Pharmacy Administration: Pharmacy Systems 3

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This 3-credit hour course focuses on the role of evidence-based medicine in helping pharmacists to make clinical decisions. Students expand their critical thinking skills through the application of evidence-based pharmacy-related literature evaluations. Lectures and in-class assignments elucidate the role of statistics, study design, economics, and epidemiology as they relate to pharmacy, literature evaluation, and decision making. Specific topics in statistics and study design help students to differentiate between data types, examine study designs, and determine whether statistical analyses are appropriate. Specific topics related to Pharmacoeconomics will include Cost-of-illness studies, Cost-Benefit analysis, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Cost-Utility Analysis, Decision Analysis and Health-related Quality of Life. Pharmacoepidemiology delves into the efficacy and safety issues associated with pharmacy, in particular, morbidity (disease), mortality (death), and pharmacovigilance (examining drug-related ADEs). In addition, formulary design, and therapeutic equivalence will be covered, especially as they relate to pharmacoepidemiology. The class will also include a brief survey of potential professional and business liabilities for the pharmacist.