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Nontraditional Pharm.D.
Pharmacy in Downers Grove
The Chicago College of Pharmacy (CCP) at Midwestern University offers a Nontraditional Pharm.D. program at its Downers Grove, IL campus. The College accepted its last class in Fall 2006.
Courses
PPRA 0700 Concepts in Current Pharmacy Practice
This course focuses on the application of the pharmaceutical care process. This includes development of the following skills: physical assessment; understanding the science of, rationale for, and the counseling issues pertaining to novel drug delivery systems; patient care planning. In addition, the pharmacist will gain a familiarity with medical terminology and interpretation of information in the medical chart.
4 credits, Fall Quarter: Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Science faculty
PPRA 0702 Implementing Pharmaceutical Care
This course introduces students to the clinical, managerial, and economic issues regarding the implementation of patient-oriented professional services into pharmacy practice. Readings, class discussions, and homework assignments are used to explore the need for new pharmacy services, describe how to integrate services into practice, and how to assess the resulting clinical and economic outcomes from a variety of perspectives. Workshops are used to demonstrate tools needed to provide and evaluate professional services, allowing students to gain "hands-on" experience. By the end of the course, students will develop a business plan to justify and guide the implementation of patient-oriented professional services into a pharmacy practice.
3 credits, Winter Quarter: Pharmacy Practice faculty
Prerequisite: PPRA 0700 Concepts in Pharmaceutical Care
PSCI 0751 Advances in Targets of Drug Action
Drug action can be organized around four targets: 1) message receptors; 2) enzymes; 3) nucleic acids; 4) excitable membranes and other biopolymers. Significant advances in the understanding of the characteristics of many of these targets have facilitated many recently introduced drugs acting at these targets. Many of these drugs have opened new therapeutic classes or have produced substantial improvements over previous therapies. Examples of new drug entities that have been developed in each of these target areas will be discussed with emphasis on those that have new mechanisms of action. This course will include print self-instructional materials with periodic workshop discussions on course material, including therapeutic applications in a case-study problem-solving format.
3 credits, Winter Quarter: Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty
PSCI 0752 Contemporary Biotechnology
The number of biotechnology medicines currently approved or under development by pharmaceutical manufacturers has dramatically increased in recent years. This course will present important chemical and biochemical concepts, as well as various molecular biology techniques for the successful production, storage, and handling of biotechnology products. These concepts will emphasize important considerations of these products for use in the prevention, diagnosis, and/or treatment of immunological disorders, endocrine disorders, cardiovascular disorders, cancer, and many other disease states. The basic science aspects of these topics will provide the clinician with critical knowledge for appropriate patient education, patient counseling, and therapeutic decision-making.
3 credits, Summer Quarter: Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty
Prerequisite: PSCI 0751 Advances in Targets of Drug Action
PPRA 0710 Drug Literature Evaluation I
This course is designed to introduce pharmacists to methods used to conduct, interpret, and evaluate research performed in all areas of pharmacy practice. Emphasis will be placed on the use of research as a tool to investigate and provide solutions to practice-based problems. Topics to be covered include research design, data collection, analysis and interpretation, and the application of research results to pharmacy practice.
2 credits, Fall Quarter: Pharmacy Practice faculty
PPRA 0711 Drug Literature Evaluation II
The pharmacist will learn a systematic approach to drug information retrieval and gain practical experience in the critical evaluation of the medical literature. Pharmacists will gain experience in preparing written responses to drug information requests.
2 credits, Fall Quarter: Pharmacy Practice faculty
Prerequisite: PPRA 0710 Drug Literature Evaluation I
PPRA 0791 Clinical Pharmacokinetics
This course focuses on the application of pharmacokinetic principles for the purpose of optimizing drug therapy. A self-study workbook is used to teach the principles, which include effects of disease and drug-drug interactions on pharmacokinetic parameters; initial loading and maintenance dosage regimen calculations; dosage adjustment for linear and nonlinear drugs; effects of altered serum protein binding; effects of hemodialysis; interpretation of serum drug concentrations; and drug assay validity characteristics. Patient cases and problem sets will be distributed weekly and used to give practice in the application of principles. Frequent quizzes will be given to assess the understanding of principles. Examinations will cover both principles and applications.
3 credits, Spring Quarter: Pharmacy Practice faculty
PPRA 0761 Advanced Therapeutics I
PPRA 0762 Advanced Therapeutics II
PPRA 0763 Advanced Therapeutics III
PPRA 0764 Advanced Therapeutics IV
These courses expand on and focus on the application of the concepts of pharmaceutical care and patient assessment introduced in Concepts in Pharmaceutical Care. Course blocks (modules) are organized according to diseases of various organ systems. Within each block (module), drug treatment of selected diseases are reviewed. An emphasis is placed on assessment of indications for drug therapy, selection of rational and safe drug therapy, identification of alternatives to drug therapy, and patient monitoring. The pharmacist will apply problem-solving strategies to realistic patient cases and develop patient care plans.
3 credits/Spring; 3 credits/Summer; 4 credits/Fall; and 6 credits/Winter Quarter: Pharmacy Practice faculty
Prerequisite: PPRA 0700 Concepts in Pharmaceutical Care
PPRA 0781 Longitudinal Chronic Care Clerkship
PPRA 0782 Chronic Clerkship
PPRA 0783 Acute Clerkship
PPRA 0784 Clinical Clerkship
Advanced clerkship emphasizes in-depth experience in the provision of pharmaceutical care in ambulatory, chronic, and acute patient care settings. The NTPD student, under the supervision of affiliate or full-time clinical faculty, will participate in the drug use decision-making process and will monitor outcomes of drug therapy in various patient populations.
8 credits each, Fall, Winter, Spring, or Summer Quarters: Pharmacy Practice faculty
Prerequisites: PPRA 0781 (may be started during Spring Quarter of the first year, after completion of PPRA 0700, 0702, and taken concurrently with PPRA 0761, 0762, 0763 and 0764); Prerequisite for PPRA 0782, 0783 and 0784; completion of all didactic courses
Rotations
Visit the CCP Office of Experiential Education for information regarding:
- Orientation
- Rotation Selection Process
- Longitudinal Chronic Care Rotation
- NTPD Student Information Sheet
- On-line Registration
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Contacts
Chicago College of Pharmacy
555 31st Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515
630/971-6417
ccpntpd@midwestern.edu
Jacob P. Gettig, Pharm.D., MPH, BCPS
Assistant Dean for Postgraduate Education
Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
jgetti@midwestern.edu
Cheryl Elder, Administrative Coordinator
celder@midwestern.edu
