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knowledge and problem-solving skills in the
application of therapeutic principles to the care
of patients who have undergone organ transplantation.
Prerequisite: P-4 standing. (U)(4)
RX 696. Women’s Health Rotation: This
rotation develops the student pharmacist’s
understanding of the special needs associated
with medical conditions affecting female
patients. Prerequisite: P-4 standing. (U)(4)
RX 698. Washington, D.C. Rotation: The
rotation experience provides an opportunity to
participate in a 3-month learning opportunity
in the Washington DC area arranged through
the Butler-Washington Semester Intern Program.
The experiential learning portion of this program
is arranged individually based on specific
student interests. The College requires that
students participating in this program also enroll
in P0 355 or AH 110/AH 202 and at least
one 1-credit hour Washington seminar course.
Prerequisite: P-4 standing. (U) (12). P/F.
RX 699. Special Topics: Elective Rotation in
Pharmacy Practice: An experiential course that
allows students to explore new developments
in delivery of pharmacy services. Rotation sites
will vary depending upon the area of pharmacy
practice being investigated. Prerequisite: P-4
standing. (U)(4)
RX 700. Regulatory Affairs and Pharmacovigilence
Rotation: This rotation provides the
student pharmacist an opportunity to participate
in and to better understand the various
regulatory agencies and processes that assure the
safety and efficacy of drug therapies available
for human use. Prerequisite: P-4 standing. (U)(4)
RX 701/702. Research and Thesis: Research
toward completion of thesis in pharmaceutical
sciences. Prerequisite: GPA of 3.0 or above,
exclusive of research and thesis credits. (G)(1)
RX 703/704. Research and Thesis: Research
toward completion of thesis in pharmaceutical
sciences. Prerequisite: GPA of 3.0 or above,
exclusive of research and thesis credits. (G)(2)
RX 705/706. Research and Thesis: Research
toward completion of thesis in pharmaceutical
sciences. Prerequisite: GPA of 3.0 or above,
exclusive of research and thesis credits. (G)(3)
viously earned a pharmacy degree with laws and
regulations which govern pharmacy and with
management concepts essential to pharmacy.
(G)(3)
RX 713. Biostatistics and Research Design:
Principles of good research design and factors
adversely affecting the outcome or interpretation
of research data. A consideration of statistical
methods applicable to health sciences research
with emphasis on the selection of appropriate
statistical tests and commonly encountered
selection and interpretation errors. (G)(3)
RX 714. Principles of Medicinal Chemistry:
An explanation of drug activity on a chemical
basis with particular emphasis of the conformation
of neurotransmitters and drugs at the
receptor. A consideration of prodrugs as they
relate to the three phases of drug action also is
presented. (G)(3)
RX 735. Applied Statistics in Pharmaceutical
Research: The application of statistics to
the main facets of pharmaceutical research,
from research study design to data collection
and analysis. Areas of application will include
clinical trial design and analysis, drug utilization
reviews, retrospective analyses, quality of
life and cost effectiveness studies, evaluating
research literature and pharmaceutical manufacturing
data. Prerequisite: RX 713 Biostatistics
and Research Design. (G)(3)
RX 741. Synthetic Methods of Organic
Chemistry 1: The utilization of oxidations,
reductions, condensations and alkylations in
the preparation of organic compounds. Reaction
mechanisms and stereochemical detail are
presented whenever applicable. Prerequisite:
Organic Chemistry, undergraduate by permission
of instructor. This course is offered in the
fall of even numbered years. (G)(3)
RX 743. Synthetic Methods of Organic
Chemistry 2: The use of acylations. Beliminations
involving a cyclic transition state,
carbenes, nitrenes, hydroborations, Diels-Alder,
and 1, 3-dipolar cycloadditions in the preparation
of organic compounds. The synthesis of selected
drugs also is presented. Prerequisite: Organic
Chemistry, undergraduate by permission of
instructor. This course will be offered in the
fall of odd-numbered years. (G)(3)
RX 711. Management and Regulation: The
course will acquaint students who have not pre-
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