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5113  Profession of Pharmacy Lab (2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Must be enrolled in PCTH 5112. This lab will focus on patient counseling and education. Students will be taught basic information on assessment, patient interviewing skills, and counseling using the top 100 drugs prescribed and the top major drug interactions. Students will be given both simulated and actual experiences to practice and build their skills. Actual experiences will be done at the Senior Centers and community pharmacies. Students will go to the same community pharmacy throughout the semester. Both the lab experiences and the community pharmacy?s experiences will have a variety of assignments.

5114  Social Foundations of Pharmacy Practice (2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Profession of pharmacy, its position and purpose in the health care system, and its responsibility to patients discussed from both sociological and anthropological perspectives.

5115  Introduction to Pharmacy Information Systems and Ancillary Information Technology (2) Prerequisite: Open to 1st year Pharm.D. students only.
   This course introduces professional pharmacy and graduate students to important components, practices and developments in Information Technology. This experience will provide students a foundation of technological skills and knowledge of information system sin the practice of pharmacy and the wider view of health systems in general. This course will also have a laboratory requirement.

5122  Drug Literature Evaluation I (2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Fundamental basis of statistical inference, randomization, sampling, and analysis of data with an emphasis on the design and analysis of clinical trials. Epidemiologic-study design and data resources.

5123  Pharmacy Management (2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Applications to pharmaceutical manufacturer, wholesaler, and professional pharmacy practice.

5124  Community Agency Practicum (3) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.

5213  Drug Literatue Evaluation II (4) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive & Communication/Writing.
   Introduction to drug information systems, drug literature evaluation, drug study design, and biostatistics; experience in receipt and response to actual drug information questions.

5222  Therapeutics I (5) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Introduction to pathophysiology of disease states and their treatment with drugs.

5226  Pharmaceutical Compounding & Drug Delivery Systems (3) Prerequisite: PHCEU 5215. Co-requisite: PHCEU 5225 and Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Principles and techniques of prescription compounding, record keeping, and patient counseling. This course requires registration for a lab section.

5230  Self Directed Service-Learning Elective (1 to 2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Continuation of independent service-learning related to the field of pharmacy in an area that focuses on the interest of the individual student utilizing developing drug and health information abilities. These experiences can be with the current agency or another agency who have needs that the student can meet.

5640  Continuing Pharmaceutical Education (2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Minimum of 30 contact hours in approved continuing education programs required as orientation to lifetime professional learning.

5641  Introduction to Nuclear Pharmacy and Nuclear Medicine (2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Fundamental principles of production, control, distribution, and use of radiopharmaceuticals.

5644  Diabetes Camp (2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Field experience with children who have diabetes. Students learn drug and nondrug aspects of diabetic care.

5645  Cancer Camp (2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Field experience with children who have cancer. Drug and nondrug aspects of care.

5646  Asthma Camp (2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Field experience with children who have asthma. Drug and nondrug aspects of care.

5950  Special Problems in Pharmacy Practice (1 to 4) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Conferences, library, and practice-site work

6890  Journal Club in Pharmacotherapy Outcomes (1) Prerequisite: Must be accepted into Graduate Program.
   Reports from current Pharmacotherapy Outcomes and related literature.

6891  Research Seminar (1) Prerequisite: Must be accepted into Graduate Program.
   Seminar on personal research or assigned literature surveys.

6895  Survey of Hospital Pharmacy (2) Prerequisite: Enrolled in MS Pharmacotherapy Management Track.
   This is a practice based course designed to expose the student to a variety of different practice settings and philosophies. Students will spend a full day in four different hospital pharmacy organizations and will be responsible for conducting a survey utilizing the attached survey tool from ASHP. Students will be expected to provide a critical evaluation of the organizational structure, operations, education, research and patient care activities of each pharmacy. Students will prepare a detailed report on each pharmacy surveyed and will present their findings to faculty. Students will be able to discuss strengths and weaknesses of each program. Students will also be expected to provide suggestions and a plan for improvement for each organization.

6960  Special Problems in Pharmacotherapy (1 to 3) Prerequisite: Must be accepted into Graduate Program.
   Independent Study as requested by graduate student.

6970  Thesis Research: Masters (3 to 12) Prerequisite: Must be accepted into Graduate Program.

6980  Faculty Consultation: Masters (3) Prerequisite: Must be accepted into Graduate Program.

7100  Clinical Pharmacy Seminar (1) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Seminars in pathophysiology, drug therapy of specific disease states, and other topics relevant to clinical practice.

7123  Pharmacy Management (2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Applications to pharmaceutical manufacturer, wholesaler, and professional pharmacy practice. Applications to hospital, managed care, retail and staff management in professional pharmacy practice.

7150  Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Elective (2)
   After the completion of this course, the student should be able to describe how the following terms pertain to the pharmacotherapy outcomes movement. Outcomes research: the scientific design, data collection and analysis of the end results of therapy. Outcomes management: a systematic approach to measure and analyze patient outcomes with the goal of improving the effectiveness and quality of care for a specific patient population. Outcomes measurement: quantitative results of individual patient treatment as part of routine clinical practice in order to assess indicators of care.

7200  Clinical Seminar II (2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Seminars in pathophysiology, drug therapy of specific disease states, and other topics relevant to clinical practice.

7201  Herbal Medications (2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   General principles of natural products chemistry and herbal medicines. Meets with MD CH 5612.

7312  Disease and Drug Therapy III (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Continuation of PCTH 5222.

7313  Pharmacy Law and Ethics (3) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Federal, state, and local pharmacy regulations and laws.

7314  Community Practice (3) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   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.

7315  Clinical Toxicology (2) Prerequisite: PCTH 7222.
   Meets with PCTH 5315. At the end of the course the student should be able to: Identify the necessary pieces of information to analyze a poisoning, describe the services of the Poison Control Center and the role it plays in the practice of pharmacy, understand the principles involved in the general approach to the poisoned patient, describe the toxicology mechanism of action for each of the agents discussed, describe the typical presentation following a poisoning with each specific agent, and outline a specific management plan for each of the agents discussed. This course will integrate knowledge of pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, pharmacokinetics and therapeutics. This course is intended to provide a foundation for future pharmacists in all practice settings to recognize the toxicological manifestations of unintentional or intentional misuse of drugs, to assess the potential severity of an exposure and to understand the principles involved in the management of a poisoned patient. This course will provide the student with an overview of the clinical manifestations, assessment tools and treatment of common drugs, chemicals and biologic agents.

7321  Introduction to Clinical Clerkship (3) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Introduction to clinical clerkships. Fundamentals of reviewing patient medical records, establishing patient data base, constructing drug-therapy problem list, designing and recommending pharmacist's care plan, and monitoring care plan.

7322  Therapeutic III (5) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Pathophysiology of disease states and their treatment with drugs.

7325  Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics (2) Cross listed as PCTH 7540. Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Application of principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics to the individualization of pharmacotherapy.

7340  Patient-Centered Pharmaceutical Care (3) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Introduction to philosophy, knowledge and skills needed to successfully practice pharmaceutical care.

7341  Problems in Pharmacotherapy (3) Prerequisite: Completion of Advanced Therapeutics.
   This course seeks to build upon the baseline knowledge of the Advanced Therapeutic Sequence by moving beyond single disease state management to more realistic multiple disease state therapeutics in an interactive, problem-based team learning environment.

7401  Core Community Clerkship (4) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.

7402  Core Institutional Clerkship (4) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.

7403  Adult Medicine Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clinical clerkship: drugs in management of disease states seen in an in-patient adult internal-medicine practice.

7404  Adult Medicine Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clinical clerkship: drugs in management of disease states seen in an in-patient adult internal-medicine practice.

7405  Adult Medicine Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clinical clerkship: drugs in management of disease states seen in an in-patient adult internal medicine practice.

7406  Adult Medicine Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clinical clerkship: drugs in management of disease states seen in an in-patient adult internal-medicine practice.

7407  Adult Medicine Clerkship - Vernal (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Adult medicine clerkship based in various sites across Utah. Students will obtain medication histories, develop appropriate assessments and plans and learn to read a medical chart.

7408  Adult Medicine Clerkship - Beaver (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced Clinical clerkship: drugs in management of disease states seen in an in-patient adult internal-medicine practice.

7409  Adult Medicine Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.

7410  Drug Information Service Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clerkship in Drug Information Center. Comprehensive drug information service.

7411  Management of Poisonings Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clinical clerkship. Management of poisoned patients.

7430  Advanced Pharmacy Law Seminar (2)
   This course will be designed to: (i) provide students with an in depth exploration of contemporary legal issues that affect the practice of pharmacy and pharmaceuticals and (ii) provide non-lawyers with skills necessary for identifying, researching, and analyzing pharmacy legal issues. This course should be particularly helpful for students who anticipate or desire taking professional positions in areas of clinical pharmacy, pharmacy management or administration, or managed care. The course will consist of seminars on various topics that are chosen by students and, when opportunities are available, may provide students with legal experiences such as observing court hearings, depositions, trials, and the like.

7434  Palliative Care: An Interdisciplinary Approach (2) Prerequisites: Restricted to 3rd and 4th year students.
   The course provides students with an interdisciplinary (e.g., medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and ethics) discourse on the provision of pain and symptom control for patients with life limiting disease. The course will focus on attitudes, knowledge, and skills for different providers and on interdisciplinary teaching to navigate the complexities of care required by people facing the end-of-life transition.

7436  Ethical Dilemmas in Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   This course will introduce pharmacy practice students (P2/P3) and graduate students in the College of Pharmacy to complex bioethics issues. This course will focus on pharmacy related bioethics issues. Students will be instructed in developing skills for bioethics issue identification, logical reasoning and analysis. Issue identification, logical reasoning and analysis skills will enable students to better integrate core principles of ethics, pharmaceutical science and Pharmacotherapy within a balance of legal rules, public policy and societal interests.

7447  Outreach Poison Prevention Education Elective (1 to 2)
   The primary purpose of the elective is to provide students tools and the experience to provide outreach education programs to a variety of audiences. It is our hope that after graduation, students will continue to provide poison prevention education in the community in which they practice. The Utah Poison Control Center provides outreach poison prevention education to at risk groups in the community. Outreach education efforts are directed to parents of children under six years of age, pre-school students, and older adults. Focus of outreach efforts includes minority groups and other disadvantaged groups. Examples of programs include presentations at Horizonte House, participation in the Junior League Care Fair, JEDI Woman?s group and many other programs.

7449  Smoking Cessation Elective (2) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   The purpose of this course is to involve pharmacy students in the improvement of community health through anti-tobacco initiatives as established by the Utah Department of Health, the American Academy of Family Physicians. Students will participate by giving 10 presentations at local elementary schools. This course is intended for and restricted to 1st and 2nd year pharmacy students. Third and fourth year students may be allowed to participate upon approval of the course master and/or associate dean for academic.

7450  Diabetes Management (3) Prerequisite: P4 student-must have completed therapeutics diabetes module.
   Students will obtain a foundation to provide diabetes care and management. Based on a series of modules, students will review the pharmacological treatment as well as medical nutrition therapy, exercise therapy, and other aspects of care.

7500  Psychiatry Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clinical clerkship: drugs in the management of psychiatric and associated neurological disorders.

7501  Surgery Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clinical clerkship: drugs in the care of surgical patients.

7502  Cardiology Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced specialty clinical clerkship: drugs in the care of cardiology patients.

7503  Critical Care Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced specialty clinical clerkship. Drugs in the care of critical care patients.

7504  Critical Care Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced specialty clinical clerkship. Drugs in the care of critical care patients.

7505  Geriatric Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced specialty clinical clerkship. Drugs in the care of geriatric patients.

7506  Pain Medicine & Palliative Care Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced specialty clinical clerkship. Drugs in the care of hematology/oncology patients.

7507  Hematology/Oncology Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced specialty clinical clerkship. Drugs in the care of hematology/oncology patients.

7508  Neurosurgery Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced specialty clinical clerkship. Drugs in the care of neurosurgery patients.

7509  Medical Informatics Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced specialty clerkship. Use of hospital information systems.

7510  Ambulatory Care Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student and prior approval of instructor.
   Advanced clinical clerkship. Drug management of chronic disease and counseling for outpatients.

7511  Ambulatory Care Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clinical clerkship. Drug management of chronic disease and counseling for outpatients.

7513  Neonatology Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced-specialty clinical clerkship. Drugs in the care of neonatal patients.

7514  Pediatric Critical Care Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced-specialty clinical clerkship. Drugs in the care of pediatric critical-care patients.

7515  Infectious Disease Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced-specialty clinical clerkship. Drugs in the care of infectious-disease patients.

7517  Rehabilitation Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced-subspecialty clinical clerkship. Pharmacological and psychological applications of physical medicine and rehabilitation.

7518  Nephrology Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced-specialty clinical clerkship. Drugs in the care of nephrology patients.

7519  Neurology Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced-specialty clinical clerkship. Drugs in the care of neurology patients.

7520  Addiction Medicine Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced-specialty clinical clerkship. Management of drug and alcohol withdrawal.

7521  Pain Management Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced-specialty clinical clerkship. Drugs in the management of patients with acute pain.

7522  Nuclear Pharmacy Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Elective clerkship in nuclear pharmacy practice

7524  Clinical Management Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clinical clerkship in pharmacy management.

7525  Surgical Intensive Care Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.

7526  Ambulatory Neuroscience Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.

7527  Bone Marrow Transplantation Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.

7528  Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   For a short time, the student will be a part of a health-care team comprised of professionals with a common goal of providing optimal care for the patient. This clerkship will allow the student to become involved in caring for delicate patients in an immunocompromised setting.

7529  Psychiatric Ambulatory Care Clinical Clerkship Elective (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Clinical clerkship with emphasis on the use and limitation of drugs employed in out-patients with mental illness.

7531  Clerkship-Clinical Pharmacy in the Pharmaceutical Industry (6) Prerequisite: 2nd year Pharm.d. Student Status.
   Advanced specialty clinical clerkship. Unique role and diverse services of the pharmaceutical industry clinical pharmacist.

7532  Investigational Drug Service Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.

7533  Clerkship-Solid Organ Transplantation (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced specialty clinical clerkship. Drugs in the care of solid organ transplantation patients.

7534  Indian Health Service Adult Medicine Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clerkship (clinical) in drugs management of disease states seen in Indian Health Service adult medicine patients.

7535  Advanced International Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Clerkship designed to compare and contrast the structure of the pharmaceutical profession and the healthcare system in England compared with that of North America, with the ability to critically compare the two.

7536  Indian Health Service Ambulatory Care Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clinical clerkship. Drug management of chronic disease and counseling for Indian Health Service outpatients.

7537  Administrative Management Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clerkship in organizational structure and operational issues related to administrative pharmacy management.

7538  Outcomes Research/Pharmacoeconomics Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Students will learn about pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research including the difference between the two. We will discuss how outcomes research data differs from clinical trial data including how data is collected and the limitations of each type of research.

7539  Retail Pharmacy Management Clerkship (6)

7540  Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics (2) Cross listed as PCTH 7325. Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Application of principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics to the individualization of pharmacotherapy.

7541  Positron Emission Tomography Radiopharmaceutical Manufacturing (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced elective clerkship in the manufacturing of radiopharmaceuticals.

7542  Clinical Management Clerkship (RxAmerica) (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clerkship in Clinical Management. This will include, but not be limited to, organizational structure, P&T Committees, interconnection between formulary design and benefit design, PBM interventions, participate in the measurement of current clinical interventions, discuss PBM issues as they relate to key stakeholders, and improve verbal and written communication skills through active participation in projects.

7545  Nutraceutical Industry Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   At the completion of this clerkship, the student should be able to: Explain market trends and the generation of new product ideas; Describe safety and efficacy considerations in new product development; Follow the sourcing of raw materials, understand vendor certificates of analysis, and recognize the importance of the company's quality assurance process; Describe how pilot production parameters are applied to full-scale manufacturing of various dosage forms and how quality assurance procedures apply to all phases of production; Explain "Good Manufacturing Practices" and how they are used in the nutraceutical industry to satisfy FDA requirements; Explain the different regulatory requirements depending on the product and the country where it will be sold; Describe the role of the pharmacist in the nutraceutical industry.

7550  Anticoagulation Service Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.

7601  Advanced Community Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   An advanced core community clerkship for doctor of pharmacy students who have completed the core community clerkship.

7602  Advanced Institutional Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   An advanced core institutional clerkship for doctor of pharmacy students who have completed the core institutional clerkship.

7603  Home Health Care Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Participate in home infusion therapy, manufacture IV admixtures, total parenteral nutrition formulas, other parenteral preparations in compliance with facility.

7604  Long Term Care Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Compare and contrast consultant vs distributives roles of the pharmacist in the long term care facility, explain the standards of care for a long term facility.

7640  Advanced Clinical Toxicology (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Didactic course work in clinical toxicology; practical experience in the Poison Control Center and clinical clerkship in the management of poisoned patients.

7857  Pregnancy Risk Line Clerkship (6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Advanced clinical clerkship. Use of drugs in high risk pregnancies.

7950  Independent Study (1 to 6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Selected topics in clinical pharmacy.

7970  Clinical Research: Pharm.D. (1 to 6) Prerequisite: Professional Pharmacy Student.
   Independent-research project meeting approval of student's research advisory committee and College Pharm.D. Committee.