Applied Patho & Therap IV

The course presents the prevalence, presentation, diagnosis, natural course, and therapeutic options for treating major disease states. A significant amount of time will be spent learning the process of choosing the optimal therapeutic regimen based on individual patient characteristics and demonstrated benefits and risks of drug therapy. Monitoring the effectiveness of the selected therapy and identifying and solving drug related problems will also be emphasized. Included in this course are general principles of clinical pharmacokinetics, drug interactions, adverse reactions, and interpretation of clinical laboratory tests.
The laboratory component of this course utilizes various instructional techniques such as problem- and case-based learning to evaluate a patient case and develop a pharmacists' care plan. Each team will collect additional information from available sources (e.g. patient, literature, etc.) and then assess and develop a pharmacists' care plan or answer specific questions related to the case as a final outcome. Each semester a number of case scenarios will be provided to allow students to develop strong critical analysis and problem-solving skills in simulated settings that will carry over to real-life settings in the experiential portion of the curriculum and in the future as a professional pharmacist.