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Week 1: The history of pharmacy and itsevolving scope of practice

Objectives

Subsequent to viewing the video modules relating to the history of pharmacy and its evolving scope

of practice, the attentive student should be able to describe:

What is meant by a profession and how social utility, social sanctions, and social

responsibilities define what it means to be a professional.

How pharmacy practice has changed over time

The roles Hygeia, Galen, Paracelsus and Paul Ehrlich played in pharmacy's history.

The emergence of an independent profession of pharmacy separate from the practice of the

physician.

What is meant by a pharmacopeia and how pharmacopeias have evolved since ancient

times.

The evolution of the practice of pharmacy in America and significant 20th century changes

that help shape contemporary practices.

Content Videos

1. Orientation: Course Overview

2. Welcome to Week 1

3. What is a Profession?

4. What is Pharmacy?

5. Pharmaceutical beginnings and the emergence of a distinct profession of pharmacy
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Pay special attention to historical trends in the separation of the work of physicians and pharmacists,

drug quality, the dynamic between didactic and experiential training for pharmacists, and the

evolution of pharmacy practice.

'harmacy #"ndamentals

Adulteration: To corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or

element; especially: to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert

ingredients. (Websters Dictionary)

Apothecary: General medical/pharmacy practitioners dating back to 2600BC.

Bowl of Hygeia: A symbol of pharmacy from Greek Mythology.

Compounding: The preparation and mixing of various ingredients to make a dosage form of a drug in

accordance with a prescription.

Covenant: a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement (Websters Dictionary Online)

Dispensing: Reviews, record keeping, drug product preparation and labeling, checking, and patient

counseling when distributing prescription medications.

Evidence-Based Medicine: The use of therapies proven to be effective through sound research to

guide the treatment of patients.

Formulary: A listing of medications approved for use within an institution or covered by third-party

payors. Hospitals typically appoint a Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) Committee to select

medications for formulary inclusion.

Galenicals: Crude (impure) medicinal extractions, usually from plants.

Health Maintenance Organization (HMO): A type of health insurance plan that usually limits

coverage to care from doctors who work for or contract with the HMO. It generally won't cover out-

of-network care except in an emergency. An HMO may require you to live or work in its service areato be eligible for coverage. HMOs often provide integrated care and focus on prevention and

wellness. (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

I.V. Admixture: The sterile preparation of small volume intravenous fluids containing medications for

patient administration. These medications are usually piggy-backed by administration through an

existing i.v. fluid line.


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Licensure/License: permission granted by a competent authority to engage in a business or

occupation or in an activity otherwise unlawful (Websters Dictionary Online)

Over-the-Counter: Medications approved by FDA for use without a prescription (non-prescription).

Personalized Medicine: The individualization of a patients therapy based on his or her unique

characteristics using genetic and other available information.

Pharmaceutical Care: The responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving

outcomes that improve a patients quality of life. (Hepler & Strand, 1990)

Pharmacopeia: Official listings of medicinal drugs with standards for their preparation and use.

Unit Dose: Drug distribution systems which utilized single-unit packaging with label identification on

each dose. These systems improve medication safety because the drug can be identified until

administration to the patient and produce cost savings due to the ability to re-use returned doses.

Unit dose systems are routinely used in hospital and other health-system practices.

To (earn )ore

Introduction to Pharmacy(review avatar module)

Pharmacy: A Brief History of the Profession, by Joseph L. Fink, B.S> Pharm, J.D.

Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Museum information sheets: Objects in the history of pharmacy

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Sonnedecker G. Kremers and Urdang's history of pharmacy. 4th ed. Madison, Wisconsin: American

Institute of the History of Pharmacy; 1976.

Higby GJ, Stroud EC. American pharmacy (1852-2002): A collection of historical essays. Madison,

Wisconsin: American Institute of the History of Pharmacy; 2005.

Tone A, Watkins ES, eds. Medication modern America: Prescription drugs in history. New York, NYL

New York University Press; 2007.
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