Cost-effective management of DUE (drug utilization evaluation) policy through a pharmacy clerkship.
In order to maintain an active, ongoing drug utilization review program without the expense of added staff, the pharmacy department in a 554-bed county teaching hospital set up a clerkship program for fourth-year pharmacy students. The procedure for establishing the clerkship and the results of two evaluations monitored by the students are presented.
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Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000458:organization & administration; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D015141:Los Angeles; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*