Pharmacy Practice 4 (9012.2)

This unit will focus on comprehensive medication management and medication safety. It studies the current and emerging roles of pharmacists, including predicting, preventing, detecting and solving common and complex medication-related problems using a patient-focused approach. Students will create medication management plans through formal clinical review, using established clinical guidelines, clinical trial evidence, as well as expert opinion.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:
1. Critique and propose appropriate & effective professional communication skills;
2. Consistently integrate pharmacology and therapeutics knowledge to predict, prevent, detect complex medication-related problems;
3. Consistently implement safe patient-focused care to maximise health outcomes; and
4. Recommend and justify complex clinical decisions using critical appraisal methodologies, considering best-practice evidence in complex and diverse ethical & cultural situations.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware

Prerequisites

9009 Clinical Therapeutics 3 AND 9011 Pharmacy Practice 3 AND
9013 Systems Pharmacology 3

Corequisites

11501 Pharmacy Practice 5 AND 9010 Clinical Therapeutics 4

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.