ULM College of Pharmacy
Spring 2015
PHRD 5068: Lifestyle Modifications for Disease Management and Prevention
I.
Contact Information
Coordinators
Dr. Susan Sirmans, Pharm.D., BCPS
Associate Professor, Dept. Clinical Sciences
Baton Rouge Campus; Room #221
Phone: 225-219-9660, ext. 208
Email: sirmans@ulm.edu (*preferred communication)
Office Hours: 1-3 p.m. M-Th & By Appointment
Dr. Alexis Horace, Pharm.D., BCACP
Assistant Professor, Dept. Clinical Sciences
Baton Rouge Campus ; #203
Phone: 225-219-9660, ext. 202
Email: horace@ulm.edu (*preferred communication)
Office Hours: Mon & Weds 1-4pm, Fri 8-11:30, & by appointment
Instructors
Dr. Fahamina Ahmed, Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor, Dept. Clinical Sciences
Baton Rouge Campus ; #206
Phone: 225-219-9660; ext. 201
Email: ahmed@ulm.edu (*preferred communication)
Office hours: Mon 12-4:00pm; Fri 8 to 11am
Dr. Jessica Brady, Pharm.D., BCPS
Assistant Professor, Dept. Clinical Sciences
Bienville Building 117
Phone: 318-342-1697
Email: brady@ulm.edu (*preferred communication)
Office hours: Mon - Thur 1 - 4pm
Dr. Emily Evans, Pharm.D., BC-ADM, CPE
Associate Professor, LSU Health Physician Assistant Program
Phone: 318-813-2988
Email: eevans@lsuhsc.edu (*preferred communication)
Office: 1501 Kings Hwy (Shreveport)
Office hours: by appointment
Dr. Savannah Posey, Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor, Dept. Clinical Sciences
Monroe Campus ; Room # 132
Phone: 318-342-3176
Email: posey@ulm.edu (*preferred communication)
Office hours: Mon –Thur, 8am-11am
Dr. Laurel A. Sampognaro, Pharm.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. Clinical Sciences
Monroe Campus, Room # 119
Phone: 318-342-1721
E-mail: landrews@ulm.edu
Office Hours: Mon, Tues, and Wednesday, 2 pm-4pm, Thurs 9am-11am, and Fri 8am-10am
II. Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
PHRD 4010, PHRD 4027, PHRD 4035, PHRD 4074, PHRD 4054
III. Course Description
This course will expand the students’ knowledge of selective methods of lifestyle modification in order to
manage or prevent selected disease states.
IV. Curricular Objectives and Outcomes
Communicate Effectively
7. Develop population-based patient education programs.
6. Counsel and educate patients regarding medication use, disease state management, and health
maintenance.
9. Read, write, speak, listen, and use data, media, and computers to send and respond
effectively to communications for varied audiences and purposes.
Promote Health Improvement and Self-Care
22. Promote/participate in effective health and disease prevention services as part of patient or
population specific care.
Think Critically
24. Identify, retrieve, understand, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information needed to make
informed, rational, and ethical decisions.
26. Display habits, attitudes, and values associated with mature critical thinking.
Demonstrate Appropriate Interpersonal, Professional, and Ethical Behaviors.
30. Provide service to the profession and the community.
V. Course Specific Objectives and Outcomes
• Explain the importance of proper nutrition for the treatment and prevention of chronic
diseases.
• Calculate the number of total daily calories appropriate for patients based on their individual
information.
• Explain the importance of physical activity as it relates to health benefits and disease
prevention.
• Define the components of physical activity.
• Explain the principles of an exercise regimen.
• Calculate the energy expenditure of various types of physical activity.
• Compare and contrast body weight versus body composition.
• Explain the three phases of a weight control program.
• Summarize the recommended strategies for weight control.
• Outline the steps of a brief intervention for a patient who smokes cigarettes.
• Develop a smoking cessation plan for a patient ready to make a quit attempt.
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Explain the Health Belief Model, Transtheoretical Model of Change, the 5 A's Behavioral
Intervention Protocol, and Social Cognitive Theory.
List patient-related and healthcare system and provider-related barriers to adherence.
List and explain patient-related and program-related behavior change strategies that can
improve adherence.
Formulate a basic nutrition and exercise program for a patient with hypertension.
Formulate a basic nutrition and exercise program for patients with dyslipidemia.
Formulate a basic nutrition and exercise program for patients with heart failure.
Formulate a basic nutrition and exercise program for patients with Type 2 diabetes.
Formulate a basic nutrition and exercise program for patients with osteoporosis.
Suggest appropriate exercise for patients who are obese.
Describe nutritional and exercise strategies for patients with metabolic syndrome.
Describe nutritional and exercise strategies for patients with chronic lung disease.
VI. Course Topics
Nutrition, physical activity, weight control, tobacco cessation, health behavior change, hypertension,
dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, heart failure, osteoporosis, and chronic lung disease.
VII. Instructional Methods and Activities
Instructional methods may include: traditional lectures, distance learning, in-class discussion of
patient cases, small group discussions, problem-based learning, case-based learning, and individual
projects or assignments.
VIII. Evaluation and Grade Assignment
• There will be weekly quizzes (10 points each) at the beginning of each scheduled class meeting
based upon the reading material for that week.
• Weekly activities may be assigned (10-50 points each) for each topic. Please pay attention to each
instructor’s activity.
• There will also be a final project creating consisting of creating a comprehensive wellness plan
(100 points). Final Due date: April 29, 2015.
• All quiz and activity dates are scheduled in the course syllabus and will only be changed in the
event of University closure.
• Information acquired from previous lectures in the course and from other courses in the
professional pharmacy curriculum may be needed in preparing for these quizzes.
• Quizzes will cover material (readings, outside assignments) not covered in class.
• Problems or issues with question(s) should be first directed, via e-mail, to the person who wrote it.
The course coordinator(s) should be copied on this email, but it is the responsibility of the
instructor to address the concern(s). (If the student is unsure which instructor wrote a specific
question, then he or she may ask the course coordinator.) The student is expected to include
references or rationale to support their challenge of the question in writing. The challenge will be
reviewed by the instructor, and his or her decision will be shared with the course coordinator(s).
Discussion of a dispute will occur only after a written query is submitted, with reasoning for the
challenge. Challenges of questions will only be considered within 1 week of the time that the score
is posted.
• Use of programmable calculators or cellular phones will not be allowed during quizzes.
• In the event that a question is eliminated from a quiz after it has been printed, the quiz will be
graded based on the remaining number of questions and adjusted to represent correct number of
points.
• Individual grades for the course will be based strictly upon these percentages. There will be no
curving or adjustments of grades except in the case of an incorrect question. In the event that there
is an issue with a particular question, adjustments to scores will be made based on discussions
between the test question writer and the course coordinator.
Grading Scale:
89.5 – 100%
79.5 – 89.49%
69.5 – 79.49%
59.5 – 69.49%
≤59.49%
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F
IX. Class Policies and Procedures
TEXTBOOKS (required):
1. Lenz TL. Lifestyle Modifications in Pharmacotherapy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
2. Additional REQUIRED and/or recommended reading materials may be posted on Moodle by
course faculty.
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Class attendance mandatory. Attendance will be noted with weekly
quizzes. Students shall submit excuses for all class absences to coordinator within three class days after
returning to classes. Professors shall accept an official University excuse.
With the following exceptions professors are to determine whether absences are excused or
unexcused:
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Absences arising from authorized trips away from the University or from special duties at the
University shall be excused.
Absences arising from a student’s confinement in a hospital or other in-patient facility or doctor’s
excused absences shall be excused. Students are responsible for verifying this information to the
faculty.
Absences arising from a death in the immediate family shall be excused. The immediate family is
defined as spouse, child, step-child, mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather, stepmother, step-father, step-brother, step-sister, aunt, uncle, mother-in-law or father-in-law.
MAKE-UP POLICY: Each student is expected to attend each quiz and exam at the date and time
specified. If a student cannot attend an exam due to valid University excuse, he/she must speak
directly with the course coordinator, as soon as possible. The course coordinator must be notified prior
to the examination if a student misses the exam, if possible. Failure to attend a scheduled make-up
exam will result in a zero (0) grade for that exam. Make-up exams will be prepared at the same or
higher level than the original exam. The format of the make-up exam may be written or oral. Students
missing an exam due to a University approved excuse will take the make-up exam during the week of
finals, or as determined by the course coordinators.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: Students must observe the ULM published policy on academic
dishonesty
(See
pages
10
and
11
in
the
ULM
Student
Policy
Manual:
http://www.ulm.edu/studentpolicy/ ). All suspected cases of academic dishonesty will be reported, as
described in the Manual. Consequences for academic dishonesty (cheating and/or plagiarism), as
defined in the Manual, WILL include obtaining a 0 (zero) for the assignment/exam. Additionally, the
student may fail the course and/ or be placed on academic probation or suspension.
In addition, students must observe the ULM College of Pharmacy Code of Ethical and Professional
Conduct (http://rxweb.ulm.edu/pharmacy/policies/copcodeofconduct.pdf ) and the Dress Code
(http://rxweb.ulm.edu/pharmacy/studentinfo/default.html ).
COURSE EVALUATION POLICY: At a minimum, students are expected to complete the on-line
course evaluation as well as any evaluation administered in class by the College of Pharmacy.
STUDENT SERVICES: Information about ULM student services, such as Student Success Center
(http://ulm.edu/cass/), Counseling Center (http://ulm.edu/counselingcenter/), Special Needs
(http://ulm.edu/counselingcenter/special.htm) and Student Health Services, is available at the following
Student Services web site http://ulm.edu/studentaffairs/
Students with special needs requiring accommodations MUST follow the process described at
http://rxweb.ulm.edu/pharmacy/student/specialneeds.pdf .
Mental Wellness on the ULM Campus
If you are having any emotional, behavioral, or social problems, and would like to talk with a caring,
concerned professional please call one of the following numbers:
The ULM Counseling Center
342-5220
The Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic
342-9797
The Community Counseling Center
342-1263
The ULM HELPS Project Office
342-1335
Remember that all services are offered free to faculty, staff, and students, and all are strictly
confidential.
The University of Louisiana at Monroe strives to serve students with special needs through compliance
with Sections 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. These
laws mandate that postsecondary institutions provide equal access to programs and services for
students with disabilities without creating changes to the essential elements of the curriculum. While
students with special needs are expected to meet our institution's academic standards, they are given
the opportunity to fulfill learner outcomes in alternative ways. Examples of accommodations may
include, but are not limited to, testing accommodations (oral testing, extended time for exams),
interpreters, relocation of inaccessible classrooms, permission to audiotape lectures, note-taking
assistance, and course substitutions.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits sex discrimination against any participant in
an educational program or activity that receives federal funds, including federal loans and grants.
Furthermore, Title IX prohibits sex discrimination to include sexual misconduct, sexual violence,
sexual harassment and retaliation. If you encounter unlawful sexual harassment or gender-based
discrimination, please contact Student Services at 318 342-5230 or to file a complaint, visit
www.ulm.edu/titleix.
FIRE EMERGENCY PLAN: Please check the emergency escape plan by the door of the classroom.
Move quickly and orderly to the appropriate stair well and exit outside the building. Under no
circumstance is the elevator to be used for emergency fire evacuation. Any student needing
assistance with the stairs should notify the professor.
COMMUNICATION WITH COORDINATORS AND INSTRUCTORS: Open and frequent
communication via email, phone, or face-to-face, is highly encouraged. If you feel that you are having
problems in the course, please approach and discuss with the appropriate faculty member(s) as early as
possible, to avoid complications later in the course that could impact your understanding of the
material or your grade in the course.
The course coordinator reserves the right to adjust the syllabus or schedule, in accordance with University
and College policies and procedures.
X. Tentative Course Schedule
Class will meet every Wednesday from 3:00PM until 4:50PM
Date
Week
Topic
Distance
Instructor
Yes
Jan 14
1
Introduction
Susan Sirmans/Alexis
Horace
Jan
21
2
Nutrition
Susan Sirmans
Jan 28
3
Physical activity
Emily Evans
Feb
4
4
Weight control /
Obesity
Alexis Horace
Feb
11
5
Tobacco cessation
Feb
18
Reading
--
Yes
Chapter 1
Yes
Chapter 2
Yes
Laurel Sampognaro
Chapter 3 & 13
No
Chapter 4
Mardi Gras Holiday
Feb 25
6
Health behavior
change
Alexis Horace
March
4
7
Exercise class
Field Trip
March
11
8
Hypertension
Susan Sirmans
March
18
9
Dyslipidemia/
Metabolic syndrome
Alexis Horace
March
25
10
CHD/Stroke
Susan Sirmans
April
1
11
Heart failure
Fahamina Ahmed
Yes
Chapter 5
No
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Yes
Chapter 6
Yes
Chapter 7 & 14
Yes
April
8
Chapter 8 & 9
Yes
Chapter 11
Spring Break
Yes
April
15
11
Diabetes Mellitus
Fahamina Ahmed
April
22
13
Osteoporosis
Savannah Posey
April
29
14
Chronic Lung
Disease
Jessica Brady
Chapter 12
No
Chapter 17
No
Chapter 18