Health Professions Subcommittee
REPORT
April, 2007

I.	SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
A.	New Program	Eff. Term:	Fall 2007
Certificate: 	Food Safety
	(12)
Offered via distance learning
>	Approved
Includes new courses RSCI 520, RSCI 525 and RSCI 529

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
1.  New	Course	Eff. Term:	Fall 2007
RSCI-520	Introduction to Risk Management for Health Care Products
	(2)
Historical development, formal language and theoretical approaches to risk management in health care and medical product environment; policies, regulations, standards; liability prevention and loss control.
>	Approved

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
2.  New	Course	Eff. Term:	Fall 2007
RSCI-525	Introduction to Drug and Food Toxicology
	(3)
Factors affecting toxic responses to foods and drugs: dose-response relationships, absorption, distribution, biotransformation, elimination of toxicants; target organ toxicity, teratogenesis, mutagenesis, 
carcinogenesis, food allergies, risk assessment.
>  Approved

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
3.  New	Course	Eff. Term:	Spring 2008
RSCI-529	Application of Risk Management Tools and Techniques
	(2)
Use of risk management tools in the medical products arena: functional analysis, fault-tree analysis, failure modes and effects analysis, HACCP and six sigma methods.
>  Approved

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
B.  New	Program                                          Eff. Term:  Fall 2007
Certificate: 	Patient and Product Safety
	(12)
Offered via distance learning.
>	Approved
Includes new courses RSCI 527, RSCI 528 and RSCI 529

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
1.  New	Course	Eff. Term:	Fall 2007
RSCI-527	Medical Product Safety
	(3)
Management of medical product safety by manufacturers/suppliers. including: safe manufacturing, labeling, packaging; pharmacovigilance, field observations, complaint handling; record-keeping, safety issues documentation; crisis management/recalls.
>	Approved

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
2.  New	Course	Eff. Term:	Spring 2008
RSCI-528	Safety in the Health Care Environment
	(3)
Regulatory expectations for health care facilities and services: JCAHO certification, environmental risk management, management of medical and medication errors, reduction of health hazards.
>  Approved

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
C.  New	Program	Eff. Term:	Fall 2007
Certificate: 	Research Design and Management
	(12)
Offered via distance learning
>	Approved
Includes new course RSCI 527 (See above)

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
D.  New	Course	Eff. Term:	Fall 2007
PHRD-677	Risk Assessment and Management in Pharmacy Practice
	(3)
Specific risk management issues, legal and professional expectations of 
pharmacists, and assessing and avoiding risk.
>	Approved