PHRD-617: Issues in Health-System Pharmacy

This course will familiarize students with a major specialty within pharmacy--health-system pharmacy. The course will review its composition and those elements that are similar to or dissimilar to other pharmacy practice specialities. Students will learn about the background and substance of the issues that surround health-system pharmacy and conventional or unconventional approaches to improve, mitigate, or resolve them. Areas covered will include the organization of institutional and departmental entities, organizational culture, medication use safety, communications, drug distribution, ambulatory care, clinical practice, automation/technology,leadership/management, and quality of services, all within the framework of institutional practice. Didactic and workshop/case study experiences; site visits to explore systems, technology, and medication/patient safety initiatives. [ 3 credits ]