PHRM 579 - Health Care Delivery III

Prerequisites, PHRM 503, PHRM 546, PHRM 549, PHRM 552, PHRM 578, PHRM 581, doctor of pharmacy major. This course introduces students to the principles of interprofessional collaboration within the context of addressing health-related issues facing unique populations in a health care system. Students will be introduced to an integrated, interdisciplinary approach that will expose them to different types of management and treatment strategies for patients with multiple diseases in a transitional care, long term care, or skilled nursing facility setting. This course represents an organized, coordinated and collaborative care network that links various healthcare providers to deliver a coordinated, vertical continuum of services to patients in a transitional care, long term care, or skilled nursing facility setting. Course content will also discuss about the unique and inter-related aspects of health care provider roles and issues of health care delivery in this setting. (Offered every year.) 2 credits