Pharmacy Practice 2 PG (9406.2)

This unit studies the current and emerging roles of pharmacists in health care, and introduces the concepts of predicting, preventing, detecting and increasingly complex medication-related problems around the disease states covered, using a patient focused approach.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:
1. Distinguish and apply appropriate professional communication skills in diverse contexts;
2. Integrate pharmacology and therapeutics knowledge to predict, prevent, detect medication-related problems;
3. Implement safe patient-focused care to enhance health outcomes;
4. Make clinical decisions using critical appraisal of relevant evidence, and clinical, ethical & cultural considerations; and
5. Critically appraise patient treatment outcomes in the context of relevant research-based guidelines.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
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 - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas

Prerequisites

9400 Clinical Therapeutics 1 G AND 9405 Pharmacy Practice 1 G AND 9410 Systems Pharmacology 1 PG

Corequisites

9411 Systems Pharmacology 2 PG AND 9401 Clinical Therapeutics 2 PG

Incompatible units

• None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.