PHAR 720

PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACY PRACTICE I

COURSE OUTLINE

Required texts:

  1. Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, American Pharmaceutical Association, Washington, DC, Fourteenth edition, 2004
  2. Thompson, JE A Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice, Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, Second edition, 2004

Optional Texts:

  1. Pharmacy Drug Cards, 20th edition, SFI Medical Publishing, 2004
  2. Drug Information Handbook, APhA, 2005
  3. Berger, BE, Communication Skills for Pharmacists, APhA, Washington DC. 2002
  4. Stoklosa, MJ and Ansel, HC, Pharmaceutical Calculations, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, Eleventh Edition, 2001
  5. O’Sullivan, T,Understanding Pharmacy Calculations, APhA, 2002

Week 1
Sept 26-30 / Topic / Required Reading
Lecture / Course Introduction
Pharmaceutical Care /
  • Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, Chapters 1 and 2

Lab / Counseling Basics
Headache and Internal Analgesics
Introduction to OTCs /
  • Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, Chapters 1 and 2
  • Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs,
Chapters 5 and 6
  • Thompson, Chapter 6

Week 2
Oct 3 - 7
Lecture / Understanding Patients’ Health Beliefs /
  • Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs
Chapter 3
Lab / Health beliefs and cultural competence
Vital signs /
  • Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs
Chapter 3
Week 3
Oct 10 - 14
Lecture / Counseling Self-Treating patients Quickly and Effectively /
  • Thompson, Chapter 6

Lab / Documentation
Oral Pain and Discomfort /
  • Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, Chapter 32

Week 4
Oct 17 - 21
Lecture / Quiz: Calculation Set 1: Conversions,
Fundamentals of Measurement and Calculation and Rx Drug quiz /
  • Thompson, Chapter 7, Appendix C
  • Pharmaceutical Calculations, Stoklosa, Chapte

Lab / Barriers to Communication and Nonverbal messages
Heartburn and Dyspepsia /
  • Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, Chapter 15

Week 5
Oct 24 - 28
Lecture / Midterm Examination
Lab / Empathy
Constipation / Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs Chapter 17
Week 6
Oct 31 – Nov 4 / Topic / Required Reading
Lecture / Nausea and Vomiting /
  • Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs Chapter 21

Lab / Diarrhea
Intestinal Gas /
  • Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, Chapters 16 and 18

Week 7
Nov 7 - 11
Lecture / Quiz: Calculation set 2
Reducing and Enlarging Formulas
and Rx drug quiz /
  • Thompson, Chapter 7

Lab / Noncompliance
Home Testing Kits /
  • Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, Chapter 51

Week 8
Nov 14 - 18
Lecture / Quiz: Calculation Set 3
Percentage and Ratio Strength and Rx drug quiz /
  • Thompson, Chapter 7

Lab / Videotaping
Week 9
Nov 21 - 25
Lecture / Comprehensive calculations quiz and retakes
Lab / Thanksgiving- No Recitation or Lab
Week 10
Nov 28-Dec 2
Lecture / Review
Lab / Rx to OTC Committee Presentations