title: An elective course on application of clinical pharmacy principles.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To design and implement an elective therapeutics course and to assess its impact on students' attainment of course outcomes and level of confidence in applying clinical pharmacy principles and pharmacotherapy knowledge.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 3-credit hour elective for third-year pharmacy students was structured to include problem-based learning (PBL), journal club and case presentations, and drug information activities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Student achievement of curricular outcomes was measured using performance on SOAP (subjective, objective, assessment, plan) notes, case and journal club presentations, drug information activities, and peer evaluations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  from a pre- and post-course survey instrument demonstrated significant improvement in students' confidence in applying clinical pharmacy principles.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Students completing the course demonstrated increased attainment of course outcomes and confidence in their abilities to evaluate a patient case and make pharmacotherapeutic recommendations.
authors.affiliation: University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy, Monroe, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Jessica H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.affiliation: University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy, Monroe, Louisiana.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Caldwell
authors.affiliation: University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy, Monroe, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Kristen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Pate
authors.affiliation: University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy, Monroe, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Adam N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Pate
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004358:Drug Therapy; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D013339:Students, Pharmacy
keywords: clinical pharmacy; literature evaluation; pharmacotherapy; problem-based learning; therapeutics