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*Note on course proficiencies*

YEAR 2
SEMESTER II

PHARMACY PRACTICE IV
PHARMACY 5373

Course Description: Integration of the scientific principles of pharmaceutics and a practical knowledge of pharmacy applied to preparation, compounding, and dispensing of medications. Drug therapy counseling of prescription and non-presecription medication.

Cr. 3. (3-0).

Prerequisite: PHAR 5254, Pharmacy Practice III

Course Proficiencies: At the conclusion of PHAR 5373, Contemporary Pharmacy Practice IV, the student will be able to:

1. Describe the following:
   1. Specialized compounding skills/services and veterinary compounding
   2. Top 200 Oral Drugs in terms of brand, generic, indication, side effects, dosing, dosage forms, and patient counseling
   3. Top 71 IV drugs in terms of brand, generic, dosing, reconstitution, indication, side effects
   4. OTC medications commonly found in community pharmacies in terms of brand, generic, indication, side effects, dosing, length of use, and patient counseling
   5. Reading and writing in medical charts
   6. The process for creating a SOAP note
   7. The process for presenting a patient
   8. Billing for pharmaceutical care services
   9. Pumps used in ambulatory or institutional settings including PCA, infusion pumps, balloon pumps, etc.
   10. The issues surrounding the preparation of IV medication in regards to compatibility and stability
2. Describe therapy or treatment management concerning the patient presented utilizing:
   1. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
   2. ADR/DUE
   3. Care Plans
   4. Adherence
3. Describe social/economic/cultural issues related to patient care and pharmacy practice:
   1. Managed care and third party including history of third party prescription cards and how they are currently utilized in the community pharmacy
   2. Medication errors in terms of prevention, % attributable to pharmacy in dispensing errors, prescribing errors, errors in omission and comission
   3. Telemedicine
   4. Drug diversion and the pharmacist’s role in detecting forged prescriptions and procedures to follow if suspect diversion is taking place.
   5. Pharmaceutical care
   6. Insurance
   7. CQI, TQM, and PI
   8. Work flow and managing technicians
   9. Peer review of Pharmacist
   10. Care of the HIV patient
   11. Bioterrorism
   12. Importation of medications from outside the United States
4. Describe the basic laws and regulations necessary to operate and work in a Class A or Class C pharmacy including:
   1. generic substitution
   2. controlled substances
   3. labeling
   4. prescription writing
   5. dispensing
   6. HIPAA
5. Demonstrate problem solving abilities in the context of patient care
6. Complete various projects such as: interviewing pharmacists about their preferred OTC products, differentiating among a multiple of OTC products, and empathizing with a patient on the difficulty of choosing among OTC products.