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RX613, Clinical Research Methods: This
course introduces students to clinical research:
investigations performed on human subjects in
a clinical setting. Students will develop a clinical
protocol, discuss issues encountered during
protocol implementation, and write an abbreviated
clinical study report. This course employs
a “hands-on,” application-oriented approach to
learning the clinical research process. (U/G)(3).
Variable.
RX614, Health Economics: This course will
provide a basic understanding of modern health
economics concepts and methodologies, as well
as a broader view of the value of disease state
management and outcomes research. Prerequisite:
RX713, Biostatistics and Research Design
or permission of instructor. (U/G)(3). Variable.
RX615, Introduction to Medical Spanish:
A focus on health care to give the students
the opportunity to become comfortable with
conversational Spanish and medical terminology
in various pharmaceutical context; learn
intensive vocabulary and conversation exercises
to improve their communication skills with a
patient — a guided learn-by-doing approach.
Prerequisite: SP101, SP102 or placement at
SP102 or higher. (U)(3). Fall.
RX616, Critical Care: The purpose of this
elective course is to develop a broad knowledge
base of common critical care disease states and
management strategies as it relates specifically
to drug therapy. The course design will include
a combination of both lecture and case based
classroom discussion with the focus being on
case discussions. Completion of all Pharm.D.
P-2 courses or permission of instructor. (U)(3).
Spring.
RX617, Advanced Medical Spanish: The
development of Spanish communication skills
around various health-related themes such as:
anatomy of the human body, depression, drug
abuse and emergency procedures. In addition,
the student is required to complete a research
paper in Spanish. Prerequisite: RX615, placement
exam at SP204+ or completion of a
300-level SP course or permission of instructor.
(U)(3). Spring.
management of complex patients with multiple
disease processes and co-morbid medical conditions.
Prerequisite: completion of all Pharm.D.
P-2 courses or permission of instructor. (U)(3).
Variable.
RX619, Spanish Service Learning: This
Course will increase medical fluency in Spanish
and encourage community cultural experiences.
In addition to the 2 weekly sessions in class,
each student will complete the community
component of 20 hours of supervised volunteer
work at a Spanish-speaking clinic. Prerequisite:
Medical Spanish at the 300-level. (U)(3) Variable.
RX620, Teaching with Technology: Students
will develop their knowledge and skills as possible
future teachers using instructional technology
to enhance student learning. Laptop or
tablet pc wireless access to the Butler network
is required in class. Prerequisite: Professional
phase standing in the pharmacy or physician
assistant programs. (U)(2). Spring.
RX621, Pharmacy-Based Immunizations:
This course will prepare the student to become
a certified pharmacist-immunizer through successful
completion of the American Pharmacists
Association Pharmacy-Based Immunization
Delivery certificate training program. Prerequisites:
Current fourth year pharmacy student,
active CPR certification, and willingness to
practice injection technique on each other.
(U)(2). Fall.
RX622, Drug Disposition and Drug Interactions:
This course will focus on the fundamentals
of drug disposition, especially as they relate
to drug-drug interaction, individual response to
drugs, genetic composition in relation to drug
response and factors that alter the body’s ability
to handle drugs. Prerequisite: P-3 standing or
permission of instructor. (U)(3). Variable.
RX623, Introduction to Pharmaceutical
Research: An introduction to basic principles
of pharmaceutical research including formation
of hypothesis, literature search, scientific writing
and regulatory affairs. By permission only.
(U)(2). Variable.
RX624, Biopharmaceutical Analysis: Theory
RX618, Nutritional Support: This course and practice of bioanalytical techniques in
will provide exposure to the fundamentals of chemical and molecular biology based analyses.
specialized nutrition support with emphasis on By permission only. (U)(3). Variable.
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