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PHCY 936 - Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience in Pain Management


6 Credits
This course promotes student knowledge, skills and abilities to enable students to participate effectively in the patient care decision-making process in the treatment and management of pain. Students become familiar with the key skills used by a clinical pharmacist in the treatment of pain. Emphasis is placed on evaluation of the pain patient, the pharmacology of analgesics, adjuvant agents and interventional techniques for the treatment of pain, including patient controlled analgesia, nerve blocks, intrathecal pumps and alternative therapies (relaxation, Reiki therapy, hypnosis, acupuncture). The course addresses the role of the pharmacist in acute and chronic pain management, palliative care and special populations (pediatrics, geriatrics). Includes discussion of regulatory issues such as addiction issues in pain management, health disparities in pain care and pain contracts. Elective course.


Prerequisite(s): Pharmacy courses are only open to Pharmacy students.



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