Area of Emphasis: Health Outcomes and Informatics.
To understand the importance of clinical, economic, and patient-reported outcomes related to pharmaceuticals and clinical services in healthcare. Train students in health outcomes and informatics that improves their clinical decision making for patients, providers, payers, pharmaceutical industry, and government. More program information can be found here.
Population Health (PHAR 820).
The Population Health and Policy course is broken into 5 modules and introduces content related to: (1) population health principles, (2) intervention: marginalized populations and substance abuse, (3) traditional and emerging roles of pharmacists in population health, (4) emergency preparedness and pharmacist response, and (5) health policy and advocacy.
Quality and Outcomes in Pharmacy Practice (PHAR 837).
The course is composed of three distinct interrelated modules: pharmacoeconomics, quality, and safety. The role of using information technology in patient care and automation to enhance patient safety is included along with discussion of quality improvement from a community pharmacy and health-systems pharmacy prospective. Depending on the practice setting, pharmacists will use the knowledge and skills acquired in this course to improve medication safety and enhance patient outcomes to improve the quality of care being provided to patients. Healthcare providers must also show quality measures are being met for reimbursement of their services.
Research in Pharmacy (PHAR 836).
The course will navigate class participants through each step involved in conducting meaningful pharmacy research. Initially, you will learn the importance of formulating clear research questions and hypotheses, through identifying gaps in existing knowledge. Methodologies and techniques used to collect, analyze, interpret, and present data in different types of research studies will be discussed. Participants will be exposed to the ethical considerations inherent in research. There will also be exposure to different types of pharmacy research and opportunities available as a student pharmacist.
Managed Care and Principles (PHAR 774).
Managed care pharmacy is an area of pharmacy practice that is continuously growing, but that students have little exposure to in the general pharmacy curriculum. This elective course will provide an overview that can serve as valuable preparation for experiential rotations and career opportunities in a variety of settings, including a managed care organization, hospital administration, and pharmaceutical industry.
Travel Medicine and Global Pharmacy Practice (PHAR 778).
This elective course identifies and explores major issues in global health with a specific focus on global pharmacy practice and medication therapy. Students will also learn fundamentals in travel medicine so they can assist international travelers in preventing and treating travel-related maladies.