Department of Pharmacy Practice

PHCY 280: Pharmacy Practice I

Prereq: PHCY 150	3C.H.	Lectures: 2 CH	Practical: 1	Contact Hs: 4
Professional	Required	Third Year	Second Semester	English

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1- Define the non prescription drugs

2- Discuss the methods used for changing prescription drug to non-prescription drug

3- Identify the list of OTC drugs

4- Use ASMETHOD for selection of OTC drugs

5- Be familiar with the role of community pharmacist for recommending, counseling and monitoring patient's use of OTC drug, nutraceuticals, cosmetics and milk products.

6- Perform patient interview to collect information.

7- Interpret and evaluate patient information

8- Recommend proper OTC drug(s) for certain skin, Eye, nose, ear, pharynx, GIT, hair, nail and  UT diseases

9- Recommend proper OTC drug(s) for weight control,  smoking cessation, pain, fever, insomnia, and dysmenorrhoea

10- Educate the patients for non-pharmacological methods.

11- Monitor the patients for drug response and compliance.

12- Assess the needs for referral to physicians

13- Determine and educate the patients for the administration of medications

Course Contents:

This course offers a complete idea on contemporary pharmacy practice, and pharmaceutical care. It covers patient’s counseling, monitoring and compliance to medication. It covers the role and the responsibilities of the pharmacist for patient's self  care , his triangle function, product – related factors , patient – related decision factors, co gaining the patient's cooperation , and precautions  using examples of disease treated by Non-prescriptions drugs (Over-the Counter Drugs) as certain skin, hair, nail, eye, ear, nose, throat, respiratory  tract , GIT,  urinary tract, female, children, and dental  diseases, weight control, sleeping aids, smoking cessation, fever, pain, cosmetics, nutraceuticals and milk products.

Practical work covers pharmaceutical care using ASMETHOD technique for cases related to above diseases with special emphasis on local pharmaceutical products. The student must complete his/her self care portfolio.

Bibliography                                                 

Textbook Title: 1. Berardi, Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, Apha (2002) 2. Sanphiliipo, MBA Handbook of Health Care Professional, Parthenon (2002) 3. Said S .Self care and Non-Prescription Drugs, University of Nizwa , Oman 2007. 4. Drug Information a Guide for the Pharmacist: Mc Grow & Hill 2006 5. Alghabban, A: Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary. Edinburgh, NY 2001 6. Rhonda Jones and Raylene Rospond, Patient Assessment in Pharmacy Practice, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 7. Griffith’s 5 minutes. Dambro. L WW (2003) 8. ONF the latest version. 9. BNF (2007)

1. References: 1. Alfonso R. G. (2003). Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia . USA 2. Kastrup E et al , Drugs Facts and Comparison (2006) 3. Shargel Leon Shargel et al. comprehensive Pharmacy Review (2001). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia. USA 4. Pharmaceutical Practice, Winfield< Churchill (2004)

2. Internet : 1. www.unizwa.edu.om. 2. www.gettingwell.com 3. www.medicinenet.com 4. www.nlm.nih.gov

Student Evaluation

PHCY 380: Pharmacy Practice II

Prereq: PHCY 280	3C.H.	Lectures: 2 CH	Practical: 1	Contact Hs: 4
Professional	Required	Fourth Year	First Semester	English

Course Objectives 

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Define pharmaceutical care

2. Discuss the importance of patient assessment as an essential step in pharmaceutical care

3. Discuss the cultural consideration in patient assessment

4. Discuss the health and medication history

5. Illustrate the principles and methods of basic physical examination

6. Define and apply pain assessment

7. Illustrate the role and the function of pharmaceutical care.

8. Illustrate the steps of pharmaceutical care

9. Discuss the pharmacist-patient relationship.

10. Account for pharmacist workup of drug therapy.

11. Describe the use of subjective, objective, assessment and plan (SOAP) format for identifying, assessing and solving drug related problems

12. Illustrate the procedure used for the different body systems

13. Illustrate the role of pharmacist in patient and disease monitoring

14. Illustrate drug –disease management by protocol.

15. Illustrate the role of pharmacist in patient assessment, education and counseling, drug treatment protocol, dosage adjustment, selection of therapeutic alternative and preventive services.

16. Illustrate the methods used for documenting interventions in patient records.

17. Enumerate drug information resources

18. Discuss the benefits and limitations of drug information resources

19. Justify the use of one over the other sources  

20. Choose the source which provides the most current information, the most updated information on therapy and Human Physiology and distinguish useful from useless therapy as on example for selection of a source of information 

21. .Discuss the use, benefits and limitations of internet as a source for drug information

22. Evaluate information resources

23. Retrieve, evaluate and manage drug information and literature due to a request from HCP

Course Content

This course includes an over view of pharmacy profession world wide, issues of contemporary pharmacy on national and international levels, emerging and unique roles of the pharmacist as an active member in the health care team, concepts of pharmaceutical care, medication therapy, management services, patient- oriented pharmacy services , SOAP system for pharmaceutical care, with review of systems in details , methods and outcomes of monitoring and assessment techniques, development of pharmaceutical care  plans relative to disease states, role of pharmacist in ambulatory institutional and long  term care.  

Also, this course offers Drug Information and Literature Evaluation concerning the pharmacist and drug information, fundamentals of the practice of drug information, types of literature with evaluation for each, application of drug information skills for the delivery of pharmaceutical care and pharmaceutical industry, understanding the practical implications of the literature, technology of drug information, and retrieval for quality assurance.

Practical Work:

It covers pharmaceutical care of selected cases using SOAP technique. It includes solving problems of case studies for selection of drugs of choice for the treatment of diseases, drugs interactions, contraindications, dose adjustment, and I.V. admixtures.

Bibliography

Textbook Title: 1. Berardi, Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, Apha (2002) 2. Sanphiliipo, MBA Handbook of Health Care Professional, Parthenon (2002) 3. Said S .Self care and Non-Prescription Drugs, Oman 2007. 4. Drug Information a Guide for the Pharmacist: Mc Grow & Hill 2006 5. Alghabban, A: Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary. Edinburgh, NY 2001 6. Rhonda J et al. Patent Assessment in Pharmacy practice LWW (2003) 7. ONF 8. BNF (2007) 9. USP DI (2007)

3. References: Alfonso R. G. (2001). Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia . USA

4. Internet : a. www.unizwa.edu.om. b. www.gettingwell.com c. www.medicinenet.com d. www.nlm.nih.gov

Student Evaluation

PHCY 350: Clinical Pharmacokinetics

Prereq: PHCY 250	3C.H.	Lectures: 2 CH	Practical: 1	Contact Hs: 4
Professional	Required	Four Year	First Semester	English

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1- Discuss the principles and concepts of pharmacokinetics

2- Discuss the pharmacokinetic parameters

3- Enumerate the drugs whose ADME is altered by age

4- Enumerate the drugs whose ADME is altered by drug interactions and diseases

5- Illustrate the effect of age, drug interactions and diseases on ADME of drugs

6- Calculate Cmax, tmax, Cl, and Vd

7- Calculate drug clearance in patients with renal insufficiency

8- Calculate the loading and maintenance dose for a patient with renal insufficiency

9- Calculate the hepatic clearance for patients with hepatic disease 

10- Discuss the role of pharmacist in dose adjustment

11- Identify, assess and solve sub therapeutic and super therapeutic drug concentrations, being examples of drug related problems, by TDM

12- Illustrate the importance of TDM lab

13- Enumerate the requirements for initiating TDM lab

Course Contents

This course includes basic principles of ADME, kinetic principles of pharmacodynamic design, and different models of drug distribution, multiple dose administration, non compartmental analysis following instantaneous input, clearance, dose –and time – dependent pharmacokinetics. This course covers concepts of clinical pharmacokinetics, application of clinical harmacokinetics for individualization of drug therapy, therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) design of drug dosage regimen, computer program for TDM of selected drugs, clinical pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic factors altering geriatric and pediatric therapy.

Practical work includes studying factors affecting dissolution rate of various dosage forms, calculation of C max, Tmax AUC to assess bioequivalence and calculation of pharmacokinetic parameters.

Bibliography

1.Textbook Title: 1. Ritchel, W. et al .Handbook of Basic Pharmacokinetics. A Ph A. USA (1999) 2. Evans, W. Pharmacokinetics. A Ph A , USA Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Bauer, McGraw (2001 3. Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Bauer, McGraw (2001)

2.References: 1. Alfonso R. G. (2001). Remington's: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia . USA 2. Shargel L. et al. Comprehensive Pharmacy Review (2001). Lippincott Williams& Wilkins. Philadelphia . USA

3.Internet : www.unizwa.edu.om www.boomer.org/c/p4/ http://oregomstate.edu/~delasiek/studyguide/751_notes_vesna.doc

Student Evaluation

PHCY 310: Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics I

Prereq: PHCY 240	3C.H.	Lectures: 2 CH	Practical: 1	Contact Hs: 4
Professional	Required	Fourth Year	Second Semester	English

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1- Discuss the epidemiology of the relevant  diseases locally and internationally 

2- Describe the etiology, causes and predisposing factors for the relevant diseases.

3- Describe the pathology of the relevant diseases.

4- Illustrate the clinical presentation of diseases.

5- Identify the diseases through patient information

6- Suggest non-pharmacological therapy

7- Suggest pharmacological therapy

8- Identify, assess and solve drug related problems

9- Design, implement, monitor, evaluate, recommend and document modification in drug therapy that insure effective, safe and economic pharmaceutical care

10- Evaluate patient lab test and diagnostics

11- Use clinical data to optimize therapeutic drug regimens

12- Communicate and collaborate with heath care professionals for rational drug therapy heal

13- Apply IT skills

14- Retrieve, evaluate and mange professional information and literature

Course Contents

This course covers the epidemiology, etiology, pathology, principles of non-pharmacological and drug treatment, evaluation of clinical trials, and drug monitoring of certain nutritional, cardiovascular infectious diseases, eye disorders and skin disorders.

 Practical work: provides pharmaceutical care of relevant cases

Bibliography

1. Textbook Title: 1. Di pro U. et al  Pharmacotherapy. McGraw-Hill. NY. USA 2. Jones. R. and Respond R. (2003) Patient Assessment in Pharmacy Practice. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. USA 2. References: 1. Alfonso R. G. (2001). Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia . USA 2. Shargel .L.et al. Comprehensive Pharmacy Practice .Lippincott  Williams And Wilkins Philadelphia USA

3. Internet : 1. www.aaust.pc.edu. 2. www.rxlist.com 3. www.nursespdr.com 4. www.safemedicatino.com 5. www.cponline.gsm.com

Student Evaluation

PHCY 410: Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics II

Prereq: PHCY 240	3C.H.	Lectures: 2 CH	Practical: 1	Contact Hs: 4
Professional	Required	Fourth Year	Second Semester	English

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1- Discuss the epidemiology of the relevant diseases locally and internationally 

2- Describe the etiology, causes and predisposing factors for the relevant diseases.

3- Describe the pathology of diseases.

4- Illustrate the clinical presentation of diseases.

5- Identify the diseases through patient information

6- Suggest non-pharmacological therapy

7- Suggest pharmacological therapy

8- Identify, assess and solve drug related problems

9- Design, implement, monitor, evaluate, recommend and document modification in drug therapy that insure effective, safe and economic pharmaceutical care

10- Evaluate patient lab test and diagnostics

11- Use clinical data to optimize therapeutic drug regimens

12- Communicate and collaborate with heath care professionals for rational drug therapy heal

13- Apply IT skills

14- Retrieve, evaluate and mange professional information and literature

Course Contents

This course covers the epidemiology, etiology, pathology, Physiology, principles of non-pharmacological and drug treatment, evaluation of clinical trials, and drug monitoring of certain neurological, psychiatric, bone and joint disorders, and immunological disorders.

Practical work: provides pharmaceutical care of relevant cases

Bibliography

1.Textbook Title: 1. Di pro U. et al  Pharmacotherapy. McGraw-Hill. NY. USA (2006) 2. Jones. R. and Respond R. Patient Assessment in Pharmacy Practice. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. USA (2003)

2.References: 1. Alfonso R. G.Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia . USA (2001) 2. Shargel .L.et al. Comprehensive Pharmacy Practice .Lippincott  Williams And Wilkins Philadelphia USA (2003)

3.Internet : 1. www.aaust.pc.edu. 2. www.rxlist.com 3. www.nursespdr.com 4. www.safemedicatino.com 5. www.cponline.gsm.com

Student Evaluation

PHCY 510: Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics III

Prereq: PHCY 240	3C.H.	Lectures: 2 CH	Practical: 1	Contact Hs: 4
Professional	Required	Fourth Year	Second Semester	English

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1- Discuss the epidemiology of the diseases locally and on internationally 

2- Describe the etiology, causes and predisposing factors for the diseases.

3- Describe the pathology of diseases.

4- Illustrate the clinical presentation of diseases.

5- Identify the diseases through patient information

6- Suggest non-pharmacological therapy

7- Suggest pharmacological therapy

8- Identify, assess and solve drug related problems

9- Design, implement, monitor, evaluate, recommend and document modification in drug therapy that insure effective, safe and economic pharmaceutical care

10- Evaluate patient lab test and diagnostics

11- Use clinical data to optimize therapeutic drug regimens

12- Communicate and collaborate with heath care professionals for rational drug therapy heal

13- Apply IT skills

14- Retrieve, evaluate and mange professional information and literature

Course Contents

This course covers the epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, principles of non-pharmacological and drug treatment, evaluation of clinical trials, and drug monitoring of certain GIT, hepatology,  nephrology, respiratory, and endocrine diseases certain oncological disorders.

Practical work: provides pharmaceutical care of relevant cases

Bibliography

1.Textbook Title: 1. Di pro U. et al  Pharmacotherapy. McGraw-Hill. NY. USA (2006) 2. Jones. R. and Respond R.  Patient Assessment in Pharmacy Practice. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. USA (2003)

2.References: 1. Alfonso R. G. Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia . USA (2001) 2. Shargel .L.et al. Comprehensive Pharmacy Practice .Lippincott  Williams And Wilkins Philadelphia USA

3.Internet : 1. www.aaust.pc.edu. 2. www.rxlist.com 3. www.nursespdr.com 4. www.safemedicatino.com 5. www.cponline.gsm.com

Student Evaluation

PHCY 480:  Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacoepidemiology

Prereq: PHCY 280	2C.H.	Lectures: 2 CH	Practical: -	Contact Hs: 2
Professional	Required	Fourth Year	Second Semester	English

Course Objectives:

 After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1- Discuss the importance of pharmacogenetics and pharmacoepidemiology for optimizing drug therapy.

2- Discuss the effect of enzyme(s), mode of inheritance and frequency on the metabolism of   drugs  

3- Design a technique for the assessment of pharmacogenetics of a drug in the Sultanate of  Oman

4- Enumerate the types of studies used in pharmacoepidemiology 

5- Discuss the method used for reporting adverse events Sultanate of Oman

6- Demonstrate Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System 

7- Illustrate the importance of pharmacogenetics and pharmacoepidemiology for pharmaceutical care

8- Identify, asses, and solve drug related problems due to pharmacogenetics  

Course Contents:

This course covers the genetic basis for diseases and drug metabolism due to glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, globin and  heme metablozing enzymes, catechol –o–methyltransferase, thiopurine methyl transferase, glycolytic enzymes, dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, N- acetyl transferase enzymes, choline-estrase, cytochrome P450 isoenzyme(CYP2D6),cytochrome P450isoenzyme(CYP2C19), HGPTASE,  alcohol dehydrogenase ,genetic basis for alternation of drug metabolism and genome and proteomic principles in relation to disease and drug development.  It covers the epidemiology, etiology, pathology, Physiology, principles of non-pharmacological and drug treatment, evaluation of clinical trials, and drug monitoring of certain gynecological, obstetric, pediatric, renal and urological diseases. It covers the application of epidemiology to the study of drug use and outcomes in large population, studies that provide an estimate of the probability of beneficial effects in populations and other parameters relating to drug use, benefits and methods of continual monitoring of untoward effects and other safety – related aspects of drugs, recall and withdrawal of drugs from the market.

Bibliography

1. Textbook Title:  1. Hedgeco A: The Politics of personalized medicine Pharmacogenetics in  clinic , Cambridge , UK 2004  2. DiPiro, J. T. et al (2006) Pharmacotherapy. McGraw- Hill. NY. USA . 2. References: Alfonso R. G. (2001). Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia . USA Seashore, Genetics in Primary Care & Clinical Medicine, PHC (1996)

3. Internet : 1. www.druginfonet.com 2. www.bnf.org

PHCY 481: Pharmacy Law and Regulatory Affairs

Prereq: None	1C.H.	Lectures: 1 CH	Practical: -	Contact hr 1
Professional Course	Required	Fourth Year	First Semester	Arabic & English

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1- Explain local rules for pharmaceutical affairs

2- Compare between the Omani and the international rules for pharmaceutical affairs

3- Discuss the objectives of drug policy in Oman

4- Discuss the policy of drug registration in Oman

5- Discuss the process of drug selection in Oman

6- Discuss the process of drug procurement in Oman

7- Discuss the process of drug distribution and storage in Oman

8- Discuss the process of drug quality  assurance in Oman

9- Discuss the process of good pharmacy practice in Oman

10- Discuss the process of rationale drug use and human resources development in Oman

11- Discuss the procedures and conditions for licensing a medical store in Oman

12- Illustrate the setting up of a medical store in Oman

13- Illustrate the requirements for receiving and arranging items in pharmacy in Oman

14- Discuss the methods of keeping track products in a storeroom in Oman

15- Discuss  the process of maintain the quality of products in pharmacy in Oman

16- Illustrate the process of waste management

17- Illustrate the rules required for registration of a new drug; medicinal herb ; diagnostics and cosmetic product in Oman

18- Describe the legal points related to the dispensing, storage and getting rid of narcotics in Oman

19- Enumerate narcotic groups with examples according to the rules in Oman

20- Illustrate the rules requires for the initiation of new community pharmacy, he initiation of new hospital pharmacy, of a factory for pharmaceutical industry in Oman

21- Enumerate the list of OTC  in Oman

22- Discuss the good storage conditions for medicaments in Oman

Course Contents:

This course covers legal basis of pharmacy practice in the Sultanate of Oman  as compared to other countries, rules of professional conduct, pharmacist responsibilities and limits under the law, pharmacist's role in reducing liability by reducing drug related misadventure, principles of civil and criminal liability, principle of business contract, rules of initiation of a pharmacy , and industrial pharmacy .

PHCY 482: Social and Behavioral Aspects of Pharmacy Practice

Prereq: None	1C.H.	Lectures: 1 CH	Practical: -	Contact Hs: 1
Professional	Required	Third Year	Second Semester	English

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1- Define behavioral sciences

2- Compare behavioral sciences with social sciences

3- Identify the types of patient' behaviors in health

4- Discuss the factors affecting patient behavior

5- Solve the barriers with health care professional

6- Identify patient’s personality problems

7- Illustrate the characters of abnormal person

8- Classify the different types of personality disorders

9- Discuss the symptoms, causes and management of stress

10- Discuss the various approaches of motivation

11- Deal with patients suffering from personality problems

12- Discuss the differences between power and influence

13- Discuss the concept of professionalism

14- Explore pharmacy as a profession

15- Discuss the types of non-compliance

16- Illustrate the causes of non-compliance

17- Identify the cause of non-compliance for a particular patient

18- Illustrate the methods used for solving non-compliance

19- Capable of solving non-compliance problems

20- Explain pharmacist character that positively influence patient behavior

21- Discuss the approaches used to solve patient bad behavior

22- Illustrate health communications and collaboration models used to solve bad patient, behaviors

23- Design a scheme for proper pharmacist- patient relationship.

24- Apply ethical, social and behavioral skills

Course Contents:

This course covers Pharmacy as a profession, professionalism, image of the pharmacist by health care providers and patient, pharmacist-physician interface, pharmacist-patient interface, role of the pharmacist in health care and his interaction with health care professionals, patient's behavior and models used to prevent bad behaviors. It offers the modules for patient’s behavior that alter proper use of medications as non-compliance. It provides the most important personality disorders along with the role of pharmacist in ensuring proper use of drugs with these patients suffering from these disorders.

PHCY 484: Practice Management / Health Care Systems

Prereq: none	1C.H.	Lectures: 1 CH	Practical: -	Contact Hs: 1
Professional	Required	Third Year	Second Semester	English

 Course Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1- Illustrate the principles of  management

2- Design a plan for community pharmacy or other pharmaceutical  projects

3- Evaluate the performance of a pharmacy project and design a plan for quality improvement

4- .Discuss the health care systems  in the Sultanate of Oman 

5- Select his/her future career and justify the selection

6- Enumerate the various careers for pharmacists with advantages and disadvantages

7- Communicate with health care providers and society for improving health

Course Contents

This course covers the management principles applied to various pharmacy practice setting, principles of planning, evaluation, organizing, directing and controlling and operating pharmacy resources, tools and needs to address changes, increase competitiveness and optimize patients’ services.

Also, an introduction o health care system in the Sultanate of Oman, social, political and economic factors of the Sultanate of Oman health care system, principles that influence the distribution of products and services role of public and private insurances and pharmaceutical industry to improve health resources are covered by this course.

Bibliography

Textbook Title:   1. Drug Information a Guide for the Pharmacist: McGraw & Hill (2006)  2. Alghabban, A: Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary. Edinburgh, NY 2001 5. References: a. Alfonso R. G. (2001). Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia . USA

6. Internet : a. www.unizwa.edu.om. b. www.gettingwell.com c. www.medicinenet.com www.nlm.nih.gov

PHCY 485: Practice Marketing / Pharmacoeconomics

Prereq: none	1C.H.	Lectures: 1 CH	Practical: -	Contact Hs: 1
Professional	Required	Third Year	Second Semester	English

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Illustrate the principles of drug marketing and selling skills 
2. Design and evaluate marketing studies and selling points for a given drug.
3. Illustrate and evaluate the accounting systems
4. Evaluate finance, exportation and insurance studies
5. Discuss the fundamentals of Pharmacoeconomics  
6. Calculate Pharmacoeconomics parameters
7. Design ,implement, monitor,  evaluate , recommend, and document modifications in drug therapy to insure effective, safe and economic pharmaceutical care

Course Contents

This course covers an introduction to economics, definition of economic terms, economic principles, concepts of Pharmacoeconomics for drug selection, application of economic theorists of evaluation and quality of life concepts to improve allocation of limited health care resources. Marketing section covers functions of pharmaceutical marketing department, selling, transport, distribution, storage and order-system, principles of promotion, principles of finance exportation, insurance systems, and principles of Pharmacy.

Bibliography

1. Winston, How to Write a Marketing Plan for Health Care Organization, Haworth (1995)
2. DiPiro U. et al Pharmacotherapy. McGraw-Hill. NY. USA Jones. R. and Respond R. (2006)
3. Patient Assessment in Pharmacy Practice. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. USA

PHCY 381: Advanced Pharmacy Practice

Coreq: PHCY 380	1 C.H.	Lectures: 1 CH	Practical: 1	Contact Hs: 3
Professional	Elective	Fourth Year	Second Semester	English

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1- Discuss the most advanced application in pharmacy practice

2- Discuss the new methods used for TDM

3- Illustrate the advancement in drug information

4- Illustrate the most recent drugs registered in Oman

5- Discuss the problem in of medication errors in Oman

6- Discuss the most recent drug delivery systems

Course Contents

This course provides through active learning a complete idea on the most advanced application in pharmacy practice, the new methods used for TDM, the advancement in drug information, the most recent drugs registered in Oman, the problem in of medication errors in Oman, the most recent drug delivery systems, the most recent researches in non-compliance, the most recent researches in epidemiology of diseases, the most recent researches in epidemiology and Pharmacogenetics.

 Bibliography

1.Textbook Title: Di pro U. et al  Pharmacotherapy. McGraw-Hill. NY. USA Jones. R. and Respond R. (2003) Patient Assessment in Pharmacy Practice. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. USA

2.References: Alfonso R. G. (2001). Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia . USA Shargel .L.et al. Comprehensive Pharmacy Practice .Lippincott  Williams And Wilkins Philadelphia USA

3. All relevant Scientific Journals

4.Internet : www.aaust.pc.edu. www.rxlist.com www.nursespdr.com www.safemedicatino.com www.cponline.gsm.com

Student Evaluation

PHCY 610: Advanced Clinical Chemistry/ Diagnostics

Prereq: CHEM 334 & BIOL 334	2 C.H.	Lectures: 1	Practical: 1	Contact Hs: 3
Professional	Elective	Third Year	Second Semester	English

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1- Discuss the fundamentals of clinical chemistry

2- Enumerate the biological fluids that need analysis

3- Illustrate the requirements needed for clinical chemistry

4- Discuss the fundamentals of hematology

5- Discuss the  principles of urine analysis

6- Discuss the principles of stool analysis

7- Discuss the principles of kidney function tests

8- Discuss the principles of liver function tests

9- Describe the methods used for analysis in the biological fluids.

10- Analyze biological fluids

11- Interpret and evaluate laboratory tests of different biological fluids

12- enumerate the diagnostic procedures

13- Discuss the application of ECG and EEG

14- Discuss the application of NMR

15- Discuss the application of diagnostics in gynecology

16- Discuss the application of ultrasonics

17- Discuss the application of endoscopy

18- Discuss the application of cat scanning

19- Discuss the application of biopsy

20- Evaluate patient laboratory tests and diagnostics in accordance with established standards of practice

21- Design patient counseling dialogue for the use of home test kits and diagnostics

22- Enumerate the home test kits

23- Enumerate the home test diagnostics

24- Counsel the patients for the use of home test kits and diagnostics

25- Evaluate results of home test kits

26- Evaluate the results of diagnostics

Course Contents

         This course covers the fundamentals of laboratory medicine and its importance in screening, diagnosis and evaluation of patient's clinical data relevant to state management .It offers   techniques used for bioanalysis as hematology, urine analysis, stool analysis and other biological fluids analysis and diagnostics (ECG, EEG, US, NMR, CAT scanning, Colposcopy, Endoscopy, Biopsy etc).  

Bibliography

1.Textbook Title: 1. Marshall, Clinical Chemistry, Mosby (2004) 2. Di pro U. et al  Pharmacotherapy. McGraw-Hill. NY. USA 3. Jones. R. and Respond R. (2003) Patient Assessment in Pharmacy Practice. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. USA

2.References: 1. Alfonso R. G. (2001). Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia . USA 2. Shargel .L.et al. Comprehensive Pharmacy Practice .Lippincott  Williams And Wilkins Philadelphia USA

3. All relevant Scientific Journals

4.Internet : 1. www.aaust.pc.edu. 2. www.rxlist.com 3. www.nursespdr.com 4. www.safemedicatino.com 5. www.cponline.gsm.com

Student Evaluation

PRCM 1: Practicum (1)

Prereq: PHCY 150	3C.H.	Lectures: -	Practical: 2 CH	Contact Hs: 90
Professional	Required	Second Year	Summer Session	-

Practicum 1&2 Objectives:

After completing this practicum, the student will be able to:

1. Dispense and administer of medications.
2. Participate in purchasing of medicines, cosmetics, nutraceuticals, home test kit and monitoring devise.    
3. Identify and reject of expired medications.
4. Process new /refill medication orders, dispensing medications and reviewing the prescriptions for proper product selection, proper dose, and proper frequency, proper duration, and drug interactions, drug disease interactions to ensure effective, safe and economic patient care.
5. Counsel patients for home test kits and monitoring devices
6. Identify patient specific factors that affect health pharmacotherapy, and /or state management.
7. Assess patient compliance.
8. Record p