PHMD 5240 — Integrated Social and Administrative Sciences 2
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureNUpath ERNUpath NDNUpath WIusually offered: falltypical days: T/FBostonTraditional
Provides a foundation in research methodology, drug information skills, and evidence-based medicine in an interactive format. Emphasizes research designs used in experimental and observational studies, hypothesis testing, and basic biostatistics, along with the critical examination of articles to analyze research questions and methods related to validity, generalizability, and ethical issues in design and conduct. Uses clinical trials, observational studies, and problem sets to illustrate principles of research design, conduct, data analysis, and evaluation. Emphasizes development of applied drug information skills in formulary support, health informatics, medication error and adverse event reporting, and quality assurance, as well as writing for a variety of audiences (pharmacists, healthcare providers, and the lay public) and use of peer review.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 67 | 100 | 67% | 33.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 75 | 78 | 96% | 3.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 100% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 100%
Common patterns: TF (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Ning Zhang (53% of students) · reviews
- Becky Briesacher (47% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
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Courses that list PHMD 5240 in their prerequisites.
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