Pharmaceutical Care-2

Course Description

This course covers the introduction to concept of pharmacy practice and philosophy of pharmaceutical care, pharmacotherapy plan, patient interview and history taking, communication skills in patient counseling, barriers to affective communication, concept and paradigm of patient counseling, ethical consideration in pharmaceutical care, review of medical records and data collection, interpreting lab values, vital signs assessment and their interpretation, clinical examination of individual organ systems examination of extremities and back, cardiovascular respiratory, gastrointestinal system, and CNS, interpretation, diagnosis and prognosis of the diseases during pharmacotherapy, interpreting  medical records for drug use evaluation, interpreting medical records for drug audit, interpreting medical records for epidemiology studies, standards of care for practitioners.

Practice/lab: Patient assessments and equipment, practical demonstration of techniques of physical examination and clinical assessment in disease states, both in the simulation lab and clinical setting. Students have to retain the log book of case studies (portfolio).

Course ID: CLPH 406