Damion Barnes
Contact
Assistant Clinical Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
- drbarnes@ualberta.ca
Courses
PHARM 220 - Patient Care Skills 1
Introduces students to the patient care process and how to apply it, with an emphasis on creating the patient database in a community pharmacy setting. Students will develop fundamental skills required of a pharmacist including communications skills, interprofessional collaboration, medical terminology, pharmaceutical calculations, and drug information. (Restricted to Pharmacy students.)
PHARM 243 - Pharmacotherapy 1
This is the first in a series of courses delivered over three years of the program that provides students with the required knowledge and skills to manage patients' medication therapy. Topics covered include: complementary and alternative medicine, as well as principles of drug therapy for common self-care and pulmonary conditions. Students will develop their critical thinking and self-directed learning skills as they learn to incorporate principles of evidence-based therapeutic decision making into the patient care process framework. (Restricted to Pharmacy students.)
PHARM 423 - Patient Care Skills 6
Focus is on advanced practice concepts including patient assessment, communication, medication therapy management, and evidence based practice along with critical thinking and decision-making skills to address complex drug therapy problems. (Restricted to Pharmacy students.)