PC3004 - Professional Pharmacy Practice 2

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:

Available to students enrolled in level 3 of the Bachelor of Pharmacy.

This subject will further develop the students understanding of aspects of professional pharmacy practice including communication, counselling skills, dispensing, legal and ethical issues and professional standards. An emphasis will be placed on how this applies to cross cultural communication, rural and remote practice and the extended role of other health professionals in these communities. The roles of relevant professional pharmacy organisations and bodies and their relevance to contemporary pharmacy practice will be discussedThe student will also extend their knowledge and understanding of the pharmaceutics of solid pharmaceutical formulations and dosage forms.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate an ability to retrieve, interpret and evaluate information;
• demonstrate an awareness 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;
• describe the pharmaceutics of solid pharmaceutical formulations and dosage forms;
• describe, interpret and apply accepted standards of practice and codes of ethics especially the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation, Pharmacy Act and Regulations and the National Health Act and Regulations;
• discuss the concepts and application of pharmacoeconomics, including rural areas;
• educate and counsel patients with the appropriate use of Pharmacy and Pharmacist Only medications;
• outline the principles of reaction kinetics and drug stability, including the importance of cold chain in rural and remote areas.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
• A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.

Prerequisites:

All level 2 BPharm subjects

Availabilities
, , Study Period 1
Census Date 31-Mar-2005
Coordinator:	Professor Beverley Glass
Lecturers:	jc114477, Professor Beverley Glass, jc144749, jc146174.
Contact hours:	36 hours 12 hours 36 hours
Assessment:	(60%); (20%); (20%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.