Precepting Pharmacy Students
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Precepting Pharmacy
Students
Don Uden, PharmD
Professor, U of MN College of
Pharmacy
Curriculum Director MRHS
Pharmacy Curriculum
Minimum two years of prepharmacy prerequisites
– General biology
– Microbiology
– Anatomy
– Calculus
– General chemistry
– Organic chemistry
– Physics
– English composition
– Economics
– Public speaking
Pharmacy Curriculum
4 years
3 years mainly classroom
1 year experiential
Pharmacy Curriculum
Biochem/immunology/physiology 13
credits
Pharmacology and therapeutics 25 credits
Drug design and drug action 25 credits
Pharmacy practice 20 credits
Patient assessment 3 credits
Miscellaneous courses and electives
Pharmacy Curriculum
4th Year
– 10 – 5 week clerkships
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Hospital and community pharmacy
Acute care
Ambulatory care
Pediatrics or geriatrics
3 elective clerkships
Post pharmacy education
Residencies
– General
– Specialized
Fellowships
Precepting Pharmacy Students
Pharmacy students are educated to provide
pharmaceutical care.
Pharmaceutical care is founded in the
premise that all patients require drug
therapy to be appropriately indicated,
effective, safe, and convenient.
What can the pharmacy student
do for you??
Complete medication record for patients
Research and present new pharmaceutical product
reviews
Research and present formulary reviews
Literature searches on therapies
F/U patients who are placed on new medications
F/U patients who are having difficulty with
present medication regimen
Drug Therapy Problems
176 billion dollars are spent annually
addressing problems associated with drug
therapy.
Pharmacy student responsibility
– indication, efficacy, safety and convenience.
They should be able to answer questions
regarding indication, efficacy, safety and
convenience.
Indication
What is present in review of systems,
physical exam, laboratory or diagnostic
testing that confirms or refutes an indication
for drug therapy?
Does the patient need additional drug
therapy or is he/she receiving unnecessary
drug therapy?
Efficacy
What is present in review of systems,
physical exam, laboratory or diagnostic
testing that confirms or refutes that a
medication is efficacious?
Is the patient receiving the wrong drug or is
the dose too low?
Safety
What is present in review of systems,
physical exam, laboratory or diagnostic
testing that confirms or refutes that a
medication is safe?
Is the patient experiencing an adverse drug
reaction or is the dose too high?
Convenience
Is the patient able to follow the
recommended schedule?
Is the patient able to afford the medication?
Clinic Activities
3 half days per week
4 patients per day
Access to medical record prior to seeing
patient
Perform medication history prior to primary
provider seeing patient
If appropriate observe the physical exam
Discuss questions of interest.