Practicum I Teaching Assistant.

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This course presents an opportunity for 2nd year pharmacy student to act as teaching assistants (TA) and to help teach and foster learning for 1st year professional students in the practicum course. The practicum experiences relate to effective patient counseling for the most commonly prescribed and select non-prescription medications, pulmonary devices, smoking cessation products, in addition to application of appropriate techniques for measurement of blood pressure, blood glucose, and adminstration of immunizations for adults. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor and a grade of B or better (or grade of Pass if Pass/No Credit) in PHRM 118, pharmacy students in the 2nd year of their professioanl studies. Students must not be on probation and must not have failed or recieved no credit in any required pharmacy course.