SAFETY AND QUALITY IN THE MEDICATION USE SYSTEM

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Doctor of Pharmacy program with third year standing Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize types, sources, and contributors to error within the medication use system. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the influence of work systems and human factors on the development of safe processes for improving safety within the medication use system. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply tools for identifying, analyzing, and anticipating errors within the medication use system (e.g., error reporting systems, root cause analysis, failure modes and effects analysis) and use these to develop safer processes. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe characteristics of healthcare settings that contribute to improved quality and how pharmacists can influence the characteristics. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Explain how quality indicators are developed, measured, and monitored in the US healthcare system. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Describe and apply economic evaluation and pharmacoeconomic principles to evaluate pharmacy programs and drug products. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize types, sources, and contributors to error within the medication use system. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the influence of work systems and human factors on the development of safe processes for improving safety within the medication use system. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply tools for identifying, analyzing, and anticipating errors within the medication use system (e.g., error reporting systems, root cause analysis, failure modes and effects analysis) and use these to develop safer processes. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe characteristics of healthcare settings that contribute to improved quality and how pharmacists can influence the characteristics. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Explain how quality indicators are developed, measured, and monitored in the US healthcare system. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Describe and apply economic evaluation and pharmacoeconomic principles to evaluate pharmacy programs and drug products. Audience: Undergraduate