Learning across the curriculum: connecting the pharmaceutical sciences to practice in the first professional year.
OBJECTIVES
To facilitate the student's ability to make the connection of the core foundational basic science courses to the practice of pharmacy.


DESIGN
In 2000, 10 faculty members from basic science and practice courses created and implemented an integrated Patient Care Project for which students chose a volunteer patient and completed 15 different assignments


ASSESSMENT
Evidence of student learning, such as grades and reflective comments along with collected evaluative data, indicated an enhancement in students' perceived understanding of the connection between basic science and patient care.


CONCLUSION
The Patient Care Project provided students an opportunity to use knowledge gained in their first-year foundational courses to the care of a patient, solidifying their understanding of the connection between basic science and patient care.