Course Description
Introduction to essential clinical, professional, and practice- based skills needed to provide pharmacy care.
Athena Title
Essentials of Pharmacy Prac II
Prerequisite
PHRM 3030 and PHRM 3300 and PHRM 3900
Corequisite
PHRM 3820
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
• List the components that comprise a legal prescription label. • Explain legal and regulatory requirements for and ethical considerations when transferring possession of drug products to the health care consumer. • For commonly prescribed drugs, identify the components of information required in a complete drug order or prescription. • Determine the appropriateness of a drug order or prescription’s dose, dosage form, route of administration, and frequency of administration. • Use effective patient counseling skills when providing information on dispensed products. • Observe legal principles and regulatory requirements in the practice of pharmacy. • Distinguish between the concept of a law and the concept of a regulation. • Describe the types of information recorded in a patient’s chart or profile. • For commonly prescribed drugs, identify accurate information that should appear in a complete drug order or prescription. • List drug products that require inclusion of patient package insert and/or other drug information. • State legal requirements for receiving or transferring prescriptions or drug orders via telephone or facsimile. • Describe ethical principles related to drug dispensing and apply ethical principles to patient care activities. • Describe the general operation of various pharmacy settings. • Identify situations in which legal requirements are either unclear or are in conflict with ethical pharmacy practice. • Use common medical terminology and abbreviations correctly. • Use appropriate resources to identify the indications for a prescribed drug. • Use basic Spanish phrases in the community pharmacy. • Determine the completeness and accuracy of information in a drug order or prescription. • Use a knowledge of sterile technique to prepare sterile dosage forms or delivery systems. • Explain the principles of sterile technique. • Explain the procedure for preparing sterile products. • Integrate ethical principles into one’s professional conduct. • Discuss the ethical and professional principles that govern the practice of pharmacy. • Adhere to established times for classes, laboratories, clerkships, and meetings. • Display professional behavior toward faculty, staff, peers, patients, and other health professionals in the classroom, laboratory, and clinical settings. • Modify behavior to interact effectively in classroom, laboratory, and clinical settings. • Modify behavior to communicate effectively with faculty, staff, peers, patients, and other health professionals. • Demonstrate confidence in actions and communications. • Show regard for persons in authority in classroom, laboratory, and clinical settings. • Demonstrate dependability to carry out assignments. • Demonstrate punctuality in academic and professional environments. • Maintain a professional appearance when representing the College of Pharmacy. • Comply with federal, state, University, College of Pharmacy, and institutional requirements regarding confidentiality of information. • Produce quality work in academic and professional settings. • Demonstrate self-direction in completing assignments. • Use physical examination techniques to: locate and assess a radial and pedal pulse and measure blood pressure (using automatic and manual devices). • Demonstrate the use of point of care testing (CLIA). • Create appropriate documentation of pharmacy care activities, including charting and SOAP notes. • Describe nutritional products. • Assess patient diet (dietary assessment). • Demonstrate proper techniques for preparing therapeutically effective and pharmaceutically elegant dosage forms.
Topical Outline
Practice skills, including medication administration, legal requirements of a prescription order, prescription order entry, labeling, communication with physician, patient counseling, adherence issues, and asceptic technique. Also addresses medical terminology, JCPP Patient Care process, and Medicare Part D. Professional responsibilities, including Ethics, Continuing Professional Development.
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