Learning Objectives

AFPC Learning Outcomes9

At the completion of the two courses students will be able to:

1. Develop communication techniques to facilitate efficient and effective patient encounters.

2. Obtain and evaluate relevant history from the patient, and/or charts, caregivers and health care professionals.

3. Understand medical terminologies related to PE, case histories and investigations in order to determine the clinical status of patients.

4. Perform and interpret PE findings relevant to system and presenting symptoms that would enable the pharmacist determine appropriate medication therapy.

5. Determine the clinical status of patient through assessment of PE findings required for monitoring of medication therapy.

6. Retrieve and assess relevant laboratory and diagnostic tests to and determine the need for relevant PEs to make appropriate follow up plans.

7. Understand the relevance of these skills to pharmacy practice in order to develop therapeutic plans and to monitor response to therapy.

1.2.2: Obtain and evaluate relevant history from the patient, his/her chart, caregivers and other health care professionals.

1.2.4: Perform and interpret findings of relevant physical assessments that are required to 
determine appropriate medication therapy.

1.2.5: Complete an assessment of the patient’s ability to take/use/administer his/her 
medications.

1.8.1: Determine the clinical status of the patient, including completing physical assessments required for monitoring of medication therapy. 


1.2.3: Order, retrieve and assess relevant lab tests and diagnostic assessments.

1.6: Develop a care plan that addresses a patient’s medication-therapy problems and priority health and wellness needs.

2.1. Communicate non-verbally and verbally with others.

3.3. Work collaboratively with the patient and his/her health care professionals to provide care and services that facilitate management of the patient’s health needs.

6.1. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the fundamental knowledge required of pharmacists and apply this knowledge in daily practice.