CLPS-427 : IT Lab 1

Group facilitated discussion has been proven to be an aid in learning for students in health professions. Integrative Therapeutics Lab I is a separate course from the didactic Integrative Therapeutics I course and is not designed to prepare students to pass exams given as a requirement of Integrative Therapeutics I. The Lab is designed to facilitate the process of team building by making the basic knowledge taught in the didactic course "come alive" in structured case studies lab exercises. Thus, the didactic lecture material will be expanded, reinforced and made practical by the case-based learning method. Cases will cover material taught in prior semesters to ensure adequate understanding of both the basic sciences and clinical application of therapeutics. Practice skills on the key assessment parameters required for optimal pharmaceutical care of a patient will be enforced. Assessment skills covered in the lab are those needed to make effective drug therapy decisions or recommendations and monitor the patient's response to drug therapy. These include interpretation of laboratory information, physical assessment, disease and drug monitoring, and case evaluation.