College of Pharmacy

PHAR 6421: Introduction to Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Course Syllabus

Summer Semester 2011 Course Coordinator Donald R. Brower, B.S. Pharm APPE Coordinator

June 2011

Course Title: Introduction to Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Course Number: PHAR 6421 Course Credit: 1 Credit Hour Class Time(s) and Location: June 6, 2011 8:30AM-5:00PM RM 3041 June 7, 2011 8:30AM-5:00PM RM 3041 June 8, 2011 8:30AM-5:00PM RM 3041 Course Coordinator: Donald R. Brower, B.S. Pharm. APPE Coordinator, CSU-COP Douglas Hall, 200-N, 773.821.2507, dbrower@csu.edu, 773.821.2217 (fax) Course Coordinator s Office Hours: Tuesday 12-1PM Thursday 12-1PM By scheduled appointment Course Instructors: Elmer Gentry, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences CSU-COP Douglas Hall, 206-C, 773.821.2582, egentry@csu.edu, 773.821.2595 (fax) Yolanda Hardy, Pharm.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice CSU-COP Douglas Hall, 200-L, 773.821.2153, yhardy@csu.edu, 773.821-2595 (fax) Janene Marshall, Pharm.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice CSU-COP Douglas Hall, 200-M, 773.821.2193, j-marshall@csu.edu, 773.821.2595 (fax) Joseph Slonek, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice CSU-COP Douglas Hall, 200-Q, 773.821.2194, jslonek@csu.edu, 773.821.2595 (fax) Allison Rose, Psy.D., Assessment/Learning Specialist CSU-COP Douglas Hall, 200-D, 773.821.2169, arose21@csu.edu, 773.821-2595 (fax)
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Robin Hawkins, Esg., CSU Associate General Counsel and Director of OEE, rhawkins@csu.edu, 773-995-2462 Miriam Mobley Smith, Dean, CSU-COP Douglas Hall, 206-B, 773-821-2589 msmith56@csu.edu, 773-821-2595 (fax) Course Description: This course consists of a three day, eight (8) hour per day advanced pharmacy practice experience orientation. Student learning assessment (e.g., critical thinking and mile marker) will be administered. Pharmacy practice reviews will be conducted to include the following: physical assessment; pharmaceutical calculations; patient case presentations; pharmacokinetics; and, journal club. In addition students will complete updates on blood borne pathogens and universal precautions, portfolios, and the Capstone research project requirement. Advance Pharmacy Practice Experience program requirements will be reviewed. Course Goal: Overall the goal of this course is to orient the student pharmacists to the forth year APPE program. Students will review elements of the pharmacy curriculum (didactic and applied) to enhance the successful completion of APPE s. Introduction to Pharmacy Practice Experience Prior to the start of the course, students should have successfully completed Phar 6325, Professional Practice V Applied Practice Skills. Course Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course the students should be able to: 1. APPE Program a. Describe the ACPE Standards and Guidelines pertaining to the APPE program b. Describe the APPE Policies, Procedures, and requirements 2. Complete the following assessments: a. Mile Marker Examination b. Health Sciences Reasoning, Examination (critical thinking) 3. Demonstrate functional knowledge and application of the following skills: a. Physical Assessment b. Pharmaceutical Calculations c. Patient Case Presentations d. Pharmacokinetics
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e. Discuss L-A-D-M-E, and the basic physiologic and biopharmaceutic principles underlying drug movements i. Define basic pharmacokinetic principles and parameters presented ii. Describe and identify drug Cp-t data as being suitably described by either single-, two-, or multi-compartment models, and state differences as well as similarities between these models iii. Recall and apply basic pharmacokinetic equations in describing drug movements f. Journal Club i. Apply previous knowledge of research study design and statistical methods to the evaluation of clinical studies ii. Review and discuss the principles of evidenced based medicine literature review and journal club iii. Given primary literature, be able to critique and evaluate the literature for a health care audience g. Blood Borne Pathogens and Universal Precautions 4. Describe the required portfolio elements to be maintained during the APPE year 5. Describe the required elements for successful completion of the Capstone Research Project Course Assessment: PHAR 6421 utilizes a pass/fail grading scale. To pass the course, all course goals and objectives must be satisfied through attendance at all course meetings and the completion of all course activities and assessments. Students must achieve a pass and complete a final course evaluation to successfully complete course. Failure to complete all course requirements within the designated timeframe will result in the assignment of a grade of incomplete until all requirements are satisfied. Students who ultimately fail to complete all course requirements will be assigned a grade of fail and be required to repeat the course. Attendance and Participation Policy: To pass the PHAR 6421 course, students are expected to attend and participate in all course activities. Failure to complete the entire course, unless written approval is obtained in advance by the course coordinator, may result in automatic failure of the PHAR 6421 course. In case of an emergency or illness, the student should contact the course coordinator promptly via telephone or a voice mail message. All course hours missed must be made up at the discretion of the course coordinator.
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PHAR 6421 Introduction to Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) 2011-12 APPE Program Orientation June 6-8, 2011

Monday June 6, 2011 8:30 am 9:00 am 9:00 am 12:00 pm 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm 5:00 pm Welcome and Orientation Course Overview Mile Marker Examination Rm 3041 (Gentry) Lunch on your own APPE Program overview (Brower) Rm 3041 y ACPE Standards and Guidelines review y APPE Manual review o Requirements o Policies and Procedures o Evaluations o Contacting Preceptors y Q&A Overview of University Sexual Harassment Policies Presented by: Robin Hawkins, Esq. CSU Associate General Counsel and Director of EEO Overview on Professionalism Presented by: Dean Miriam Mobley Smith

3:00pm -3:30pm

3:30pm- 4:00pm

Tuesday June 7, 2011 8:30 am 12:30 am Assessments (Rose/Hardy) 8:30 am 10:30 am Group A Critical Thinking (Rose) Library Information Mall 2nd Floor Students A-L Rm 144 Library Students J-N Group B Physical Assessment (Hardy) Rm 3041 10:30 am 12:30pm Group A Physical Assessment (Hardy) Rm 3041 Group B Critical Thinking (Rose) Library Information Mall 2nd Floor Students O-L Rm 144 Library Students T-Z 12:30 pm 1:30 pm Lunch on your own
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1:30 pm 3:30 pm 3:30 pm 5:00 pm

Calculations review (Hardy) Rm 3041 Case presentation review (Hardy/Marshall) Rm 3041

Wednesday June 8, 2011 8:30 am 10:30 am 10:30 am 10:45 am 10:45 am 12:00 pm 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm 3:00 pm 3:15 pm 3:15 pm 4:45 pm Capstone Research project overview (Hardy) Rm 3041 Break Kinetics Review (Slonek) Rm 3041 Lunch in Library Sun Room, 4th-floor (provided) Journal Club Review (Marshall) Rm 3041 Portfolio Review (Rose/Diaz) Rm 3041 Break Blood Borne Pathogens and Universal Precautions Review Rm 3041 Laptops required APPE Orientation Course Wrap-Up

4:45 pm 5:00 pm

P4 Student Calendar

6/6-8/2011 6/9-7/15 7/18-8/26 8/29-10/7

Orientation Module I Module II Module III

10/10-11/18 Module IV 11/21-23 11/24-25 11/28-12/2 on campus Thanksgiving Vacation on campus

12/5/2011 - 1/6 /2012 Vacation 1/9-2/17 2/20-3/30 4/2-5/11 5/14-5/18 5/19 Module V Module VI Module VII on campus Graduation

Other class meeting dates: Students will return to campus at 1PM on the last Friday of each module to turn in evaluation forms (that were not submitted electronically) and participate in mandatory case conferences (Medicine and Ambulatory Care). The dates are as follows:

July 15, 2011; August 26, 2011; October 7, 2011; November 18, 2011; February 17, 2012; March 30, 2012; May 11, 2012. As per OEE policy, failure to attend the class meeting, unless given an excused absence by the APPE Coordinator, will result in one letter grade reduction for that module.

STUDENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date _______________________________________________________

I have read and understand the information and policies in the PHAR 6421 Syllabus

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