PHRM 511 - Self-Care and Health Assessment I

Prerequisites, PHRM 521L, PHRM 591, doctor of pharmacy major. This required course provides students with information about conditions that are self-treatable with nonprescription drugs and complementary and natural medicine; as well as how to assess patients to assist with product selection. Appropriate written documentation of findings and laws that govern nonprescription therapy will be introduced. The course will also examine the role of pharmacists in public health through pharmacy based health education, health promotion, and disease prevention. Numerical grading. (Offered every year.) 3 credits