PC2003:03
Integrated Metabolism and Nutrition for Pharmacists
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
36 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials, 24 hours practicals/workshops. Semester 2.
Available to students enrolled in level 2 of the Bachelor of Pharmacy.
Staff: Dr G Grant, Assoc. Professor B Glass, Assoc. Professor E Teleni.
Patients frequently present to pharmacists with common ailments of the gastrointestinal system and for advice about nutrition and supplements. Students will be taught the fundamentals of the pharmaceutics of liquid dosage forms and their use in therapeutics and the appropriate use of complementary, traditional and alternative medicines. The subject will also cover the formulation, manufacture, storage and transportation of sterile dosage forms, such as total parenteral nutrition and intravenous fluids and the importance of maintaining cold chain in rural areas. The relevance of metabolic processes in designing drug regimes for patients that include the appropriate use of complementary and alternative therapies will also be covered.
Students will explore the pathophysiology, therapeutics and prevention of common gastrointestinal and eating disorders and the fundamentals of pharmaceutics. The nutritional status of the patient and the importance of adequate nutriton will be discussed, including the nutritional needs of infants.
Learning Objectives:
- demonstrate and apply the pharmaceutical principles underlying liquid dosage formulations used by the pharmacist in dispensing;
- develop an understanding of the principles of nutrition, dietetics and the nutritional requirements of infants;
- describe the pathophysiology and therapeutics of the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary system and eating disorders;
- demonstrate an understanding of the metabolic processes and their relevance to drug metabolism;
- demonstrate an understanding of the use of over the counter medications, complementary, traditional and alternative medicines and the contraindications for their use with some prescribed medications;
- outline the principles of sterile manufacturing.
Assessment by a two-hour examination (60%); Objective Subjective Clinical Examination (OSCE) (25%); workshop attendance and assignment (15%). The OSCE will consist of two panels (15 minutes each) assessed by at least two examiners. All students will be questioned by each of the panels. This examination will cover all components of the Pharmacy course. A satisfactory performance in all aspects of the subject is required. This is defined as at least 50% for all sections. Attendance at workshops is compulsory.