Advanced Community Pharmacy

This course will expose students to the advanced practice of pharmacy and the managerial structure of a community pharmacy. Students will have the opportunity to utilize their knowledge of therapeutics and health disparities to communicate with patients and health care providers to make appropriate recommendations and interventions to positively impact patient outcomes. Coverage includes business metrics that benchmark a pharmacy financial performance; developing a systematic approach to ensure the five principles of drug delivery; processing new and refilling prescriptions; providing patient care to a population; designing safe and effective self‐care plans; counseling patients on prescription, non-prescription, and herbal medications; and participating in prospective drug utilization reviews. They will also learn about business metrics that benchmark a pharmacy financial performance and managing business operations of a community pharmacy setting.