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2020-2021 Catalog Volume XXX Ver 2 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Descriptions of Courses

South College courses are numbered according to the general level of instruction. Although there are exceptional cases, most one thousand level courses are considered first year undergraduate courses and two thousand level courses are considered second year undergraduate courses. Courses numbered at the 3000-4000 levels are upper division undergraduate courses. Courses assigned numbers at the 5000 level are considered master’s level courses. Courses assigned numbers at the 6000 level are considered educational specialist or doctoral courses. Courses are assigned letters according to the department in which they are taught and are listed in alphabetical order.

Contact/Credit hours for each course are indicated by the four-digit code located to the right of the course title. The first number indicates the minimum number of hours in lecture per week for the length of the course; the second and third numbers indicate the minimum number of hours in lab/internship/clinical/practicum/student teaching/fieldwork per week for the length of the course; and the last number indicates the number of credit hours earned for successful course completion. Please note that hours per week in each category will be modified for instances where classes are scheduled for periods other than the full quarter. One credit hour is generally equivalent to a minimum of 10 in class hours lecture/instruction, 20 hours in class lab, 30 hours internship/clinical/practicum/student teaching, or a combination. See Academic Information section for credit hour definition.

Academic offerings are subject to change at the discretion of the institution. Prerequisites may be waived with the dean’s/department chair’s permission.

South College reserves the right to cancel any scheduled class section if ten or fewer students are registered.
 

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  • PPR 6609 Special Projects in Pharmacy Practice Research

    Lecture: 1 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 1
    The course provides the pharmacy student an opportunity for direct participation in various aspects of Pharmacy Practice research under the supervision of Pharmacy Practice faculty. Defined student activities may range from focused, topical review and summation of scientific literature, to practical experience using a variety research study methods and techniques.

  

  • PPR 6631 Self-Care I

    Lecture: 2 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 2
    This is the first of a two-part course series that evaluates the use of nonprescription drug therapies and complementary and alternative medicines in the use of self-care. Throughout the course series, students will learn to evaluate a patient’s appropriateness for self-care, and if appropriate, recommend a treatment plan. This course also covers the use of home diagnostic and monitoring devices used in preventive healthcare or in the treatment of common self-care conditions.

  

  • PPR 6640 Pharmacy Practive VI - Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Assessment

    Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 3
    Pharmacoeconomic approaches are increasingly being found in medical and health outcomes research and used as a tool for health care decision making process. This course introduces the basic concepts, terminology, and methods associated with pharmacoeconomic studies. Students understand and review the principles of pharmacoeconomics and discuss their application to the evaluation of medication use and treatment outcomes, how these tools are used in practice and factors that limit their use or interpretation. Students learn the role of study perspective in the selection of cost/consequence parameters and the impact on study design and interpretation of results. The course reviews and compares the commonly used generic and disease-specific measures of health-related quality of life measures. The students examine the definitions for and methods of establishing the validity and reliability of a health-related quality of life measure. Application and reinforcement of pharmacoeconomics will continue throughout the pharmacotherapy series.

  

  • PPR 6650 Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacogenomics

    Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 3
    This course is designed to enable students to critically apply knowledge from basic pharmaceutical sciences, mathematical modeling, and pharmacotherapy courses at higher level of sophistication in order to optimize drug therapy for individual patients and diverse populations. The focus of this course is on initiating and adjusting individualized drug dosage regimen for selected medications based on targeted and measured drug plasma levels, patient’s demographics, organ function, concomitant medications and disease states, pharmacogenetics, and overall patient’s response to drug therapy. Altered drug disposition in special patient populations such as pediatrics, geriatrics, obesity, and those with renal or hepatic dysfunction is also addressed.

  

  • PPR 6670 Pharmacotherapy II

    Lecture: 4 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 4
    Pharmacotherapy II is the second course in a six-course Pharmacotherapy series. The series of courses occur during the second professional year of the PharmD program. The courses in the Pharmacotherapy course series are designed to develop the student’s knowledge of pharmacotherapy and to develop the ability to apply pharmacotherapy concepts and principles to different disease states. The course sequence reinforces pathophysiology and pharmacology and emphasizes clinical symptomatology; diagnostic testing and diagnosis; therapeutic agents and evidence-based medicine supporting agents use; applicable clinical practice guidelines; and therapeutic drug monitoring for each disorder/condition.

  

  • PPR 6680 Pharmacotherapy III

    Lecture: 4 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 4
    Pharmacotherapy III is the third course in a six-course Pharmacotherapy series. The series of courses occur during the second professional year of the PharmD program. The courses in the Pharmacotherapy course series are designed to develop the student’s knowledge of pharmacotherapy and to develop the ability to apply pharmacotherapy concepts and principles to different disease states. The course sequence reinforces pathophysiology and pharmacology and emphasizes clinical symptomatology; diagnostic testing and diagnosis; therapeutic agents and evidence-based medicine supporting agents use; applicable clinical practice guidelines; and therapeutic drug monitoring for each disorder/condition.

  

  • PPR 6690 Clinical Abilities Lab II

    Lecture: 0 Lab: 2 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 2
    Clinical Abilities Lab II is the second course in the Clinical Abilities Lab series. The series of courses occur during the second professional year of the PharmD curriculum. This lab-based course provides students with hands-on experiences and practice to achieve proficiency in the abilities, through integration of knowledge, skills, behaviors, and values, that are essential for a pharmacy practitioner to provide patient care using the pharmacists’ patient care process. The Clinical Abilities Lab also provides students opportunities to practice and develop trustworthiness when performing entrustable professional activities (EPAs). Students will apply and integrate knowledge from the Pharmacotherapy course sequence to patient cases. Throughout the Clinical Abilities Lab series, students will practice communication with patients and other health care providers, educating patients and caregivers on medications and self-monitoring devices, patient interviewing skills, physical assessment, performing prescription drug utilization reviews, and prescription verification. Knowledge of commonly prescribed medications, drug information, biostatistics, pharmacy law, and pharmacy calculations are reinforced.

  

  • PPR 6708 Independent Research in Pharmacy Practice

    Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 3
    This research elective course provides professional pharmacy students with opportunities in social, administrative, and clinical research in the Pharmacy Practice Department. Through the students’ self-directed initiative and expertise of a faculty mentor, students will advance their knowledge, research acumen and technical skill set in a defined area of the social, administrative, and clinical research.

  

  • PPR 6709 Special Projects in Pharmacy Practice Research

    Lecture: 1 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 1
    The course provides the pharmacy student an opportunity for direct participation in various aspects of Pharmacy Practice research under the supervision of Pharmacy Practice faculty. Defined student activities may range from focused, topical review and summation of scientific literature, to practical experience using a variety research study methods and techniques.

  

  • PPR 6751 Self-Care II

    Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 3
    This is the second of a two-part course series that evaluates the use of nonprescription drug therapies and complementary and alternative medicines in the use of self-care. Throughout the course series, students will learn to evaluate a patient’s appropriateness for self-care, and if appropriate, recommend a treatment plan. This course also covers the use of home diagnostic and monitoring devices used in preventive healthcare or in the treatment of common self-care conditions.

  

  • PPR 6760 Clinical Seminar I

    Lecture: 1 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 1
    This course is the first of a two-part series and provides the formal instruction component of the series. In this class, students receive instruction on the preparation of formal clinically oriented seminars, including literature review, methodology design and analysis of the results. These activities are devised to prepare students to formulate and present a forty-five-minute seminar in Clinical Seminar II.

  

  • PPR 6770 Pharmacotherapy IV

    Lecture: 4 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 4
    Pharmacotherapy IV is the fourth course in a six-course Pharmacotherapy series. The series of courses occur during the second professional year of the PharmD program. The courses in the Pharmacotherapy course series are designed to develop the student’s knowledge of pharmacotherapy and to develop the ability to apply pharmacotherapy concepts and principles to different disease states. The course sequence reinforces pathophysiology and pharmacology and emphasizes clinical symptomatology; diagnostic testing and diagnosis; therapeutic agents and evidence-based medicine supporting agents use; applicable clinical practice guidelines; and therapeutic drug monitoring for each disorder/condition.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 

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