Courses Taught
Required Courses:
PHA
500 Biostatistics and Research Design
Sequence Course: Literature Evaluation/Drug Information 557 This course is designed to enable the student to develop an understanding of basic statistics and research design procedures and terms such that clinical studies in the medical and pharmaceutical literature may be objectively evaluated. The course will also provide the student with the necessary tools such that he or she may be able to effectively describe, summarize, analyze and make valid conclusions from data collected through his or her own research endeavors. |
PHA 503 Pharmacy Management
This course is designed to provide the pharmacy student with those topics relevant to the management and administration of a pharmacy in the community and institutional settings. |
Elective Courses:
PHA 505 Community Pharmacy Ownership
A course in retail pharmacy operation designed to acquaint the student with select behavioral and administrative aspects of community pharmacy ownership. Emphasis is placed on professional and personal relations within the community pharmacy and on the mechanics involved with the operations of a small retail business. |
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience:
PHA 681 Academic Administration
An elective experience designed to stimulate the interest of pharmacy students in academia and provide the student with an understanding of the function and process of the academy. Through interviews with faculty, readings in literature, participation in academic and administrative meetings, development of teaching materials with pharmacy faculty chosen as preceptors in the students' area of interest, the exploration of teaching methodologies and several "hands-on" projects, the student is better able to evaluate the possibility of a career in academia as well as assume a position in academia. |