Damion Barnes
Contact
Assistant Clinical Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
- drbarnes@ualberta.ca
Courses
EXPH 2558 - Patient Care Skills III
Building on Patient Care Skills I and II, learners will apply the patient care process to more complex patient scenarios using the pharmacists¿ scope of practice. Emphasis will be on patient assessment, decision making, and medication therapy management. Prerequisite EXPH 2557 and Corequisites EXPH 2552 and EXPH 2555
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.)