Pharmacy Practice 2 PG (9406.2)
Please note these are the 2022 details for this unit
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | On-Campus |
UC - Canberra, Bruce |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Discipline Of Pharmacy | Post Graduate Level | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
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.
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.
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
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 effectively1. 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 PGCorequisites
9411 Systems Pharmacology 2 PG AND 9401 Clinical Therapeutics 2 PGIncompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2022 | UC - Canberra, Bruce | Semester 2 | 01 August 2022 | On-Campus | Ms Lyn Todd |
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