APPLIED CLINICAL SKILLS I
Develop pharmacy practice skills needed to address drug-related problems and provide patient-centered care. Apply the Pharmacists' Patient Care Process to patient scenarios. Specific skills include patient communication through patient consultations, blood pressure and heart rate measurement, and clinical documentation utilizing the Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan (SOAP) note method. Not open to students with credit for PHM PRAC 553 prior to fall 2026.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Doctor of Pharmacy program with second year standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Use therapeutic decision-making skills and drug information to apply clinical knowledge to address drug-related problems and promote health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention in cooperation with individual patients. Audience: Graduate 2. Perform steps of the pharmacists' patient care process (PPCP): collect, assess, plan, implement, and follow-up through documentation and communication in a patient-centered and efficient manner as consistent with the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Pharmacy's technical standards. Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate understanding of laboratory values and physical assessment, including accurate measurement and interpretation of vital signs such as blood pressure measurement, and integrate findings to identify normal and abnormal physiological states. Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate professionalism by exhibiting behaviors and values that are consistent with the trust given to the profession by patients, other health care providers, and society (ACPE Standards 25). Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Use therapeutic decision-making skills and drug information to apply clinical knowledge to address drug-related problems and promote health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention in cooperation with individual patients. Audience: Graduate 2. Perform steps of the pharmacists' patient care process (PPCP): collect, assess, plan, implement, and follow-up through documentation and communication in a patient-centered and efficient manner as consistent with the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Pharmacy's technical standards. Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate understanding of laboratory values and physical assessment, including accurate measurement and interpretation of vital signs such as blood pressure measurement, and integrate findings to identify normal and abnormal physiological states. Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate professionalism by exhibiting behaviors and values that are consistent with the trust given to the profession by patients, other health care providers, and society (ACPE Standards 25). Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027