Fall 2007 Course Offerings

The Fall 2007 off-campus offering of core courses in the Purdue University Nontraditional Doctor of Pharmacy Program will include Pathophysiology and Therapeutics I, PHRM 402 Integrated Laboratory II, Pathophysiology and Therapeutics III, PHRM 404 Integrated Lab IV, Principles of Drug Information & Literature Evaluation and Special Problems in Pharmacokinetics.  Courses are scheduled to start August 20.  You may enroll in the courses if you are interested in obtaining the Pharm.D. or if you want to take selected courses for your own benefit.  Access to a computer with Internet access is required for all coursework, as well as an active e-mail account.  For a full description of the Nontraditional Pharm.D. Program go to the Pharmacy Continuing Education website at www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/~phprce/ 

CLPH 471 Pathophysiology and Therapeutics I. This course is 3 credit hours.  This is the second course in the therapeutics sequence.  It focuses on diabetes management, treatment of DKA, asthma, COPD, Pain Management, drugs and devices used in pulmonary diseases, smoking cessation, recurrent headaches, osteoarthritis, clinical toxicology, disorders of the ear, nose, and throat, women's health issues, and treatment of seizure disorders. 
ACPE 018-000-06-018-C01, 45.0 Contact Hours.  You must also register for PHRM 402.  You will be required to purchase the course notes manual, approximate cost $20 and the textbook,
Dipiro’s Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 6th Edition (approximate cost $150 from Amazon.com).

PHRM 402 (Part 2) Integrated Laboratory II.  This course is 1 credit hour.  You must take this course if you are taking CLPH 471 and is a continuation of the PRHM 402 taken with the summer course CLPH 460 with emphasis upon modules that provide laboratory practice experience designed to integrated basic science concepts and practice applications. Small group problem-solving methodology will be utilized as appropriate.   ACPE 018-000-06-021-C01, 15 Contact Hours.

CLPH 573 (Part 1) Pathophysiology and Therapeutics III.  This course is 3 credit hours. This is the fifth course in the therapeutics sequence.  It focuses on antibiotic therapy, HIV/AIDS, and a wide variety of infectious processes, including respiratory tract, urinary tract, sepsis, endocarditis, bone and joint, surgical prophylaxis, intraabdominal, fungal, and other opportunistic organisms, plus psychiatric disorders, smoking cessation, oncology disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, SLE/autoimmune disorders, hepatic disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and seizure disorders.  ACPE 018-000-06-019-C01, 45.0 Contact Hours.  You must also register for PHRM 404. You will be required to purchase the course notes manual, approximate cost $20 and the textbook,
Dipiro's Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 6th Edition (approximate cost $150 from Amazon.com). 

PHRM 404 (Part 1) Integrated Laboratory IV. This course is 0 credit hours. You must take this course if you are taking CLPH 573. The course provides patient case discussions and other activities that complement the therapeutics instruction.

CLPH 567 Principles of Drug Information and Literature Evaluation. 
 This course is 2 credit hours.    For the last course meeting (week 8) participants are required to come to Indianapolis for a live interactive session and tour of the Drug Information Center. The course covers the use and evaluation of primary, secondary, and tertiary literature, medical and pharmaceutical data bases, considerations for geriatric and pediatric questions, study design, investigational drugs, clinical applications of biomedical statistics, pharmacy and therapeutics committees, and ADR evaluation and management. ACPE 018-000-06-020-C01, 30.0 Contact Hours.  You will also be required to purchase the course notes manual, approximate cost $12.00. Prerequisite: CLPH 460 - Principles of Pharmaceutical Care and Biometrics, 3 credit hours.

PHPR 590 Special Problems in Pharmacokinetics. This course is 3 credit hours.You must have taken IPPH 475 Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics I or an equivalent course prior to enrolling for this course. A 15-week, web-based course designed to provide practicing pharmacists in-depth knowledge of clinical pharmacokinetics. It is offered in conjunction with the University of Georgia and American Health-System Pharmacists. ACPE 018-000-06-001-HO1, 45.0 Contact Hours.

 


 

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