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Objectives:
This course is designed to provide students with a basic knowledge of comprehensive pharmaceutical services provided by the pharmacy department and staff in hospitals. Students will learn various aspects of pharmacy services including technical or functional, professional and administrative services and how to apply them in daily practices.
Contents:
This course is of two parts. In Part I, students will learn the technical or functional and professional aspects of pharmacy practice. Topics include the hospital and the department of pharmaceutical services, institutional pharmacy practice standard, facility planning and design, medication distribution system, intravenous admixture systems, repackaging pharmaceuticals, extemporaneous formulations and quality assurance, hospital pharmacy equipment and suppliers, clinical services, decentralized pharmacy services, specialization in pharmacy, pharmacy and therapeutic committee, ambulatory care, home health care, and pharmacy technicians. In Part II, students will learn the administrative services and functions provided by the pharmacy department. Topics include purchasing, inventory control, marketing, policies, and procedures. In addition, he or she will learn management Principals including styles and function and fundamental elements of managements, such as planning, organizing, staffing directing, coordinating and control.
Course Outcomes:
Consistent with the objectives, students demonstrate achievement through:
1. Demonstrated understanding of the pharmacy professions
2. Developed knowledge and skills of administration, organization, financing and delivery of health care in general and pharmacy in particular
3. Ability to develop and control new pharmacy department or new organization
Principal Textbooks:
· Handbook of institutional pharmacy practice, Ed., Thomas R. Brown, American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc. (Latest).
· Financial management of pharmacies, Ed., Norman V. Carol, Lea and Febiger (Latest).
Supplementary Textbooks:
· Drug information, A guide for Pharmacists, , Ed., Patrick M. Malone, Appleton and Lange (Latest).
· Hospital Pharmacy/Facts and Comparison; Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2001.
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