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Year 3 Winter Courses

Key to Course Abbreviations

• CP 131 Therapeutics: CP 131 is the 4th course of a 4-part series on therapeutics focusing on the interpretation of laboratory and other clinical data, the medical management of the disease states most frequently encountered in the clinical APPEs, the considerations and precautions which are required in proper selection, dosage and monitoring of drugs, and the recognition of clinically significant, efficacious and/or toxic drug interactions. Emphasis is placed on problem solving and integration of previous course work.
  Lecture: 5 hours. Conference: 2 hours. 6 units
• CP 133 Health Economics: The purpose of this course is to provide an understanding of economics as it applies to healthcare and pharmaceuticals.
  Lecture: 2 hours. 2 units
• CP 134 Topics in Pharmacy Administration: A review of the management techniques used to develop innovative pharmaceutical services, from needs analysis to business case presentation.
  Lecture: 2 hours. 2 units
• CP 135B Applied Drug Information: Continuation of Clinical Pharmacy 135A.
  Project. 0.5 unit
• CP 139 B Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences
  Introductory pharmacy practice experiences (IPPEs) in a variety of programs in PharmD courses, settings affiliated with the School of Pharmacy, and/or approved community service projects (e.g., health education and screening events).
  Various settings. 0 units

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