Week of August 10th Assignment #1 Be sure to order your books and begin reading chapters 1-3 in Pharmacology. Quiz 1 will be next week on Chapters 1&2! We will be having our first chapter test in 2 weeks on chapters 1,2 & 3. Assignment #2 Read Chapter 1---Fundamentals of Pharmacy Practice Assignment #3 Be sure to study your DUS (Drug Utilization Sheet) Your first LVE (Learning Validation Exercise) will be next week. All DUS's MUST be typed. Study, Study, Study!!! Only the strong will survive! Example DUS: 1. Aldoment 2. Spironalactone 3. High Blood Pressure 4. prevents strokes 5. tablet DUS: 1. Drug given by professor 2. generic/chemical name 3. Class of medication 4. Use of medication 5. forms available for medication DUS: Aldactone Accutane Acyclovir Adderall Albuterol Amoxicillin Aldactone Atarax Atenolol Ativan Avelox Azithromycin Baclofen Biaxin Bentyl Buspar Benicar Botox Bactrim Benadry WEEK 2 Assignment #1 DUS 3&4 Cardura Celebrex Chantix Cipro Cleocin Clonidine Coreg Concerta Coumadin Crestor Cymbalta Depakote Dilaudid Diovan Duragesic Dyazide Darvocet Effexor Elavil Enbrel DUS: 1. Drug given by professor 2. generic/chemical name 3. Class of medication 4. Use of medication 5. forms available for medication Assignment #2 Quiz 1 (Chapters 1-2) Study, Study, Study!!! This quiz may include Sig. Codes (make sure you study) There is a website on my "links"---great study tool for sig codes. Assignment #3 Catch up on your reading!!! Chapter 2 FPP Chapter 3-4 Pharmacology Week 3 Assignment #1 DUS #5 Fioricet Flagyl Flexeril Flomax Flonase Fosamax Geodon Glipizide Glucophage Imitrex Inderal Indocin Keflex Keppra Klonopin Lamictal Lanoxin Lasix Levaquin Lipitor DUS: 1. Drug given by professor 2. generic/chemical name 3. Class of medication 4. Use of medication 5. forms available for medication Assignment #2 Ethics Essay 2-3 pages Double Spaced What is ethics mean to you? How would you apply it into the pharmacy workplace? Why is it good to have good ethics? Do not forget to give your definition of ethics. Assignment #3 READ all assignments listed in syllabus!!! Week 4 Assignment #1 Observation: Go to TWO different pharmacies and observe what is going on in the pharmacy. Observe interactions between patients and employees, do they answer phone in three rings or less, pharmacist interaction between technician and clerks, pharmacists interactions between patients, etc. After you have observed two different pharmacies, write a 2-3 page essay. This essay will be a compare and contrast essay. In this essay I am looking for what was different and what was alike between these two pharmacies. This paper must be double spaced, 12 font, and in Times New Roman Font. It is up to you to choose your pharmacies. Try to blend in outside the pharmacy! Assignment #2 Observation: Call a pharmacy and ask a question about medication, maybe an interaction with another medication, or just a specific question about a specific drug. With this observation, I want you to observe the interaction of you acting as the patient and the treatment that you received from the pharmacy. Was the person polite when they answered the phone, did they get the pharmacist to answer your question (they should), did they answer the phone in three rings or less, was the pharmacist polite when you spoke with them. After you have observed the pharmacy, in your own words, write your reaction to the situation. Do not forget to include your question and the interaction. It is up to you to choose a pharmacy. Pick a good question! No class this week!!!! Remember to study and catch up on any reading that you may have. Assignment #1 DUS #6 Lotrel Lisinopril Lomotil Lovenox Macrobid Meridia Methadone Methotrexate Mevacor Mirapex Mobic Motrin MS Contin Mucomyst Naprosyn Assignment #2 Study for Unit 2 test (test will be next week) Unit 2-Chapters 4-6 Answer questions at end of each chapter (put in portfolio) Assignment #3 Read Chapter 4 (FPP) AND answer questions at end of chapter (put in portfolio) Homework week 5 ASSIGNMENT #1 DUS 7 & 8 Neurontin Nexium Niaspan Norvasc NuvaRing Omnicef Ortho Tri-Cyclen Oxycontin Paxil Pepcid Percocet Penicillin Phenergan Piroxicam Prometrium Protonix Provera Provigil Prozac ASSIGNMENT #2 Read, Read, Read!!! (FPP & Pharmacology) Assignment #3 Read Chapter 4 (FPP) AND answer questions at end of chapter (put in portfolio)