PHPR 5121 - Pharmacy Practice Skills Lab II

1 Credit(s)

This is the second in a sequence of courses in which students will apply content from the integrated pharmacotherapy sequence and develop important, necessary skills to become a patient-centered care giver and medication-use manager. This course will emphasize principles of effective pharmacist-patient oral communication and introduce and emphasize principles of written pharmacist-patient communication and oral and written pharmacist-provider communication. Student pharmacists will perform medication and medical histories, assess and resolve medication-related problems and communicate brief, clear, patient- and provider-specific educational messages related to medications, medication administration, disease-state management, self-care and healthy behaviors. Students will build on their introductory skills in prescription processing and dispensing, be introduced to patient assessment and patient education on disease state management and medication administration, and practice communicating with patients and providers in both written and oral communication activities. Additionally, students will be introduced to sterile compounding and medication safety concepts.

Prerequisite(s): PHRC 4124L with a C- or better.
Corequisite(s): PHAR 5121 and PHAR 5131.