Includes bibliographical references and index.

First practice course expectations / Elizabeth Frenzel Shepherd -- Ethics in pharmacy practice / Nancy S. Collins -- Pharmacy as a community-based profession / Kevin R. Kearney -- Communication : an overview / Michelle T. Assa-Eley, Ceressa T. Ward -- Rounding, documentation, and patient education / Jacquelyn L. Bainbridge, Caleb Y. Oh -- Monitoring drug therapy / Chasity M. Shelton, Kelly C. Rogers -- Legal implications for pharmacy : regulatory agencies with pharmacy oversight, legal requirements for filling a prescription and political advocacy / Dean L. Arneson, Harold Bobrow, Loretta Brickman -- A brief look at the construction of medical terminology and common definitions of words that are part of the pharmacy vernacular / Ruth E. Nemire, Karen L. Kier -- Pharmacy calculations / A. Timothy Eley -- Physical assessment skills / Cristina E. Bello-Quintero, Rachel H. Bardowell -- Interpretation of clinical laboratory data / Karen Whalen, Nancy Borja-Hart -- Designing patient treatment plans : pharmacokinetic foundations / Sandra B. Earle -- Drug information and drug literature evaluation / Karen L. Kier -- Community/ambulatory care / Maria Maniscalco-Feichtl, Karen L. Whalen -- Institutional pharmacy practice / Stephanie D. Garrett, Antonia Zapantis -- Managed care / Sherry Clayton, Karen Martin, Kathryn Shalek -- Public health / Stuart Feldman, Ruth E. Nemire -- Taking it to the streets : reducing health disparities through domestic and global outreach to the undeserved / Kelly L. Scolaro, Lisa Inge Stewart, Hazel H. Seaba.