PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
Faculty:
Pharmacy
Department: Clinical Sciences
Module Syllabus
Module Name: Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutic (II)
Module Number: 0530572
Level: 5th year
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutic I (0530571)
Lecturer (Hiyam Al-jaber, Lecturer)
Office Number:
Office Hours: Daily from 1-2
Phone: +962-2-6300200
Ext:
E-mail: bushra@philadelphia.edu.jo
Module Coordinator: Bushra Abdul Hadi
Aims (Module Purpose):
This module will be a continuation for what the students have studied in therapeutics (I),
it will help the students to use and practice most of the knowledge that has been
introduced to them in therapeutics (I).
The course will give the students more details and practice for clinical therapeutics, the
students ability to analyze patient case will be improved, they will know more details
about the best drug of choice, best dose, best route of administration and duration of
therapy for certain disease according to the different cases as (patients different ages,
pregnancy and lactation, sensitivity, idiosyncrasy, complicated therapy and others) for
more diseases which will be discus during the course, such as:
Infectious agents/ Respiratory tract infection/upper(common cold, tonsillitis, otitis media,
sinusitis) / lower (pneumonia all types, SARS, pulmonary TB, COPD) / Urinary Tract
Infection(upper, lower) acute and chronic renal failure / sexual transmitted diseases
(gonorrhoea, syphilis, HIV, pelvic inflammatory diseases) / meningitis / sepsis / Skin
disorders (Acne, psoriasis) / Obstetrics and gynaecology (menstrual cycle, oral
contraceptives, infertility, PCO, Menopause, OP) and other Gynaecological disorders /
Cancer (Breast cancer).
Teaching Methods:
Lectures and seminars.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this module, the student will be able to:
1. More practice for case analyzing which is based on
SOAP method (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan).
2. They should be able to distinguish between the different symptoms and diagnostic
method for the different diseases.
3. The student should be able to put a full plan (treatment) for the patient;
a) Treat the emergency, complicated, chronic and prophylactic cases for the
different diseases.
b) Give the best drug of choice as a major therapy and to know the clinical
alternatives for the same disease.
c) Give the best symptomatic therapy (side drug) for each disease.
d) To be familiar with the different medical terminology of the diseases and the
surgery needed.
e) Should know the route of administration, dose, and dose adjustment, duration
of therapy according to the disease, drug, and patient case.
f) Students should know how to make follow up for the patient ( patient
monitoring)
g) Furthermore students should know the importance of the life style and the
rehabilitation for the improvement of some diseases.
4. The students must know how the pharmacokinetic of the drug can be influenced by
different factors.
5. The student will take more examples of contraindicated drugs (CI) for the different
cases.
6. Student will be introduced to more ADR examples.
Module Outline:
Week
Date
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
Subject
Introduction to infectious agents
The meaning of (micro-organisms, antibiotics, ADR,
prophylaxis, complications)
Respiratory tract infections
Upper: common cold, tonsillitis, otitis media, sinusitis.
Lower: pneumonia
Pulmonary TB and COPD
UTI (upper, lower)
Acute and chronic renal failure, Meningitis
STD: gonorrhea
Syphilis, HIV, pelvic inflammatory diseases.
Skin disorder: Acne
Psoriasis
Obstetrician and Gynecology : menstrual cycle, Oral
Contraceptives, infertility, PCO
Menopause, OP
Cancer
Breast cancer
Final Exam Week
Modes of Assessment:
Modes of Assessment:
Score
Date
th
First Exam
15
6 week
Second Exam
15
12th week
Assignment / Seminar / Project /
20
4th, 5th, 10th and 11th week
Quizzes / tutorial
Final Exam (Comprehensive; written,
50
16th week
verbal, hand-ins … etc...)
* Make-up exams will be offered for valid reasons only with consent of the Dean. Makeup exams may be different from regular exams in content and format.
Attendance Policy:
Lecture attendance is mandatory. Student is allowed maximally 15% absentia of the total
module hours. According to the rules you are allowed to be absent maximum for 5 hours.
More than this percentage, student with an excuse will be drawn from the module.
Otherwise, student will be deprived from the module with zero mark assigned.
Expected Workload
On average you should expect to spend at least (6) hours per week on this module.
Text Book(s) and Supporting Materials:
Text book:
1. Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics by Roger Walker, C.R.W. Edwards Publisher:
Churchill Livingstone; 3rd edition (February 1, 2003) ISBN: 0443071373
2. Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs by Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, Lloyd
Yee Young, Wayne A. Kradjan, B., Joseph Guglielmo, Brain K. Alldredge, Robin L.
Corelli Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 8th edition (June 1, 2004) ISBN:
0781748453
In addition to the above, the students will be provided with handouts by the lecturer.
References:
Students will be expected to give the same attention to these references as given to the
Module textbook(s).
1. Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics/Workbook for Clinical Pharmacy and
Therapeutics by Eric T. Herfindal, Dick R. Gourley, Linda Lloyd Hart, D. R. GOURLEY
Publisher: Williams & Wilkins; 5th edition (February 1, 1992) ASIN: 0683039660
2. Clinical Pharmacology by D. R. Laurence, P. N. Bennett, M. J. Brown Publisher: W.B.
Saunders Company; 8th edition (April 1, 1998) ASIN: 0443049904
Website(s):
http://www.philadelphia.edu.jo/pharmacy/resources.html