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Nora Abdullah Alkhudair

Assistant Professor

Clinical Pharmacy department

كلية الصيدلة
Girls Campus, Building 8, 3rd floor, office #96
مادة دراسية

326 PHCL

Clinical Skills for Pharmacists

Course Description and Prerequisites

The role of pharmacists is becoming increasingly patient-oriented. Therefore, is not uncommon for patients to have pharmacists solely providing focused medical care during a specified time frame. Pharmacists functioning in this role may need to utilize assessment skills, including those of primary care patient interviews and physical examinations. This course will cover approaches to patient assessment in the pharmacy. It also will cover how pharmacists can use the patient interview and the physical examination to improve patient care

 

Prerequisite: PHCL 311 Pharmacy Practice

 

 

 

 

 

 

Course Objectives:

UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

Describe the basic role and responsibilities of a pharmacist in patient care setting

1. Familiarize oneself with patient data base in order to:

a. Identify essential elements of a patient data base/chart

b. Create a patient-specific data base for a selected patient

c. Describe the location of a selected patient datum in a patient data base

2. Demonstrate sufficient skills to:

a. Conduct and document complete medication histories.

b. Conduct and interpret vital sign measurements.

c. Interpret physical assessment results.

d. Interpret clinical significance of common laboratory tests.

e. lab results according to patient specifics.

f. Provide education for selected home monitoring devices.

g. Identify drug related problems.

h. Establish therapeutic goals for both actual and potential drug related problem, and recommend/justify drug treatment.

i. Device a monitoring plan to evaluate the status of the patient and progress towards achieving desired outcomes.

3. Effectively communicate with patients, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals. In particular, student should be able to:

a. Counsel patients verbally.

d. knowing  patient case componant .

 

Textbook(s) & Learning Resources

 

Required (textbook is available in University bookstore, or copies will be provided by course lecturer).

 

Tietze, Karen J. Clinical skills for pharmacists: a patient-focused approach. 2nd ed. Mosby, 2004.

 

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