• PHARM 5121: Foundations PK & PD

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Basic principles of in-vivo drug kinetics (linear and non-linear); principles of bioavailability/bioequivalence; physiologic determinates of drug onset and duration; concepts of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion; the pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic interface; dosage regimen design; renal and hepatic clearance; using pharmacodynamics to estimate drug half-life and adjust dosages.
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• PHARM 5130: Foundations of Imm Path

  1.50 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course covers basic principles and mechanisms of disease including: principles of infectious disease; inflammation and repair; degeneration; hemodynamic disturbances; developmental disturbances; neoplasia; human immunity and the immune response, principles of antigen-antibody relationships; molecular biology of the immune response; genetic basis of antibody synthesis, development, function, and immunopathology.
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• PHARM 5140: Patient-Centered Care

  4.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course will introduce pharmacy students to fundamental patient care provided by pharmacists, providing the foundation for a career in patient-centered care. Students will learn skills that are uniquely suited to optimizing the use of medications and patient behaviors that promote health, wellness and disease prevention. This course will discuss pharmacy from a product-oriented profession, as well as a profession that harnesses knowledge and cognitive skills to provide patient care, advocacy and safety. Pharmacy students will gain understanding and experiences with a patient-centered approach to clinical care. This course will introduce three major categories of clinical pharmacy care: holistic care, pharmacy care skills, and health and wellness advising.
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• PHARM 5141: Community Practice

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Delivery of pharmaceutical services to community; didactic material and in depth case studies involving patient profiles, compliance, over-the-counter medications, prescription accessories, and patient counseling. Additional work required of PharmD students.
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• PHARM 5142: Foundations of Pharmacy

  4.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course will introduce pharmacy students to the legal, ethical, and risk management issues that are foundational in the practice of pharmacy. Course content will focus on statues, regulation, standards of practice, and case law. Students will also develop skills for ethical issue identification, critical reasoning and analysis. These skills will enable students to better integrate core principles of basic and clinical sciences within a balance of legal requirements, ethical rules, public policy, and societal interests.
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• PHARM 5143: Foundations of Pro Prac

  2.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course is a direct patient contact IPPE for PharmD students. Students select one of 6-8 diverse community-based human services agencies (arranged by the instructor) and a student partner with whom to work for the 15 weeks of the semester. In-class discussions and speakers require students to combine an observational evaluation of their experiences with assigned readings on the many aspects of providing and receiving service and medical care. Interactions with both companions and agency partners serve to raise issues relative to diversity, social awareness and civic responsibility, anchored to material from other PharmD courses that discuss the safety, economic, social and political aspects of health care provision from a patient-centered care perspective. Prerequisites: 1st year (P1) PharmD student.
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• PHARM 5144: Foundations Drug Info

  1.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Provides the foundations of drug information practice, including primary, secondary, and tertiary drug information resources; the systematic approach to inquiry; and introductory concepts in study design and biostatistics. Provides the foundation for the Drug Literature Evaluation series.
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• PHARM 5145: Skills Lab I

  0.50 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  The Pharmacy Practice Skills Lab series will emphasize the practice of foundational patient care skills while integrating knowledge learned in other courses with their practical applications in pharmacy practice. The primary skills emphasized during this longitudinal course include: patient physical assessment, medication history, patient interviews, medication counseling, SBARQ, and SOAP note writing. In PPSLI, the focused skills will include medication history, collecting subjective and objective information, and general physical assessment.
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• PHARM 5146: Skills Lab II

  0.50 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  The Pharmacy Practice Skills Lab series will emphasize the practice of foundational patient care skills while integrating knowledge learned in other courses with their practical applications in pharmacy practice. The primary skills emphasized during this longitudinal course include: patient physical assessment, medication history, patient interviews, medication counseling, SBARQ, and SOAP note writing. In PPSLII, the focused skills will include general physical assessment and patient interviewing.
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• PHARM 5150: Recitation

  1.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This recitation course will provide active learning sessions in which students in the P1 Fall Semester improve their understanding of the foundational material being taught in the P1 curriculum and begin learning how to apply this foundational knowledge to the practice of pharmacy. Recitations will further facilitate the development of students' professionalism, including professional communication skills, and evidence-based approaches to pharmaceutical care.
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