PHRD-510: Longitudinal Care

This service-learning course is designed to provide students withh opportunities to deliver pharmaceutical care to an amblatory patient population on a continuing basis and to develop an understanding of patient-specific and social issues surrounding an individual's ability to be adherent with health-related instructions. Additionally, this course will provide students with a "caring" foundational experience as part of the professionalization process that inculcates the values and ethics of treating people as both humans and individuals. Students will be assigned to a resident in the community for the duration of the semester. Each student wil arrange to visit his/her assigned resident on a regular basis for at least one hours and will be required to attend weekly or bi-weekly on campus discussion groups. Students are required to write reflections of their resident experiences and document resident interactions through SOAP notes. This course will not only provide students with an opportunity to apply didactive knowledge to real life residents, but will also meet the needs of individuals within the community. Interprofessional experiences are also incorporated into the course. Pre-requisites: P-3 standing, PHRD 313, 312; Pharmacotherapeutics I & II. [ 1 credit ]