Required Experiential Learning Courses

PHPC 510—Introduction to Professional Practice I (1)
PHPC 520—Introduction to Professional Practice II (1)
These courses introduce students to the professional practice of pharmacy through practice laboratory exercises, a focus workshop, and experiential learning assignments. Career options are explored in traditional community and institutional practices and a differentiated practice site. These courses also facilitate the initial integration of information and skills learned at the School with pharmacy practice at experiential learning sites, and set the expectations for professionalism throughout experiential learning courses. (Register for PHPC 520 spring semester, first year)

PHPC 562—Longitudinal Care II (1)
Longitudinal Care II is completed from September to May during the third professional year, concurrent with the Integrated Science and Therapeutics (ISAT) sequence. Students learn how to identify and assess pharmaceutical care problems and to develop and implement pharmaceutical care plans in collaboration with their preceptors and other health care professionals. Skills already developed in Longitudinal Care I are reinforced and further refined in Longitudinal Care II. Concepts and knowledge acquired in the third year Integrated Sciences and Therapeutics course are applied and reinforced. When applicable, students practice previously learned basic physical assessment skills as part of their data collection. (Register spring semester, third year)

PHPC 570—Safe Medication Order Processing in Community Pharmacy (3)
PHPC 571—Safe Medication Order Processing in Institutional Pharmacy (3)
PHPC 570 Community and PHPC 571 Institutional are professional practice experiences which target the inter-related elements of safe medication order processing, drug distribution, patient interaction, supervision of pharmacy technicians, use of technology, and practice administration/personnel management. In both the community and institutional setting, under the supervision of clinical faculty, students will be challenged to develop skill, competence, and efficiency in processing medication orders for distribution to and safe use by patients. This course can be completed the summer after the second year, the winter of the third year, or the summer after the third year. If taken during the summer after the second year or summer after the third year, register for appropriate fall semester. If taken during the winter of the third year, register for spring semester.

PHPC 572—Community Pharmaceutical Care (3)
PHPC 573—Institutional Pharmaceutical Care (3)
PHPC 574—General Pharmaceutical Care (3)
Training in this series of professional practice rotations is designed for the student to obtain extensive experience in the delivery of pharmaceutical care in a variety of clinical settings. The student will gain skill through daily one-to-one interactions with patients, caregivers, and other health care providers. Each student is required to complete four full-time, four-week pharmaceutical care rotations (total 544 hours). Of these four rotations, at least one must be in an acute care hospital setting and one in a community pharmacy setting. Although each site will differ in terms of the patient population, disease acuity, scope of practice, resources, and availability of patient-specific data, the student will take responsibility for drug therapy outcomes. The student will: 1) collect and record patient-specific data, 2) identify, list, and assess drug-related problems, 3) develop and record pharmaceutical care plans, 4) educate patients and health care professionals regarding the appropriate use of drugs, and 5) measure and document patient outcomes. (Students may take these courses after successfully completing the third year. Register fall and spring semesters, fourth year.)

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