Ambulatory Care

Students explore the pharmacist’s role in an outpatient hospital or community clinic multidisciplinary practice setting. Students will actively participate in the patient care process, including collecting and analyzing medical and medication histories, providing medication therapy management, developing and implementing patient care plans, and monitoring therapeutic outcomes. Students will also interact with health care providers, provide drug information to patients and health care professionals, document their recommendations and participate in patient counseling sessions. Emphasis will be placed on the student’s ability to demonstrate understanding of pharmacotherapeutic management and prevention for adult patients with common chronic disease states in an ambulatory care setting. Placements may include hospital-based clinics, targeted disease-focused clinics, physician group practices or stand-alone community clinics that provide health care directly to patients.