PHAR 717 Advanced Topics in Medication Safety

This elective course reviews the following areas of medication safety:  Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) monitoring and reporting, Medication Use Evaluations (MUE), Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS), and the 11 components of a Medication Error Reduction Plan (MERP).  The student will prepare a report that can be presented to a hospital's Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee.