PHPR 4112 - Pharmacy Practice Skills Lab I

1 Credit(s)

In the first of a sequence of 5 Skills Lab courses, student pharmacists will incorporate and apply content from the Introduction to Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process, (IPC) Self-Care/Derm, Pharmacy Calculations, Pharmaceutics, Information Mastery I and the Immunization Certification program to develop important skills to become a patient-centered caregiver and medication use manager. Students will take on the pharmacist role in prescription processing including identifying, preventing, and resolving common prescription processing errors. This course will also introduce and emphasize principles of effective pharmacist-patient oral communication. Student pharmacists will perform brief medication histories, resolve dispensing-related problems, and communicate clear, patient-specific educational messages related to medications and self-care.

Prerequisite(s): PHIM 4110.
Corequisite(s): MGMT 4100, PHAR 4110, PHAR 4101, PHRC 4123 and the Immunization Certificate Program.
Restriction(s): Professional Year 1 status.