PHA570 Professional Pharmacy Practice – Hospital/DIC Experience

[0–6, 6 cr.]

This is a required five-week pharmacy practice experience that will expose the student to pharmacy practice in hospital settings through the provision of drug information services to other healthcare providers. The student will learn how to screen and intervene on hospital medication orders; will learn accreditation standards for hospital pharmacies, proper hospital pharmacy management, policies and procedures as well as drug distribution systems and patient-centered pharmacy services. The student will participate in several hospital pharmacy activities such as preparing a drug monograph, answering drug information questions, assessing adverse drug reactions,   analyzing clinical trials, and participating in drug utilization reviews as per site requirements.

Prerequisites: Passing all the PHA courses from the professional years

Corequisites: Professional Year 3 status