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Jordan University of Science and Technology

Faculty/College of Pharmacy
Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Second Semester 2019/2020
CLINICAL TRAINING: Cardiovascular Rotation (FOR Pharm.D
STUDENTS)

Title & Instructor

Course Title Clinical Training: Cardiovascular
Rotation
Course Number PHAR 647
Prerequisites Successfully completing all courses:
theoretical (both obligatory and
elective), and practical as stated in
the curriculum.)
Course Website
Instructor Supervisor: Dr. Mohammad Alqudah

Preceptors:
1. Israa Bawaneh, PharmD (KAUH)
2. Saja Omari, PharmD (RMS)
3. Fatima Sukkar, PharmD. (RMS)
4. Fadi Asfar, PharmD., (Al-Basheer)
Office Location
Dr. Bawaneh, KAUH, 11th (Clinical
pharmacist office)
Drs. Sukkar, & Omari are at the
Royal medical services Hospital-
Queen Rania Heart Center, Amman
Office Phone
Office Hours
E-mail

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

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Course Description
This course consists of 4 weeks of hands-on training in various cardiovascular units. The
training includes activities such as inpatients’ follow-up and monitoring, attending the
morning patient rounds, other periodical clinical rounds, discussing clinical cases and detailed
evaluation of the pharmacotherapy as well as medication counseling for patients in the
department.

Course Competencies
1.1 Learner (Learner): Develop, integrate, and apply knowledge from the
foundational sciences to evaluate the scientific literature, explain drug action, and
advance population health and patient-centered care
2.1 Patient care (Caregiver): Provide patient care as the medication expert (collect
and interpret evidence, prioritize, dispensing, patient counseling, and document
activities).
2.3 Health and wellness (Promoter): Design prevention, intervention, and
educational strategies for individuals and communities to manage chronic disease
and improve health and wellness.
3.1 Problem Solving (Problem Solver): Identify problems; explore and prioritize
potential strategies; and design, implement, and evaluate a viable solution.
3.4 Interprofessional collaboration (Collaborator): Actively participate and engage as
a healthcare team member by demonstrating mutual respect, understanding, and
values to meet patient care needs.
3.6 Communication (Communicator): Effectively communicate verbally and
nonverbally when interacting with an individual, group, or organization.
4.4 Professionalism (Professional): Exhibit behaviors and values that are consistent
with the trust given by the profession by patients, other healthcare providers, and
society.

Course Aims and Objectives

The aim of this course is to develop the students’ clinical pharmacy skills by
independently taking the responsibility for monitoring and reporting on patients in the
coronary care unit (CCU) under the guidance and supervision by clinical pharmacists
as their preceptors. The students are also expected to develop their team-work skills
by interacting with their rotation mates and the inter-disciplinary health care team.
Objectives Weights
1) To set up tools to independently gather, monitor and assess pertinent
patient information and recommend changes if necessary to ensure safe, 25 %
effective and economical drug therapy.
2) To counsel and educate patients and/or caregivers on the appropriate 10 %
use of medications utilizing medication therapy management principles
when possible.
3) To retrieve and interpret lab data and apply it to institute proper 10%
monitoring parameters

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4) To Identify, solve and prevent potential drug-related problems through 15%

the monitoring of basic pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic
parameters.
5) To interpret Laboratory results, obtain and/or utilize medication 20 %
histories, physical findings, and pharmacokinetic data to select and
recommend optimal drug therapy for individual patients as necessary.
6) To learn how to retrieve and evaluate current drug therapy information 10 %
from the literature and make recommendations utilizing evidence-based
medicine to health care professionals.
7) To prepare and present educational materials as inter-professional 10%
service to the host institution

Text Book & References(1)

Title Pharmacotherapy principle and practice
Author(s) Marie Chisholm-Burns et al.
Publisher McGraw-Hill
Year 2019
Edition 5th edition
Book Website http://www.mhpharmacotherapy.com/
References Assigned research articles, electronic data bases such as
JUST online resources (Up-to-date, Lexicomp, etc.).

Text Book & References(2)

Title Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach
Author(s) J. Dipiro, R. Talbert et al
Publisher McGraw-Hill
Year 2017
Edition 10th edition
Book Website http://www.mhpharmacotherapy.com/

Intended Student Learning Outcomes(ISLOs)

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
ISLOs Related Weight
Competencies
Set an effective, safe and economic 2.1, 2.3, 4.4 20%
pharmaceutical care plan for the patients.
Identify, prevent and solve potential drug-related 1.1, 3.1 25%
problems through the monitoring of basic
pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic
parameters.
Solve and evaluate current drug therapy 1.1, 2.1, 2.3, 3.1 20%
information from the literature and make

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recommendations utilizing evidence-based
medicine.
Interpret Laboratory results and optimize 1.1, 3.1 15%
pharmaceutical care plan accordingly.
Counsel and educate patients and/or caregivers 1.1 , 3.6 10%
on the appropriate use of medications.
Provide inter-professional education 3.4 10%

Teaching & Learning Methods

Daily patient monitoring and follow-up, patient care rounds, individual and group
discussions, patient/caregiver counseling, care plan development and oral presentations.
The clinical rotation experience is largely an active learning process. Once the students
are shown the process of following patients and reporting on them, they become self-
directed mentees during this immersive hands-on experience. They are expected to divide
the patients in a given medical wing among themselves, follow-up and report on their
patients daily and get evaluated on their work on daily bases

Assessment
Assessment Type Expected Due Date Weight
Daily Evaluation 1st – 4th week 25 %
Formal (written) Case Presentation 1 – 4 week
st th
15 %
In-service Education 1st – 4th week 10 %
Quizzes (3 Written, 1 each week) 1st – 4th week 20 %
th
Final written exam 4 week 30 %

Useful Resources
Textbooks, References, Notes, Online resources (Global RPH), AHA/ACC/ISH

Course Content
Week Topics Chapter in Text/handouts
1-4 Hypertension Chapter 5 (References(1))
1-4 Heart failure Chapter 6 (References 1)
1-4 Stable ischemic Heart Disease Chapter 7 (References 1)
1-4 Acute Coronary Syndromes Chapter 8 (References 1)
1-4 Arrhythmias Chapter 9 (References 1)
1-4 Venous Thromboembolism Chapter 10 (References 1)
1-4 Stroke Chapter 11 (References 1)
1-4 Dyslipidemia Chapter 12 (References 1)
1-4 Hypovolemic Shock Chapter 13 (References 1)
1-4 Use of vasopressors in Hypovolemic Shock Chapter 13 (References 2)
1-4 Peripheral Artery Disease Chapter 22 (References 2)

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1-4 Cardiac Arrest Chapter 12 (References 2)

Additional Notes
Exams All exams are closed book and notes. The final exam is comprehensive
(covers all the material). Incomplete exams make-up requires approval from
the deanship of college of pharmacy.
Cheating Prohibited; and in case of cheating the student will be subject to punishment
according to the Standard JUST policy will be applied
Attendance According to JUST Policy: JUST policy requires the faculty member to assign ZERO
grade (35) if a student misses > 10% of the rotations days without a
validated/accepted excuse
If you miss class, it is your responsibility to find out about any announcements or
assignments you may have missed.
Withdraw According to JUST standard Policy.
Participation All students should interact during morning reports, clinical rounds and
scientific discussion.
Laboratory Training will be in hospital and not in the lab
Withdraw Last day to drop the course is before the twelve (12th) week of the current
semester

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