PHARM 7100A      Introductory Topics In Pharmacy I
This course in one in a four semester series of courses that includes presentations and discussions on the profession of pharmacy including: the role and responsibilities of the pharmacist, educational requirements to obtain the degree, career opportunities, student life, legal and ethical issues, current issues in healthcare effecting pharmacy practice, and study skills development. Course meets for 2 hours four times a semester. Credit/nocredit. Prerequisite: You must be admitted to the School of Pharmacy and be a Provisional Pharmacy Major to take this course.
Credits: .5 hours
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PHARM 7100B      Introductory Topics In Pharmacy II
This course is the continuation of the four semester course series. Course meets for 2 hours four times a semester. Continuation of Pharmacy 7100 A. Credit/ No Credit. Prerequisite: Pharmacy 7100A
Credits: .5 hours
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PHARM 7100C      Introductory Topics in Pharmacy III
This course is a continuation of the four semester course series. Course meets for 2 hours four times a semester. Continuation of Pharmacy 7100B. Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Pharm 7100B
Credits: .5 hours
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PHARM 7100D      Introductory Topics Pharmacy IV
This course is a continuation of the four semester course series. Course meets for 2 hours four times a semester. Continuation of Pharm 7100C. Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Pharm 7100C
Credits: 0.5 hours
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PHARM 7101      Professional Skills I: The Profession of Pharmacy
This course introduces students to the profession of pharmacy and professional responsibilities and roles of a pharmacist. Students will complete and present a group project solving a community-based health issue as part of this course. This is the first of three courses with an integrated curriculum focused on professional skills development. Prerequisites: Admission to the Pharm. D program. Restrictions: AU 52 Offered: Fall Two 1-hour class sessions are held per week.
Credits: 2 hours
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PHARM 7110      Professional Skills II: Pharmacy Calculations
This course provides instruction in performing the necessary calculations involved in the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing, manufacturing and preparation of dosage forms. Topics covered include but are not limited to: fundamentals of pharmaceutical calculations (numbers,numerals,exponents,ratios,percentages,proportions and fractions); International System of Units; pharmaceutical measurements; interpretations of medication orders and prescriptions; density,specific gravity and specific volume;patient specific parameters involved in dosing(surface area,weight and age); isotonicity and buffer solutions; milliequivalents,millimoles and milliosmoles;dilution,concentration and alligation;and,reducing and enlarging formulas. The ability to apply principles and formulas to solve pharmaceutically relevant problems related to the above listed topics is an outcome for this course. Students must have an understanding of mathematical principles to include algebra and calculus. Prerequisite:MATH 210 Offered:Winter Semester. Restrictions: AU 51&52
Credits: 2 hours
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PHARM 7125      Medical Terminology
This course will provide the necessary information towards proficiency in reading and understanding the meaning of common medical terminology. This ability will provide a foundation for student lerning in courses that rely on medical terminology to explain physiologic and clinical processes. Prerequisite: Admission to the Pharm D program. Offered: Fall Restrictions: AU 52
Credits: 1 hours
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PHARM 7151      Introduction To Pharmacy Law
This course will provide an introduction to the federal and state laws that pertain to the practice of pharmacy. One hour of lecture per week. Offered: Fall Restrictions: AU 52
Credits: 1 hours
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PHARM 7199      Pharmacy Grand Rounds
The School of Pharmacy offers Grand Rounds seminars for the student body regarding timely and important topics and issues facing the profession of the School. Offered Fall and Spring Semester.
Credits: .25 hours
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PHARM 7202      Pharmaceutics I
Physicochemical properties of drug systems with consideration of incompatibilities and stabilization of pharmaceutical dosage forms, and physicochemical properties affecting drug action, degradation and bio availability. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory a week. Prerequisite: PHARM 110 & PHARM104 Offered: Fall Restrictions: AU 51 & 52 (Second Year Professional Standing)
Credits: 4 hours
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PHARM 7203      Pharmaceutics II
Discussion of pharmaceutical processes, equipment and material used in drug delivery systems and the preparation and evaluation of solid delivery systems and parenteral products. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory a week. Prerequisite: PHARM 202. Restrictions: AU 51 & 52 (Second Year Professional Standing)
Credits: 3 hours
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PHARM 7203L      Pharmaceutics II Lab
In this lab course students will perform hands on pharmaceutical processes, use manufacturing equipment, and prepare formulations in which selected dosage forms are manufactured and evaluated. This is a required lab for BS in Pharmaceutical Science students and a professional elective option for Pharm.D. students. Prerequisite: PHARM 202 Co-requisite: PHARM 203 (AU 51 students only)
Credits: 1 hours
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PHARM 7233      U.S. Health Care System and Marketing
U.S. Health Care System and Marketing is a required course for the doctor of Pharmacy degree program at The University of Missouri -Kansas City School of Pharmacy. It consists of two modules: U.S. Health Care System and Medication Safety (Module I) , and Health Care Marketing (Module 2). The goals of the course are to (1) understand U.S. health care system at the macro level, (2) discuss medication errors and management within U.S. health care system, and (3) learn about marketing process for healthcare products and services. This course provides the context and builds the knowledge base for future required courses such as Pharmacy Practice Management.
Credits: 3 hours
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PHARM 7244      Introduction to Drugs of Abuse
As a health professional in training, it is important to know the mental and behavioral effects of abusing both prescription and illicit substances. This knowledge will help the health professional to be more understanding of their patients who may be suffering with a substance abuse problem. Introduction to Drugs of Abuse will focus on both the physical and psychological effects of substances such as hallucinogens, amphetamines, alcohol, and nicotine among others. The course will also be discussing important topics such as behavioral modification, the controversies of treatment, and the role of the pharmacist in the treatment of substance abuse. A substantial focus will also be placed on patient experiences and the psycho-social aspects of substance abuse. Prerequisites: Completion of Anatomy LSANA118/118L concurrent enrollment in or completion of Pharmacy Physiology LSPHYS 339 & 400Offered: Anatomy is required for admission into the UMKC School of Pharmacy and Pharmacy Physiology I and II are offered in the first two semesters of the first year within the School of Pharmacy Curriculum.
Credits: 2 hours
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PHARM 7245      Top 200 I
This course requires the student to commit basic information about the Top 200 most prescribed drugs to memory. Prerequisite: Successful completion of Pharm D courses through semester 4. Offered: Fall and Winter Restrictions: AU 52 Level A
Credits: 0.5 hours
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PHARM 7266      Medical & Medication Error Evaluation & Management
A course designed to discuss the current body of evidence with respect to medical quality, medication errors, and strategies used to improve quality & minimize error rates. At the completion of the course, the student should be able to (1) review and synthesize evidence within the literature; (2) describe te policy framework designed to improve health care quality; (3) describe characteristics and factors that enable & encourage providers to improve the quality of care; (4) describe common causes of medication errors; (5) differentiate strategies to prevent errors; (6) correlate medication errors and specific disease states. Prerequisite: None Offered: Winter Restricitions: AU 52 Level B
Credits: 1 hours
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PHARM 7275      The Pharmacists' Role in Global Health
Objectives for this course include; describe key public health concepts related to global health, including: demographic and epidemiological transitions, measures of health status, and the burden of disease; describe how globalization has changed the patterns of the spread of disease and the methods needed to control disease; discuss the multi-directional links between health and social and economic factors; discuss how social and cultural factors can affect a society's vulnerability to morbidity and mortality and its approaches to prevention and control; identify health conditions that have a major impact on morbidity and mortality and key biological concepts needed to understand their public health importance; identify critical issues in the organization and delivery of public health and health care services and methods to address these issues; discuss the determinants of health and risk factors for conditions of major importance to global health; discuss the burden of disease in various regions of the world and the variations in incidence and prevalence both within and across countries; discuss the potential for science and technology to contribute to improvement in health; identify key organizations and institutions, their roles in global health, and the manner in which they can cooperate to address key global health issues; apply principles of cost-effectiveness, benefits and harms, and sustainability of a new intervention designed to improve global health; and apply understandings of the impact of culture on health to address issues of cultural diversity. Prerequisite: Professional Skills Development I. Restrictions: Pharm. D. Student any level. Offered: Spring
Credits: 2 hours
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PHARM 7277      Zoonotic Illnesses
This course is designed to increase student knowledge and interest in infectious diseases by presenting various zoonotic illnesses. It will include background information on the clinical ""workup"" of an infectious disease, an introduction to antibiotics, monitoring of the infectious process, the evolution of the disease, and reporting of infectious diseases to the local health department.; It will also expose students to particular disease states that they may see in rural Missouri (Le. tick bites, diseases from farm animals, etc). It is offered to Pharm.D. students Prerequisite: Microbiology
Credits: 1 hours
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PHARM 7279      Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience: Aseptic Technique and Sterile Product Preparation
This Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) gives students the proper steps of sterile product preparation utilizing aseptic technique skills. This experience involves video instruction small group live demonstration and instruction, opportunities to practice technique, and assessment by preparation of a parenteral admixture. The knowledge and skills obtained in this IPPE prepare students for the next level of curricular pharmacy practice experiences. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all coursework through semester two, OSHA Blood Borne Pathogen Safety Training.
Credits: .5 hours
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PHARM 7303      Pharmacokinetics And Biopharmaceutics
Study of pharmacokinetic models and equations; the concepts of the rate processes associated with, and the physical and physiological factors affecting absorption, distribution, and elimination of dosage forms. The concepts of bioavailability will be presented so as to prepare the student to evaluate bioavailability data. Three hours lecture and one two-hour discussion period per week. Winter. Restrictions: AU 51 & 52 Level A
Credits: 4 hours
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