PC4201:03
Professional Pharmacy Practice 4
Townsville
HECS Band 2
12 hours lectures, 4 hours tutorials, 12 hours practicals, 30 hours other. Semester 2.
Available to level 4 Bachelor of Pharmacy students.
Staff: Dr R Rasiah, Assoc. Professor B Glass.
The subject will continue from the Semester 1 subject, Professional Pharmacy Practice 3, and will further develop the student’s understanding of aspects of professional pharmacy practice including dispensing skills, legal and ethical issues and professional standards. An emphasis will be placed on how these concepts apply to the Contemporary Professional Pharmacy Practices in Australia, especially their application in rural and remote Australia. The students will use the knowledge gained while on their Semester 2 pharmacy placements to understand the roles of pharmacists in the future.
Students will develop an understanding of the current legislative and ethical issues that are relevant to the practice of pharmacy in Australia today. The students will be reminded of the duties and roles that a pharmacist in Australia must aspire to and will be taught how these aspirations will benefit both the profession and the public.
The student will revise the technique of good communication and listening skills so that they will be able to take an appropriate pharmaceutical history of a patient, whether in the community or a hospital. The role of the pharmacist in community liaison will be discussed and applied to pharmacy practice.
Learning Objectives:
- demonstrate an understanding of the current legislative and ethics issues relevant to contemporary pharmacy practice;
- demonstrate an understanding of the concepts and application of pharmacoeconomics and its application to hospital, community and rural remote practices;
- demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental operation of community and hospital pharmacy practice;
- demonstrate the basic dispensing functions of a pharmacist including eliciting, reviewing and assessing patient history, maintaining records and counselling patients to encourage compliance;
- educate and counsel patients with the appropriate use of ‘Pharmacy and Pharmacist Only’ medications;
- discuss the principles of human resource management and its relevance to pharmacy practice;
- demonstrate an ability to apply economic principles in the running of a pharmacy practice.
Assessment by a one-hour written examination (25%); two-hour oral examination (25%); assignments (20%); extemporaneous dispensing practical examination (30%). A satisfactory performance in all aspects of the course is required. This is defined as at least 60% in the dispensing practical examination and all laboratory reports and at least 50% for all other sections of the course. Attendance at practicals is compulsory.