PharmD Certificate Programs

Details on the three PharmD certificates

• Medication Therapy Outcomes Certificate
   

  Pharmacists need to have specialized skills in chronic disease areas or practice settings to provide optimal patient-centered care. Skills in providing medication therapy review and patient education and consultation; developing practice-related business models or interprofessional approaches; and utilizing evidence-based medicine and safe use of healthcare products are needed to provide optimal pharmacotherapy outcomes. Additionally, graduates need to have in-depth understanding of population-based or specialty area of practice and the regulatory and safety issues associated with these various practice settings.

  Suggested Topics:

  • Developing and utilizing evidence-based medicine and guidelines
  • Managing the seven major chronic diseases
  • Utilizing pharmacogenomics and diagnostics in providing personalized medicine
  • Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and other managed care organizations
  • Medication therapy management or APhA certificate training in “Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services”
  • Medication safety
  • Specialty Pharmacy
  • Home Infusion care
  • Consulting Pharmacy
  • Emergency Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
  • Hematology-Oncology Pharmacy

  Course Number

  Course Name

  Credit(s)

  Instructor(s)

  PHAR 7581

  Advanced Topics in Drug Interactions

  1.5

  Martin Zdanowicz

  PHAR 7582

  Critical Care

  1.5

  Quintin Broussard

  PHAR 7587

  Nutrition Support

  1.5

  Quintin Broussard

  PHAR 7588

  Geriatric Patient Care

  1.5

  Gail Orum-Alexander

  PHAR 7591

  Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process (PPCP)

  1.5

  PHAR 7593

  Cardiology

  1.5

  Rebecca Tran

  PHAR 7595

  Neuropsychiatric Pharmacotherapy

  1.5

  Talia Puzantian
• Healthcare Management/Pharmacy Informatics Certificate

  Information about this certificate is coming soon

• Medical and Clinical Affairs Certificate
   

  Medical and clinical affairs professionals play critical roles throughout the lifecycle of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biologics, and gene therapy. These professionals provide expertise in research and development, product approval and commercialization, clinical trials, manufacturing, labeling and advertising, and post-market surveillance. Pharmacists trained in these areas can combine their expertise in medications and pharmacy practice with clinical trial management, and regulatory affairs knowledge and skills to enhance the development and commercialization of healthcare products. The MCA certificate program will provide student pharmacists with the skills to provide strategic, tactical, and operational direction within medical affairs to expedite the development and delivery of safe and effective healthcare products.

  Suggested Topics:

  • US Food and Drug law
  • Medical Device regulatory affairs
  • Biologics Regulatory affairs
  • Drug Regulatory affairs
  • Biopharmaceuticals Quality Assurance and Control
  • Clinical Trials Design, Conduct, & Strategies
  • One of the following:
    • Medical Device Development and Market Release or
    • Marketing Assessment or
    • Risk Management Tools and Techniques

  Course Number

  Course Name

  Credit(s)

  Instructor(s)

  BUS 5000

  Introduction to Bioscience Industries

  3.0

  Steven Casper

  PHAR 7520

  Pharmaceutical Marketing

  1.5

  PHAR 7563

  Fundamentals of Medical Affairs

  1.5

  Nazia Rashid

  REG 5000

  Introduction to US Food and Drug Law

  1.5

  Larry Davis

  REG 6510

  Clinical Trials Design, Conduct and Strategy

  1.5