UCSF School of Pharmacy

Year 3 Winter Courses

Key to Course Abbreviations

• CP 131 Therapeutics: This is the third course of a 3-part series on therapeutics focusing on interpretation of laboratory and other clinical data, medical management of disease states most frequently encountered in APPEs, considerations and precautions which are required in proper selection, dosage, and monitoring of drugs, and recognition of clinically significant, efficacious and/or toxic drug interactions. Emphasis is placed on problem solving and integrating of previous coursework.
  Lecture: 5 hours. Conference: 2 hours. 6 units
  Course Director: Dr. Betty Dong, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
• 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
  Course Director: Dr. Kathryn Phillips, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
• 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
  Course Director: Dr. Glenn Yokoyama, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
• CP 135B Applied Drug Information: Continuation of Clinical Pharmacy 135A.
  Project. 0.5 unit
  Course Director: Dr. Candy Tsouronis, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
• CP 139 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
  Course Director: Dr. Donald T. Kishi, Department of Clinical Pharmacy

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