SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF PHARMACY PRACTICE
Introduction to psychosocial and behavioral aspects of pharmacy practice and patient care, including professional, ethical decision-making; the pharmacist's role in patient care and public health; patient perspectives and factors related to health and medication use; and patient-pharmacist interaction and communication.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: PHARMACY 411 (or SA PHM 411 prior to Fall 2026) Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify ethical issues in health care, apply a problem-solving framework to analyze dilemmas, and make decisions regarding appropriate courses of action Audience: Graduate 2. Effectively communicate in oral and written forms with patients, caregivers, and the interprofessional healthcare team Audience: Graduate 3. Apply social and behavioral principles in the provision of patient care services Audience: Graduate 4. Identify health disparities and public health problems and address these issues incorporating awareness of sociocultural issues Audience: Graduate 5. Develop patient-centered culturally aware disease management programs Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify ethical issues in health care, apply a problem-solving framework to analyze dilemmas, and make decisions regarding appropriate courses of action Audience: Graduate 2. Effectively communicate in oral and written forms with patients, caregivers, and the interprofessional healthcare team Audience: Graduate 3. Apply social and behavioral principles in the provision of patient care services Audience: Graduate 4. Identify health disparities and public health problems and address these issues incorporating awareness of sociocultural issues Audience: Graduate 5. Develop patient-centered culturally aware disease management programs Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027