Pharmacy Drug Therapy and Treatment PHRA 1441/PHRA 1041

Syllabus
Summer 2004

Course Description

General classification of drugs and their actions and side effects as related to anatomy and physiology principles. Emphasis on drug interactions within each body system, pharmaceutical medical terminology, and generic and trade names of drugs.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the basic sources of drugs, routes of administration, and factors influencing drug effects.
2. Describe the basic principles and theories of drug therapy.
3. Define basic physiological and biological terms.
4. Explain the use and side effects of prescription drugs commonly used to treat bacterial infections.
5. Explain the use and side effects of prescription and nonprescription drugs commonly used to treat disease affecting the nervous system.
6. Explain the use and side effects of prescription and nonprescription drugs commonly used to treat diseases affecting the endocrine system.
7. Explain the use and side effects of prescription and nonprescription drugs commonly used to treat diseases of the skeletal system (bones and joints).
8. Explain the use and side effects of prescription and nonprescription drugs commonly used to treat diseases of the muscular system.
9. Explain the use and side effects of prescription and nonprescription drugs commonly used to treat diseases affecting the cardiovascular system.
10. Explain the use and side effects of prescription and nonprescription drugs commonly used to treat diseases affecting the respiratory system.
11. Explain the use and side effects of prescription and nonprescription drugs commonly used to treat diseases affecting the gastrointestinal system.
12. Explain the use and side effects of prescription and nonprescription drugs commonly used to treat diseases of the renal system.
13. Explain the use and side effects of prescription and nonprescription drugs commonly used to treat diseases of the reproductive systems.
14. Explain the use and side effects of prescription and nonprescription drugs commonly used to treat diseases affecting the immune system.
15. Explain the use and side effects of prescription and nonprescription drugs commonly used to treat disorders of the eyes, ears, nose, and throat.
16. Explain the use and side effects of prescription and nonprescription drugs commonly used to treat diseases affecting the dermatological system.

Textbook

Essentials of Pharmacology for Health Occupations, 4th Edition, Ruth Woodrow, Delmar - available at ACC's Rio Grande Bookstore

Exams, Quizzes and Assignments

Grading

Lecture = 75% of final grade
Laboratory (including writing assignment) = 25% of final grade

A passing grade of 75% or better is required in both the lecture and laboratory component in order to receive a passing grade for the course.

Schedule of Assignments and Exams

Promotion, Failure and/or Dismissal from the Department

A minimum grade of "C" (75%) is required in both lecture and laboratory components of all pharmacy technician courses.

Any student may be dropped from the program due to excessive absences and/or consistently failing to meet class assignments, for disruptive conduct during lecture or lab, or for displaying conduct detrimental to the ethics of a pharmacy technician.

The student may utilize the approved Student Grievance Procedure of Austin Community College as detailed in the ACC Student Handbook in the disposition of a grievance or complaint without fear of recrimination or retaliation as a result of filing a grievance.

The Pharmacy Technician faculty and staff understand that learning in group situtations can be beneficial. Some assignments will involve group participation. However, each students is expected to demonstrate his/her own competency by doing his/her own work. Any student caught cheating on examinations will be subject to disciplinary action, including academic penalty and possible withdrawal from the program.

Scholastic Dishonesty and Students with Disabilities

Scholastic Dishonesty: Acts prohibited by the college for which discipline may be administered include scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to cheating on an exam or quiz, plagiarizing, and unauthorized collaboration with another in preparing outside work. Academic work submitted by students shall be the result of their thought, research or self-expression. Academic work is defined as, but not limited to tests, quizzes, whether taken electronically or on paper; projects, wither individual or group; classroom presentations, and homework.

Students with Disabilities: Each ACC campus offers support services for students with documented physical or psychological disabilities. Students with disabilities must request reasonable accommodations through the Office for Students with Disabilities on the campus where they expect to take the majority of their classes. Students are encouraged to do this three weeks before the start of the semester.

SCANS Competencies

In 1990, the U.S. Department of Labor established the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) to examine the demands of the workplace and whether our nations' students are capable of meeting those demands. The Commission determined that today's jobs generally require competencies in the following areas:
A. Resources: Identifies, organizes, plans, and allocates resources
B. Interpersonal: Works with others
C. Information: Acquires and uses information
D. Systems: Understands complex interrelationships
E. Technology: Works with a variety of technologies

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board requires that all degree plans in institutions of higher education incorporate these competencies and identify to the student how these competencies are achieved in course objectives.

This course, Pharmacy Drug Therapy and Treatment, incorporates the SCANS competencies in the following ways:

A. Resources
1. Identifies resources to be used in laboratory exercises
2. Organizes laboratory assignments and plans groups activities to achieve goal
3. Utilizes resources available in laboratory effectively: reference books, computers, computer programs
4. Manages time effectively and efficiently when completing assignments
5. Manages human resources effectively and efficiently when completing assignments

B. Interpersonal
1. Demonstrates an understanding of the profession of Pharmacy
2. Exhibits ethical behavior
3. Appreciates the knowledge and talent of other members of the health care team
4. Demonstrates ability to work within group situations in laboratory exercises
5. Participates as a member of a team

C. Information
1. Acquires and evaluates information
2. Organizes and maintains information
3. Uses computers to process information

D. Systems
1. Understands how medications relate to and affect each other (drug interactions)
2. Understands how medications relate to, affect and cure disease states (drug-disease state interactions)
3. Understands how food affects medications (drug-food interactions)

E. Technology
1. Operates computers in laboratory
2. Use problem-solving skills to solve laboratory assignments
3. Uses technology in classroom presentations

F. Basic Skills
1. Demonstrates ability to read assignments
2. Demonstrates ability to write through exams and laboratory assignments
3. Demonstrates ability to listen to lecture material and take notes
4. Demonstrates ability to speak in front of class during laboratory assignments

G. Thinking Skills
1. Uses creative thinking when completing assignments
2. Demonstrates ability to make decisions on examinations and laboratory assignments
3. Demonstrates ability to problem solve when evaluating drug therapies
4. Demonstrates ability to reason why a particular medication is used to treat a specific disease

H. Personal Skills
1. Demonstrates responsibility to complete part of group assignments
2. Demonstrates integrity and honesty during assignments