulatory care pharmacy practice and enhance pharmacy skills learned earlier in the program through hands-on experience, including patient assessment, drug therapy assessment, patient case presentations, and communicating with other health care professionals. Seven weeks (4.5 hours per week) of supervised experience.

Prerequisites: Second year Doctor of Pharmacy students

Terms: Fall/Winter

This is an introductory course in research methods and proposal writing. The course is designed to give students experience in hypothesis and specific aims development and an overview of scientific study design. The course objectives will be accomplished through didactic lecture and small group and individual assignments. Ultimately, each student will write a brief research proposal that follows a similar format to the PharmD Investigations proposal. In addition, students will present their research idea to peers in a poster/abstract format.

Terms: Winter

This course is taught and assessed to establish best practices in health-system pharmacy and is designed to develop tomorrow's practitioners and leaders in health-system pharmacy practice. Class discussions and laboratory assignments will provide active learning opportunities for students to practice health-system skills and techniques.

Prerequisites: Second Year PharmD Students

Terms: Winter

This course teaches students how to further develop their leadership skills and lead change within the pharmacy profession post-graduation. Students work on skills critical for leading teams, learn strategies for developing mentor relationships, network with adjunct faculty and alumni, and explore topics such as self-awareness, conflict management and handling difficult conversations.

Prerequisites: Second and third year PharmD students only.

Terms: Winter

This course will provide an overview of managed care pharmacy and delve into the various roles and responsibilities that pharmacists can have within a managed care setting. Experts within the specialties of this field will educate students on what their specialty entails and students will help supplement this session with a student-led topic discussion. Students will also be required to complete a monograph for an assigned drug similar to the process used for a Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee meeting.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of the first year of the PharmD program

Terms: Fall

This course will offer introductory concepts to cancer care including survivorship, the patient experience, supportive care management including internal medicine application and the multidisciplinary approach to problem solving and patient care. A few initial complex patient cases will be a common thread throughout the course to apply knowledge gained each class.

Terms: Fall

In this multidisciplinary course students will design their own clinical trial by being part of a T0-T3 translational research team. Topics covered include trial design, ethical issues, managing the study team, study conduct, IRB and regulatory practice, protecting and respecting participants, managing data and data safety, and communicating findings.

Prerequisites: Statistics or Biostatistics, and prior or concurrent enrollment in Pharmacy 614 or Pharmacology 640

Terms: Winter

In this multidisciplinary course students will design their own clinical trial by being part of a T0-T3 translational research team. Topics covered include trial design, ethical issues, managing the study team, study conduct, IRB and regulatory practice, protecting and respecting participants, managing data and data safety, and communicating findings.

Prerequisites: Statistics or Biostatistics, and prior or concurrent enrollment in Pharmacy 614 or Pharmacology 640

Terms: Winter

In this multidisciplinary course students will design their own clinical trial by being part of a T0-T3 translational research team. Topics covered include trial design, ethical issues, managing the study team, study conduct, IRB and regulatory practice, protecting and respecting participants, managing data and data safety, and communicating findings.

Prerequisites: Statistics or Biostatistics, and prior or concurrent enrollment in Pharmacy 614 or Pharmacology 640

Terms: Winter

Introduction into the specialty of emergency medicine pharmacotherapy. Sessions will include broadly curated topics, disease states and patient cases with an emphasis on the critical thinking skills and perspective(s) unique to emergency medicine and the unique roles of the emergency medicine pharmacist (EMP).

Prerequisites: Pharmacy Professional Students

Terms: Fall

This course provides disease-oriented, pharmacy-oriented insight into the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and rational drug treatment of diseases primarily encountered in the pediatric age group. Emphasis is on the pharmacist's role in selecting drug products, individualizing dosages, and monitoring patients.

Prerequisites: Second and third year PharmD students or permission of instructor

Terms: Fall

The focus of this course is on drug therapy and applied pharamcokinetics of common and acute conditions related to mental health, nephrology, and infectious diseases. The role of evidence based medicine in regard to therapeutic decisions is emphasized and builds upon basic biological, pharmacological and pharmaceutical sciences. Developing pharmaceutical care plans that build skills on recommending therapy, evaluating and monitoring the efficacy and safety of medications for individual patients is also emphasized.

Prerequisites: Completion of Pharmacy 612

Terms: Fall

This course is designed to enhance the pharmacy skills learned earlier in the program by providing hands-on experience dispensing medications, conducting drug therapy assessments, counseling patients about prescription medications, communicating with other health care practitioners, and completing special written projects or presentations. Eight hours per week of supervised supervised experiences in the hospital pharmacy setting.

Prerequisites: Third Year PharmD Students

Terms: Fall/Winter

This course builds on the principles and skills taught in Pharmacy 604 regarding evidence based medicine. These skills and principles include drug information and literature evaluation, developing search strategies and critically evaluating scientific literature, applying the evidence in clinical practice, and exploring principals of ethics and ethical dilemmas that present challenges to the clinical practitioner.

Prerequisites: Third Year PharmD Students

Terms: Fall

The purpose of this course is to introduce concepts of effectiveness of pharmaceuticals to professional pharmacy students. The evaluation of effectiveness includes introduction of diverse topics such as drug utilization evaluation, pharmacoepdemiology, patient reported outcomes, medication error reduction, pharmaceutical policy/procedure development,health disparities, pharmacoeconomics, medication use-related database evaluation and basic concepts of Public health.

Prerequisites: Third Year PharmD Students

Terms: Fall

The third course in a series of professional development courses, following Pharmacy 511 and Pharmacy 611.

Prerequisites: Third Year PharmD Students

Terms: Winter

The last in a sequence of courses that integrate the pathophysiology and therapeutics of diseases. The focus is on drug therapy and applied pharmacokinetics of common and acute conditions related to oncology, rheumatology, hepatology, cardiology and others. The class includes discussion sesssions and a laboratory. A team-based, interactive approach to teaching is an essential part of the course series. Since class time is devoted to discussion and a lab, it is essential that students come prepared for class. Outside classroom assignments are an essential component of the course.

Prerequisites: Pharmacy 702

Terms: Winter

This course builds upon the skills learned earlier in the program. It facilitates the development of pharmaceutical care skills through students' participation in patient care initiatives that contribute to the role of pharmacists in health care. Emphasis is on developing these skills: patient data collection, medication assessment, pharmaceutical care plans involving evidence-based recommendations, chart notes, and written, interpersonal and interprofessional communication skills. Four hours of direct patient care experience per week.

Prerequisites: Third Year PharmD Students

Terms: Fall/Winter

This inter-professional course is designed for students in: dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and social work. The course allows health professional students to gain an understanding of how each discipline contributes to the healthcare team and the importance of effective communication and team collaboration to clinical decision making.

Terms: Winter