Subject: Clinical Pharmacy
Course Number: 152.1
Course Title: Intro to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Formulary Process
Units: 0.5
School: Pharmacy
Department: Clinical Pharmacy
Course Description: This course introduces students to the Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) formulary process employed as a quality, safety and management tool by health plans, medical groups, and hospitals. Students will gain exposure to P&T topics from lectures including how to evaluate the scientific evidence and cost-effective analysis. Students assume the roles of clinical pharmacists on P&T Committees and work in teams to assess a drug for possible inclusion onto a health plans formulary.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Students with any pending R2 are not eligible to participate in competition. Participation in competition may be affected if students have any pending professionalism concerns. P1 students cannot participate in both CL PHARM 152.1 & CL PHARM 156.1 simultaneously. P2 students may enroll in BOTH courses with consent from Instructors. The P&T Competition is a 2-quarter commitment. Students may miss only 1 elective session (excused or unexcused) & be eligible to participate in the competition.
Activities: Direct - Workshop, Student - Workshop
Quarter(s) Offered: Fall
Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Graduate Division course: No
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? No
Repeat course for credit? No