The course emphasizes the biochemical basis of pathogenesis and drug action including modern biotechnological approaches to drug development and therapeutics. Go to Pharmacy 62 syllabus Pharmacy 63. Students learn to utilize a framework for providing pharmaceutical care first identifying then preventing or resolving pharmacotherapy problems, i.e., conducting a work up of drug therapy. Students learn to identify major types of drug-related problems, develop a plan for prevention or resolution of those problems, and define how outcomes are to be monitored. Students also learn to perform and teach patients how to administer medications and to apply patient counseling techniques.
Students continue to develop skills for the provision of pharmaceutical care.
Emphasis on interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills is continued. Through this supervised program of participation in community and hospital pharmacy practices, students gain experience in the application of basic and pharmaceutical sciences to direct patient care and to the solution of problems in the delivery of pharmaceutical care. The physiochemical principles governing neurotransmitter and drug interaction at receptors in the autonomic nervous and related systems are discussed. Cholinergic, adrenergic, histaminergic, serotonergic, and related pharmacotherapeutic agents are discussed with regard to their biochemical mechanism of action. Go to Pharmacy 71 syllabus Pharmacy 72.