PHARMACY PRACTICE SKILLS LABS
Hands-On Training for More Confident Care
Developing hands-on clinical skills is a critical part of the curriculum for students on the professional path at St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Pharmacy Practice Skills Labs provide state-of-the-art facilities and instruction where students can learn and practice their skills.
Presented in conjunction with the College’s patient care course series, our five integrated skills labs courses present hands-on training in the skills students need to become a pharmacist.
Innovative Learning Spaces
Designed to simulate settings and situations you’ll encounter in the real-life practice of pharmacy, our innovative skills labs and exam rooms provide the perfect environment for hands-on learning.
Get experience managing community pharmacy workflow with our MyDispense platform. This virtual dispensing environment will introduce you to the basics of safe medication delivery from receiving a prescription to the dispensing of the medication and consultation with patients. During Skills Lab 1 you will also learn to use , the independent pharmacy management platform.
In our commitment to outstanding pharmacy education, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ offers several hands-on labs where students learn to master many of the common skills they will eventually teach to their patients, including the use of inhaler devices, taking blood pressure, using a glucometer and administering insulin injections.
We are also proud to provide training in the use and administration of naloxone, a lifesaving medication that can rapidly reverse opioid overdoses. Students are trained on the three FDA-approved naloxone delivery systems: injectable, auto-injectable and prepackaged nasal spray. They are then tested on their ability to train patients on the use of each delivery device.
St. Louis College of Pharmacy at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ has developed a communication and assessment tool for pharmacist-patient interactions to improve patient outcomes by improving patient-pharmacist communication. Known as PaCT, the tool is used by pharmacy practice faculty to improve students’ abilities beyond delivering information and medication. Taking a patient-centered approach to care, PaCT teaches the importance of responding to a patient’s emotions and understanding their personal perspectives to promote more successful pharmacist-patient encounters.