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Pharmaceutical Management for Underserved Populations

Course Syllabus

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Required Textbook:

Quick JD, et al, editors: Managing drug supply: the selection, procurement, distribution, and use of pharmaceuticals, 2nd edition, Kumarian Press, Inc. West Hartford, Connecticut, 1997.

Course Evaluation by Instructor

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Class Periods

Session

Slides

Instructor

Topic

Readings

Assignments

1

Slides 1

H Seaba

Introduction to Course; Global and Local Context of Pharmaceutical Products for Underserved Populations

Reading: MDS-2, Chapter 1. Toward Sustainable Supply and Rational Use of Drugs, pages 3-16.

1. Sign up for Global Health Council, 2. Answer Four Questions about what you want to learn from course

2

Slides 2

Jonathan Koffel, M.S.I., Education and Outreach Librarian, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa and H Seaba

Assignments for the course: (1) Group Project: Pharmaceuticals System Analysis Consultant Report, (2) Pharmaceuticals Management Paper.
A national drug policy and assessment of a national drug policy

Reading: MDS-2, Chapter 4. Pharmaceutical Supply System Assessment pages 38-52. MDS-2, Chapter 5. Natinal Drug Policies, pages 56-67.

3. Group Project: Pharmaceuticals System Analysis Consultant Report, 4. Pharmaceuticals Management Paper

3

Slides 3

Keith Johnson, MSc, Deputy Director, Program Administration, Information, and Communications and Director, Strategies for Enhancing Access to Medicines Program, Management Sciences for Health

Access to Essential Drugs

Reading: MDS-2, Chapter 37, Community Participation, pages 569-581

 

4

Slides 4

H Seaba

Drug Management Cycle: Selection/ Essential Drugs and Formularies

Reading: MDS-2, Chapter 2. Historical and Institutional Perspectives, pages 18-25; Chapter 10, Manageing Drug Selection, pages 122-136, Chapter 11 Treatment Guidelines and Formulary Manuals pages 138-139, 143-146.

Essential Drug choice activitiy. See MDS-2 pages 196-7.

5

Slides 5

Bernard Sorofman, PhD, Head, Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy

Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Reading: (1) MDS-3 draft, Chapter 4: Globalization and Access to Medicines,

5. Community assignment

6

Slides 6

Usha Balakrishnan, Founder, Technology Managers for Global Health and Founding President, CEO & Chairman of the Board, CARTHA

International Policy and Legal Framework

 

 

7

Slides 7a
Slides 7b

Lisa Mascardo, Pharm.D., Assistant Director for Ambulatory Pharmaceutical Care, Dept Pharmaceutical Care, UIHC; Laila Akhlaghi, PharmD, MPA, Senior Program Associate, Management Sciences for Health

Drug Management Cycle: Procurement: Forecasting, Quantification of Drug Requirements : IowaCare Program and Pharmaceutical Medication Assistance Program; Dr. Akhlaghi will present the global view of forecasting and quantification of drug requirements

Reading: MDS-3 draft, Chapter 21. Quantifying Pharmaceutical Requirements

 

8

Slides 8a
Slides 8b

Michael Kelly, Pharm.D., Assoc Dean, Office of Academic Affairs and Susie Poulton, RN, MSN, ARNP, Director of Health Services, Iowa City Community School District; and H Seaba

Drug Management Cycle: Use: Iowa City School District; School-Based Health Programs- Developing Countries

 

5. Community assignment

9

 

No Class

Spring Break

 

 

10

Slides 10

Darlene Schmidt, CEO, Community Health Free Clinic, Cedar Rapids; Olayink Oladimeji, PhD Candidate

Drug Management Cycle: Use: Community Health Free Clinic; Insured, Uninsured, and the Underinsured (US)

 

5. Community assignment

11

Slides11
Slides 11 case

Thomas P. Layloff, Ph.D., Quality Assurance Manager for the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS, pfscm.org ), “President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.”

Drug Management Cycle: Drug Manufacture, Quality Assurance, and Regulation

 

 

12

Slides 12

Theodore J. Boesen, Jr, Executive Director, Iowa/Nebraska Primary Care Association, Des Moines

Management Support Systems: Pharmaceutical Safety Net

 

 

13

Slides 13

Gordon Comstock, Director Global Partnerships, Supply Chain Management System (SCMS), funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Drug Management Cycle: PEPFAR; Donor initiatives and coordination

 

 

14

no slides

The Honorable Jimmy Carter, 39 th President of the US

Speaking about his new book “ Palestine : Peace Not Apartheid”

 

 

15

 

Seaba

Student Presentations

 

 

16

 

Seaba

Student Presentations; Course Evaluation

 

 

17

 

Exam Week

There is no final exam