This interprofessional online course will introduce students to how they can improve patient safety and reduce medical errors. The course instruction is through online Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) educational modules reinforcing that knowledge through authentic team case study discussions and self-reflection writings. Completion of IPECG 1401C and IPECG 1402 will lead to an IHI certificate in Basic Safety. Enrollment is limited to PS-2 students only.

Credits: 1.5

This interprofessional online course will introduce students to how they can improve patient safety and reduce medical errors through the PDSA process. The course instruction is through online Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) educational modules, reinforcing that knowledge through authentic team case study discussions and self-reflection writings. Completion of IPECG 1401 and IPECG 1402 will lead to an IHI certificate in Basic Safety.

Prerequisite: IPECG 1401C Improving Patient Safety 1

Credits: 1.5

This interprofessional course is the third in a three-course sequence where students will demonstrate how they can improve quality and patient safety while reducing medical errors through well planned systems of performance measurement and quality improvement. This course will be conducted as an independent special project with a community provider to improve quality and patient safety in a specifically identified area of the practice.

Prerequisite: IPECG 1402C Improving Patient Safety 2

Credits: 1.5

This interprofessional online elective is designed for students, while working on authentic healthcare teams, to develop the skills needed for leadership in their area(s) of practice. The skills learned will range from taking ownership of patient issues to developing solid interpersonal professional relationships. The course instruction is through online educational modules, reinforcing that knowledge through authentic team case study discussions and self-reflection writings. Enrollment is limited to PS-2 students only.

Credits: 1.5

This interprofessional online elective is designed to educate students about the opioid abuse epidemic currently being seen in the United States, with the main goal to prepare students to work through interprofessional collaboration to recognize and reduce opioid abuse in patients. This IPE elective will provide foundational knowledge instruction through online educational modules and that knowledge will be reinforced through interprofessional team-based case studies and online discussion boards. Enrollment is limited to PS-2 students only.

Credits: 1.5

This interprofessional online elective course provides education on the appropriate use of antibiotics as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Topics covered include increasing antibiotic resistance and the importance of antibiotic stewardship, an overview of the incidence of antibiotic adverse drug reactions, background and errors in antibiotic use, drivers of inappropriate antibiotic use, and considerations for specific infections including otitis media, bronchitis, asthma, COPD and pharyngitis. Special attention is paid to the current guidelines and recommendations for antibiotic use in dentistry for pre-op or pre-treatment prophylaxis. The course will utilize a combination of CDC educational modules, quizzes on the content covered in those modules, and interprofessional authentic team-based case discussions of the module content. Enrollment is limited to PS-2 students only.

Credits: 1.5

This course is open to all students in professional curricula at MWU. In cross-disciplinary teams mentored by MWU faculty or liaisons from public health agencies, each student team will select a topic based on its public health importance and professional relevance, review available research and publications, and provide an oral presentation of their findings. Through the collaborative research process and team presentations, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the contributory role each health professional has within their respective scope of community practice.

Credits: 2

These courses provide an opportunity for students to work with individual faculty mentors on research projects of variable scope that are intended to lead to publication, an abstract or a poster. All special projects/research require the approval of the appropriate department chair and Dean.

Prerequisites: PPRAG 1301 Special Project/Research, 1.5 credits: nonePPRAG 1302 Special Project/Research, 3 credits: none

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Through active participation in lecture discussions and workshops, the student will be prepared to implement health screening programs in pharmacy practice settings. The course focuses on risk factor assessment and hands-on experience with screening devices for cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis. The course also addresses regulatory requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and development of policies and procedures for screening programs.

Prerequisite: PHIDG 1605 Integrated Sequence 5

Credits: 1.5

This course is designed to introduce the pharmacy student to the history of pharmacy. This will be accomplished by focusing upon the historical development of pharmacy in the United States by examining the growth and professionalization of the field, its statutory regulation and its product development. Students will be able to apply the lessons of history to current and future practice philosophies.

Credits: 1.5

This elective emphasizes the knowledge and skills required for the delivery of diabetes education by focusing on the patient's perspective in the management of the disease. The course builds on the material presented in required courses in the curriculum by examining the barriers faced by patients during self-management and potential solutions for addressing them.

Prerequisite: PHIDG 1503 Integrated Sequence 3

Credits: 1.5

The objective of this course is to introduce the tools needed to financially succeed after graduation. The class will focus on introduction to the areas of taxes, planning for retirement, investing, debt consolidation, home ownership, money management, and insurance.

Credits: 1.5

This course is designed to provide an overview of common diseases and symptoms encountered in terminal patients. Emphasis will be placed on the appropriate selection of medications to palliate symptoms such as pain, dyspnea, excess secretions, constipation, diarrhea, hiccups, pruritus, etc. Common diseases include but are not limited to: breast, brain, lung, colon and renal cancers; COPD; dementia; and CHF. Patient cases will be used during each session to illustrate symptom management issues.

Prerequisite: PHIDG 1607 Integrated Sequence 7

Credits: 1.5

Upon completion of this course students will understand how to assess pain; understand the differences between addiction, dependence and tolerance; be able to recommend appropriate medication therapies for nociceptive and neuropathic pain; understand the reasons for the multitude of available analgesic choices; understand the role of complementary and alternative medicine; and be conversant with the legal and ethical issues of pain management.

Prerequisite: PHIDG 1607 Integrated Sequence 7

Credits: 1.5

This course provides a forum for students to learn how to manage patients with rare and interesting disease states. The pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests or procedures, treatment and the pharmacist's role in the management for each disease state/genetic abnormality/adverse drug event will be reviewed. Activities will simulate patient work up and written/oral presentations in clinical practice.

Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in PHIDG 1609 Integrated Sequence 9

Credits: 1.5

This course provides the student an overview of the various aspects of nuclear pharmacy. This includes basic nuclear physics, radiation measurement and safety, regulatory considerations, radiopharmaceutical preparation, products, quality control, and imaging modalities.

Prerequisite: PSCIG 1564 Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics

Credits: 1.5

The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of advanced topics in women's health particularly related to reproductive health. Expanded information in topics such as contraception, infertility, drug use in pregnancy, and mood disorders related to pregnancy are provided. The course utilizes various teaching methods including lectures, case studies, readings, assignments, and discussions. Students will develop a working knowledge to aid them in caring for women with gender-related disease states.

Prerequisite: PHIDG 1503 Integrated Sequence 3

Credits: 1.5

This course teaches the skills necessary to become a primary source for vaccine information and administration. It teaches the basics of immunology and focuses on practice implementation and legal/regulatory issues. Students must complete 12 hours of self-study prior to the class and must submit the completed material upon arrival to class.

Prerequisites: MICRG 1553 Immunology; and blood borne pathogen training.

Credits: 2

This course provides an overview of dentistry and its relation to healthcare. Discussion includes questions that pharmacists often are asked regarding oral lesions, injuries to the oral cavity, and efficacy of OTC remedies. Information about various dental specialties will help the pharmacist refer their patients to the appropriate specialist. Misuse and abuse of dental drugs and medications and investigation and enforcement of dental regulations concerning drug abuse will be discussed.

Credits: 1.5

This elective course provides students with an overview of the major nutritional problems in the United States with emphasis on lifestyle modification and counseling that can be done for each disease state or topic. Topics include obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and sport enhancement. This course utilizes a team based learning method with assessment being based on team and individual quiz and exam scores. This is a student-centered learning course designed to begin the process of lifelong learning for students as healthcare professionals.

Prerequisites: PPRAG 1504 Professional Skills Development 4 and PHIDG 1503 Integrated Sequence 3

Credits: 1.5

Post-graduate pharmacy residency programs are highly valuable and are becoming increasingly competitive. This elective course provides guidance on the residency selection decision process, curriculum vita (CV) development, creation of a strong letter of intent and interviewing skills. Students will learn and apply how to incorporate experiences from their didactic, experiential, and co-curricular education into their residency application and interview. To meet the learning objectives, students will complete interactive written and verbal activities to demonstrate knowledge, skills, and abilities. Achievement of learning objectives will be evaluated by assessment rubrics tailored to each activity.

Prerequisite: Enrollment is limited to PS-2 students only

Credits: 1.5

This course provides an in-depth review of postmenopausal women’s health issues. Through active participation in patient case studies and class discussion, students will learn to design pharmacotherapeutic plans to address symptoms of menopause during the menopause transition and to reduce risk factors for chronic medical conditions common during this life stage.

Prerequisite: PHIDG 1503 Integrated Sequence 3

Credits: 1.5

This elective course provides students with an in-depth review and expansion of knowledge regarding the management of medical pharmacotherapy in patients with acute cardiovascular issues, building upon concepts that were introduced in Integrated Sequence 4 and 5. The class is focused on application of knowledge to improve patient care. Learning techniques that will be utilized include lecture, discussion, formulation of a Pharmacists' Patient Care Process (PPCP) for patient cases, evaluation of primary literature, and student debates.

Prerequisites: PHIDG 1604 and PHIDG 1605, Integrated Sequence 4 and 5

Credits: 3

This course focuses on the clinical aspects of nutritional support therapy for patients who cannot maintain adequate nutrition by the oral route. Clinical topics include indications, patient assessment, ordering, administering, monitoring, and adverse effects of both parenteral and enteral nutrition (PEN) support. Patient safety in hospital and home PEN, drug shortages, and recent advances and research in PEN will be discussed.

Prerequisite: PHIDG 1604 Integrated Sequence 4

Credits: 1.5

This professional elective course is designed to use a book club/current topics format to provide the pharmacy student with an introduction to the art of patient care and the issues healthcare providers face regarding their own biases and stereotypes. The purpose of this course is to thoughtfully tackle some of the assumptions we make as health care providers and explore ways to be more thoughtful in our decisions and care of our patients.

Credits: 1.5

This elective will develop the basic verbal and written skills required to effectively communicate with the Spanish speaking patient in the pharmacy setting. There will be a strong focus on patient interviewing skills and counseling on the most common topics seen in the community setting. This course assumes the student is already familiar with basic Spanish and therefore introductory level Spanish.

Prerequisites: PPRAG 1501-1504 Professional Skills Development 1-4; one year of college level Spanish or equivalent, or permission from instructor

Credits: 1.5

This elective that will provide an introduction to current therapies, management of patients and other operations requirements within specialties including Solid Organ Transplant/BMT, Oncology, Inflammatory (Rheumatology, Dermatology), and Infectious Disease (HIV and Hepatitis C). The course is composed of alternating disease state overview presentations with student case study presentations the following week for practical application.

Credits: 1.5

This course focuses on the clinical aspects of the pharmaceutical care of patients with hematologic and oncologic diseases. Clinical topics include disease state management, supportive care, hospice/palliative care, management of drug shortages and literature evaluation.

Prerequisites: PHIDG 1609 Integrated Sequence 9; PPRAG 1676 Evidence-Based Healthcare

Credits: 1.5

This course introduces pharmacy students to health coaching principles in Pharmacy. It focuses on three main areas of health coaching: Patient Activation, Motivational Interviewing and Positive Psychology. Emphasis is placed on student participation, assignment completion, and practicing health coaching skills with their assigned class partners. The major topics covered are: basic health coaching tools, introduction to wellness model, the impact of health coaching on healthcare outcomes and care management. The main goal of the course is to develop an understanding of health coaching in pharmacy and its application in healthcare continuum.

Prerequisite: PPRAG 1606 Professional Skills Development 6

Credits: 1.5

This elective course will introduce students to the exciting and growing area of healthcare informatics. Healthcare informatics brings together healthcare generated information with technology for the purpose of improving quality of care in a cost effective and comprehensive manner. The course focuses on key concepts, including definitions, technological foundations, databases and information management, legal issues, project management, and potential career opportunities. The main goal of the course is to develop an understanding of informatics and the application in the healthcare field.

Prerequisite: PPRAG 1571 Healthcare Systems

Credits: 1.5

The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of managed care pharmacy and how it impacts the US healthcare system. The course prepares students to understand and learn about professional practice opportunities in managed care pharmacy by exploring: healthcare reform, managed healthcare delivery models, prescription benefit design, pharmacy networks, utilization management tools, P&T Committees, pharmacy data management, pharmacy benefit managers, specialty pharmacy and pharmaceutical manufacturers. In addition, the course focuses on how business principles are integrated into the managed care pharmacy department, and address how clinical pharmacy, quality improvement, medication therapy management/disease management programs are coordinated within the managed care pharmacy environment.

Credits: 1.5

This course focuses on specific issues related to the treatment and care of pediatric patients. Clinical topics include common childhood illness and treatments as well as drug delivery systems used for pediatric patients, current controversies in pediatric pharmacotherapy, commonly used over the counter medications and alternative therapies used by pediatric patients. This course incorporates lectures, projects and reading assignments to enhance student learning about pediatric issues.

Prerequisites: PHIDG 1609 Integrated Sequence 9; Completion of or concurrent enrollment in PPRAG 1701 Acute Care Management

Credits: 1.5

Evidence based medicine relies on quantitative information about which drugs and treatments are safe, efficacious, and/or cost effective. Generating and communicating the necessary quantitative evidence requires competent use of a statistical package. This course covers statistical applications in Excel and SPSS, a statistical package that is commonly used in healthcare settings. Topics include methods for reading in data, descriptives to explore and "clean" data, comparisons of groups using appropriate statistical testing procedures, project documentation for quality control and accuracy, creation of graphics, and regression using linear and exponential models. Both "drop-down" menus and essential programming syntax are covered. Focus is on practical methods, effective project management, and basic interpretive techniques to facilitate research projects for residency, fellowship, or employment. The course prepares students to engage and collaborate effectively with a healthcare team, using evidence-based, accurate analysis and clear communication about statistical results.

Prerequisite: PPRAG 1672 Research Methods & Epidemiology for Healthcare Professionals

Credits: 1.5

This course introduces students to current trends in Medication Therapy Management (MTM) with a particular focus on the provision of pharmacist's services as an integral part of managing patient drug therapy. Students will gain insight into the challenges and opportunities that are presented to pharmacists when they address drug therapy misadventures and perform comprehensive medication reviews for patients with complex drug regimes. Particular attention is focused on development of drug therapy intervention skills that will maximize the results achieved when patient interventions are performed. In addition, students learn basic information about how the online intervention process works. The course includes having students role play case study examples of both therapeutic interventions and comprehensive medication reviews.

Prerequisite: PPRAG 1438 Managed Care

Credits: 1.5

This course is designed to enhance students' knowledge and skills related to geriatric pharmacotherapy. The course provides an introduction to general principles of aging, roles of pharmacists in working with geriatric patients, and an overview of geriatric syndromes. The format of the course involves brief lectures, and students will be expected to actively participate in discussions and case-based assignments. There is an emphasis on managing the healthcare needs of patients with multiple comorbidities.

Prerequisite: Completion or concurrent enrollment in PHIDG 1607 Integrated Sequence 7

Credits: 1.5

This course is designed to enhance the knowledge of future community pharmacists in the area of small animal veterinary pharmacology, dispensing of common small animal prescriptions, and recommendations of OTC medications for common household pets. Primary focus will be on cats and dogs. This course includes an on-site session with CVM Faculty at the MWU Companion Animal Clinic.

Prerequisite: PHIDG 1609 Integrated Sequence 9

Credits: 1.5

Functional Medicine is a systems-oriented and evidence-based approach that aims to treat the root cause of chronic diseases. It aims to optimize wellness and is the medicine of prevention. This course is designed to educate the pharmacy student about the basic principles of functional medicine and its approach to treating patients. This course explores the pathology of chronic conditions from a systems biology by diving deep into nutrition and supplementation, removal of toxins, and ways to heal the body for resolution of symptoms. This course is an interactive learning environment with group workshops and a final debate. At completion of the course students will be able to discuss functional medicine principles and apply functional medicine treatment plans to patient cases.

Prerequisites: PHIDG 1501 Integrated Sequence 1 and BIOCG 1552 Molecular Biology and Human Genetics

Credits: 1.5

Given the complex and demanding environment of healthcare, effective leadership is often required to meet these challenges. This course is designed to provide the student with three foundational tools for actionable access to being who they need to be, to be a leader, and with what it takes to exercise leadership effectively in all aspects of their life. This course is a leadership laboratory in which the student will discover a new context for leader and leadership. Instead of more knowledge about leadership, the student will gain access to actually being a leader and effectively exercising leadership as a natural self-expression through in-class discussions, group work, out of class assignments, and a leadership project. During the course current thoughts on leadership will be challenged, new ways of thinking will emerge, and the student will leave with new actions to create even greater success in the areas of life and leadership that matter most to them.

Credits: 2

This course is designed to introduce students to the possible illnesses and diseases encountered while traveling. The epidemiology, etiology, and pathophysiology of travel diseases will be covered. The focus of the course is on the vaccines used to prevent diseases, as well as the pharmacological methods used for the prevention and treatment of travel diseases and illnesses. Participants will discuss the role of health care professionals in assessing and counseling a patient for the appropriate prevention and treatment of those illnesses. The format of the course includes lectures and active participation in case-based discussions. Students will practice making recommendations for vaccines and counseling patients on both over the counter and prescription medications commonly used for traveling.

Credits: 1.5

This elective course provides students with exposure to "Grand Rounds" where contemporary clinical content is taught utilizing patient cases. The presenters will be pharmacists in practice or in post-graduate training. Students will gain clinical knowledge and practice pearls on a potpourri of clinical topics and benefit from exposure to the "Grand Round" format, which is a common form of continuing education in practice. Students will also gain experience in providing constructive written feedback to near-peer presenters and insight regarding the difficulty in providing feedback that is clear and specific. This course will develop the student's written communication skills which are a central element in the Pharmacist's Patient Care Process (PPCP), as well as a vital component of personal and professional development. Additionally, this course will allow the students the opportunity to develop assessment, feedback, and self-awareness skills.

Credits: 1.5

Students will develop advanced knowledge of mental health and mental illness as it relates to the practice of pharmacy in the clinical setting and define the role of pharmacists in providing mental healthcare.

Prerequisite: PHIDG 1607 Integrated Sequence 7

Credits: 1.5

These courses provide an opportunity for students to work with individual faculty mentors on research projects of variable scope that are intended to lead to a publication, an abstract or poster. All special projects/research require the approval of the appropriate department chair and Dean.

Prerequisites: PSCIG 1301 Special Project/Research, 1.5 credits: nonePSCIG 1302 Special Project/Research, 3 credits: none

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This elective course provides an in-depth review of neuropharmacology of substances of abuse including stimulants, depressants and inhalants, ethanol, opioids, hallucinogens, marijuana, anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. In addition, an overview of drug use, drug use as a social problem, drug products and their regulations, the nervous system, the mechanism of action of drugs, preventing substance abuse and substance abuse and dependence will also be covered.

Prerequisite: PHIDG 1503 Integrated Sequence 3

Credits: 1.5

Nanotechnology will revolutionize society in the twenty-first century. The medical application of nanotechnology to all aspects of prevention, diagnosis and therapy of human disease has given rise to nanomedicine. This course will focus on nanoscale drug formulations currently under development. Participants will become familiar with the state-of-the-art of pharmaceutical nanotechnology and acquire a foundation that will enable them to understand upcoming changes that nanoscience will bring to their future profession.

Prerequisite: PSCIG 1542 Pharmaceutics 2

Credits: 1.5

The use of forensic toxicology in the battle against the increased abuse of licit and illicit drugs is an important field of study. This course will introduce the main areas of forensic sciences and especially the involvement of physicians, pharmacists, and nurses in discovering and preventing the abuse of drugs.

Prerequisite: PPRAG 1524 Pharmacy Law and Public Policy

Credits: 1.5

Pharmacogenomics has the potential to revolutionize medicine in the twenty-first century. The medical application of human genetics to pharmacotherapy has given rise to the new field of pharmacogenomics. This course will introduce the foundations of pharmacogenomics, discuss the origin of genetic variation on drug action, uptake and metabolism, and specific applications to patient care. Participants in this course will become familiar with the state-of-the-art of pharmacogenomics.

Credits: 1.5

The course will provide an overview to the FDA regulatory processes regarding the evaluation and development of drug, biologics and device products. Through interactive lecture format, course work and discussions, participants of this course gain the basic understanding, and become familiar with the current principles of regulatory affairs. Topics include the historical development of U.S. drug laws, overview of drug, biologics, and device development process and the FDA, pharmaceutical industry-FDA functions and interactions through approval and monitoring processes, policy-guided science, and some examples of the development of U.S. drug/device laws, shaping history, leading into the present state of regulation.

Credits: 1.5

This course is an introduction into clinical toxicology and the effects of natural products and chemicals on the human body. This course emphasizes the chemistry, pharmacology, and toxicity of specific chemicals and classes of compounds. Students will be presented with the mechanisms and then invited to present case studies and discuss the clinical features of management and prognosis.

Credits: 1.5

This course is designed to expand students’ knowledge of research in basic cardiovascular sciences. The novel experimental pre-clinical/translational concepts related to cardiac and vascular pathophysiology and potential drug target(s), along with proposed mechanism of action, if applicable, are covered. The course focuses on analysis of complex pathologic mechanism(s), including dysregulated signaling, inflammation, oxidative stress and myocardial remodeling, underlying arrhythmia, myocardial ischemia and heart failure, as well as evaluation of new/promising pharmacological intervention(s). The format of the course includes lectures and active participation in research article-based discussions, to produce student-developed evaluation and conclusions, in combined format of oral presentation and written summary of each discussed/presented topic information.

Prerequisites: PHIDG 1501, 1502, 1604 and 1605, (Integrated Sequence 1, 2, 4, 5)

Credits: 1.5

Winter Quarter Only. This 5 week course will introduce students to concepts in teaching and learning through discussion and hands on teaching experiences. Students will learn to teach in a laboratory setting in a small group environment. Weekly self-reflection activities will help students focus on their strengths, weaknesses, and development as an educator over the course of the quarter.

Prerequisite: PSCIG 1541L and PSCIG 1542

Credits: 1.5

Fall Quarter only. This 10 week course will introduce students to concepts in teaching and learning through discussion and hands on teaching experiences. Students will learn to teach in a laboratory setting in a small group environment . Weekly self-reflection activities will help students focus on their strengths, weaknesses, and development as an educator over the course of the quarter.

Prerequisite: PSCIG 1541L and PSCIG 1542

Credits: 3

This is a lecture and project-based course introducing an overview of animal venom and toxin (collectively "venoms") pathophysiology in human and veterinary patients, global burden of envenomation, environmental and geographic influences on incidence of envenomation, and therapeutic applications of venom derived toxins. Students will select a venom or toxin of choice, produce a literature summary, and design a translational or clinical study protocol using a standardized template.

Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in PHIDG 1604 Integrated Sequence 4

Credits: 2