Health-System Pharmacy Practice Clerkship (728-742)
6 Credits
The 742 Health-systems Pharmacy Practice experience emphasizes pharmacy management, distributive functions, safety and quality, and professional development and how these efforts support clinical practice.
A pharmacist utilizes their professional judgement to ensure the safe and appropriate use of drugs by patients while working with members of the health care team. A pharmacist practicing in a hospital/health system pharmacy practice setting needs to possess competencies in areas including pharmacy systems, medication safety and quality, clinical applications, and professional practice. For those that aspire to this type of role this will provide good exposure. For everyone this course fosters the development of these professional competencies by requiring a practice based experience in systems management, dispensing and administrative functions that help those in entry-level practice appreciate the complexities of the health system.
Role of the Clincial Instructor. Your instructor may be content experts for some but not all of the areas addressed in the Health-systems Pharmacy Practice Experience. They may be a coordinator/facilitator in connecting students with the institution’s personnel who would be more knowledgeable/better suited to mentor students on a specific subject/content area and assess the student’s competency in that area. For example, meeting with the procurement officer for the pharmacy department or meeting with a pharmacy department manager to discuss human resources topics, etc. The instructor of record would be responsible for recording the scores earned by the student. The breadth of topics covered in this rotation lends itself well to team teaching.