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Precepting Pharmacy Students

Precepting Pharmacy Students. Don Uden, PharmD Professor, U of MN College of Pharmacy Curriculum Director MRHS. Pharmacy Curriculum. Minimum two years of prepharmacy prerequisites General biology Microbiology Anatomy Calculus General chemistry Organic chemistry Physics

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Precepting Pharmacy Students

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  1. Precepting Pharmacy Students Don Uden, PharmD Professor, U of MN College of Pharmacy Curriculum Director MRHS

  2. Pharmacy Curriculum • Minimum two years of prepharmacy prerequisites • General biology • Microbiology • Anatomy • Calculus • General chemistry • Organic chemistry • Physics • English composition • Economics • Public speaking

  3. Pharmacy Curriculum • 4 years • 3 years mainly classroom • 1 year experiential

  4. Pharmacy Curriculum • Biochem/immunology/physiology 13 credits • Pharmacology and therapeutics 25 credits • Drug design and drug action 25 credits • Pharmacy practice 20 credits • Patient assessment 3 credits • Miscellaneous courses and electives

  5. Pharmacy Curriculum • 4th Year • 10 – 5 week clerkships • Hospital and community pharmacy • Acute care • Ambulatory care • Pediatrics or geriatrics • 3 elective clerkships

  6. Post pharmacy education • Residencies • General • Specialized • Fellowships

  7. Precepting Pharmacy Students • Pharmacy students are educated to provide pharmaceutical care. • Pharmaceutical care is founded in the premise that all patients require drug therapy to be appropriately indicated, effective, safe, and convenient.

  8.  What can the pharmacy student do for you?? • Complete medication record for patients • Research and present new pharmaceutical product reviews • Research and present formulary reviews • Literature searches on therapies • F/U patients who are placed on new medications • F/U patients who are having difficulty with present medication regimen

  9. Drug Therapy Problems • 176 billion dollars are spent annually addressing problems associated with drug therapy. • Pharmacy student responsibility • indication, efficacy, safety and convenience. • They should be able to answer questions regarding indication, efficacy, safety and convenience.

  10. Indication • What is present in review of systems, physical exam, laboratory or diagnostic testing that confirms or refutes an indication for drug therapy? • Does the patient need additional drug therapy or is he/she receiving unnecessary drug therapy?

  11. Efficacy • What is present in review of systems, physical exam, laboratory or diagnostic testing that confirms or refutes that a medication is efficacious? • Is the patient receiving the wrong drug or is the dose too low?

  12. Safety • What is present in review of systems, physical exam, laboratory or diagnostic testing that confirms or refutes that a medication is safe? • Is the patient experiencing an adverse drug reaction or is the dose too high?

  13. Convenience • Is the patient able to follow the recommended schedule? • Is the patient able to afford the medication?

  14. Clinic Activities • 3 half days per week • 4 patients per day • Access to medical record prior to seeing patient • Perform medication history prior to primary provider seeing patient • If appropriate observe the physical exam • Discuss questions of interest.

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