Acute Pharmaceutical Care Clerkship (728-740)
6 Credits
The principles of the 740 course are rooted in the provision of direct patient care and experiencing the role of the pharmacist as a key member of team-based/interprofessional care of the hospitalized patient. A pharmacist utilizes their professional judgement to ensure the safe and appropriate use of drugs by patients. This concept can be termed pharmaceutical care, patient-centered care, medication therapy management, and more recently the Pharmacist’s Patient Care Process. The goals are to optimize the benefits patients receive from their medication regimen and minimize medication-related problems. This course fosters the development of this professional competence by exposing students to a practice-based experience that relies on their sound academic background in the basic and clinical sciences. The learners are patient oriented and integrated in contemporary hospital practice.
The care of hospitalized patients allows for daily implementation of the Pharmacist’s Patient Care Process (PPCP). The learner will use their knowledge of drugs and diseases including the best available evidence for drug use, critical thinking skills, organization, priority setting, and effective communication to evaluate and apply PPCP.
