Time Schedule:
Sean Sullivan
PHARM 541
Seattle Campus
Introduction to health services and pharmacy practice designed for future healthcare practitioners. Examines the history, organization, and effectiveness of the U.S. healthcare system. Stresses the student's ability to adopt a broad perspective across healthcare disciplines and traditional boundaries.
Class description
The organization, structure, financing and economics of the health care industry - the very complex and paradoxical system within which health care professionals will practice. The types of economic incentives inherent in health care financing, insurance benefit design and provider reimbursement. The relationship between health care expenditures and health outcomes. The impact that broader social and economic trends have on health professional workforce dynamics. Pharmaceutical coverage and reimbursement processes
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Lecture and small group presentation
Recommended preparation
Course textbook readings Attendance at all sessions Optional readings
Class assignments and grading
2 in class examinations
Participation, 2 examinations, and reading of assigned materials
