Students will learn to take responsibility for appropriate drug use, and for identifying and solving drug-related problems in order to improve patient care and health outcomes. Written documentation of interventions and effective verbal communication with patients and members of the healthcare team will be emphasized. Students will gain experience performing the traditional distributive and compounding responsibilities of the pharmacist while providing pharmaceutical care to patients in a community or chain pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist. Students will gain experience performing the traditional distributive, and compounding responsibilities of a hospital pharmacist while providing pharmaceutical care to hospitalized patients under the supervision of a pharmacist. P725 and P726.
Students complete two elective clerkships to gain experience in specific practice areas of interest.
Rotations in clinical specialties, pharmaceutical industry, managed care, long term care, home health care, clinical research, pharmacy management, teaching, the Public Health Service, and professional organizations are examples of elective clerkship rotations.