Patient care and health system management laboratory courses are designed to build and reinforce contemporary pharmacy practice skills in the provision of patient care and health systems management. Throughout the course series students will participate in practicum and simulation components of the lab, to expand their practice skills in preparation for advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) rotations. In particular, patient care and health system management laboratory courses I and II will give the student the experience required in community, hospital, ambulatory care, and alternative settings by focusing on foundational practice skills that are aligned with the fourth year '93integrated pharmacotherapy courses'94 and their '93case-based seminars'94, such as;
- Handling prescription and dispensing of commonly used prescription and non-prescription medications and various dosage formulations
- Patient assessment
- Communication skills including patient counselling on medications and/or devices
- Development of patient care plans
- Community and hospital medication review and dispensing (including intravenous dosage forms)
- Application of medication safety principles while handling community/ ambulatory/ institutional prescription orders